The Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) is a charity that acts on the peace and social justice concerns of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Canada. Quaker service work is rooted in the daily practice of pacifism, integrity, truthfulness, equality, community, simplicity and, above all, love both in the objectives of its work and in the discernment with which it plans and delivers its work. History Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) was founded in 1931 when members of the Religious Society of Friends or "Quakers" wanted a vehicle to act upon their peace and social justice concerns. That year, Fred Haslam "was instrumental in the organization of the CFSC, and, as its executive secretary for the next twenty-five years, he was personally responsible for the day-to-day direction of its activities, especially those concerning world peace and the abolition of capital punishment". Since its founding, CFSC has worked on many projects related to peace and justice. In 1947, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) received the Nobel Peace Prize for its service work during World War II. All of the Service Committees work is honoured by the Prize and the ethics that garnered it continue to inform CFSC's work today. Between 1959 and 1963, during the Vietnam War, CFSC sent medical aid to Vietnam to be used by victims on all sides of the conflict in accordance with Quaker's tradition of relief work that cuts across the boundaries of war and conflict. Many American Quaker's knowingly contravened U.S. law by contributing to this work through CFSC. In 1976, CFSC and Canadian Quaker's worked with partners to secure the abolition of the death penalty. Since 2003, CFSC has been helping American soldiers and their families who refused to participate in the Iraq War and came to Canada seeking refuge. In 2014, CFSC was one of two non-Indigenous organizations asked to intervene in the Supreme Court in the Tsilhqot'in Nation land rights case, it encouraged the Court to adopt an approach to Indigenous land rights that would be consistent with international human rights standards, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Court later unanimously recognized the Tsilhqot'in peoples right to control their traditional territory. Program Committees Quaker Indigenous Rights Committee (QIRC) Friends have traditionally had a concern for the rights of Indigenous Peoples. In 1974 individual Quakers (Friends) were led to go to Kenora in Northern Ontario