On October 2, 1996, Peaceweb asked 138 Canadian Quakers with e-mail addresses the following question:

"What is your mental map of Quebec? What are the images, the memories, the hopes, the fears you have when you think of Quebec? Alternatively, what are your images of Canada?'"

Each participant was told that their contribution - their images of Quebec or of Canada - should be under 200 words, and should be personal - not a political speech, a newspaper editorial, nor their ideas for new laws or constitutions.

We received the following responses:

Marlene Jones (Zhou Malin), Victoria Monthly Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia

Carol Bradley, Wolfville Monthly Meeting, Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Caroline Balderston Parry, Ottawa Monthly Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario

Margaret Dyment, Victoria Monthly Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia

Edward Bell, Ottawa Monthly Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario

Carl Stieren, Ottawa Monthly Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario

Susan Carnahan, Edmonton Monthly Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta

Sandra Gulland, Toronto Monthly Meeting, Killaloe, Ontario

Tim Bartoo, Vancouver Monthly Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia

Aven McMaster, Ottawa Monthly Meeting, Toronto, Ontario

John Prescott, Kitchener Area Monthly Meeting, Guelph, Ontario

Collin Stuart, Ottawa Monthly Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario

David Millar, Edmonton Monthly Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta

Margaret Springer, Kitchener Area Monthly Meeting, Kitchener, Ontario

Betty Polster, Victoria Monthly Meeting, Victoria, B.C.

Gianne Broughton, Kitchener Area Monthly Meeting, Stratford, Ontario

Susan McMaster, Ottawa Monthly Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario