Who is Behind the Meaning Making Project?
We are Canadian Unitarian Universalist ministers and congregational leaders who want to experiment with new ways of collaborating.
The UU movement is small in Canada–this is a challenge, but it also brings many gifts, including the ability to adjust and try new ways of meeting needs.
The Meaning Making Project started as a desire to serve the congregations most hit by economic and social change. We have expanded to consider how we can build collaborations across Canada.
Karen Fraser Gitlitz is the program coordinator
Crystal Ironside is our administrator
Theme packets are created by a collective of ministers: Arran Morton, Fiona Heath, Karen Fraser Gitlitz, and Lynn Harrison.
Worship services are created by Canadian UU ministers who speak about topics that excite them. We aim for a range of perspectives: some ministers are active in parish or community settings, others are students or retired.
- In 2025-26, we heard from Karen Fraser Gitlitz, Lynn Harrison, Ilara Stefaniuk-Gaudet, Debra Faulk, Wayne Walder, Arran Morton and Samaya Oakley.
- In 2024-25, we heard from Meg Roberts, Samaya Oakley, Reilly Yeo, Fiona Heath, Jonipher Kūpono Kwong, Wayne Walder, Arran Morton and Karen Fraser Gitlitz.
- In 2023-24, we heard from Debra Faulk, Danie Webber, Brian Kiely, Karen Fraser Gitlitz, Meg Roberts, Arran Morton, and Samaya Oakley.
