Friendship That Makes a World of Difference - A Cross-Canada Virtual Conference
by Global Scholars CanadaFriday, 22 October 2021 from 7:45 PM (EDT) to Saturday, 23 October 2021 5:30 PM (EDT)Ticket Information
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Overview
Exploring Faith and Friendship in the Academy
Friday October 22, 2021 & Saturday October 23, 2021
Wise friends make you wise… Proverbs 13:20 (CEV)
Our goal:
To equip Christian faculty, graduate students and campus ministers to cultivate their vocation as citizens of the university through collegiality and community-building in a competitive, pluralistic context.
Speakers:
Dr. Cindy Aalders - Regent College - Director of the John Richard Allison Library and Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity
Dr. John von Heyking - University of Lethbridge - Chair, Political Science Department
Dr. David Koyzis - Global Scholars Canada Scholar & Author of two books, including Political Visions and Illusions
Dr. Danny Zacharias - Acadia Divinity College - Associate Professor of New Testament Studies, Director of Master of Arts (Theology) Program, Liaison to NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community, Director of Hayward Lectures
Rev. Mark Harris - Pastor & Author of four books, including Companions for Your Spiritual Journey
Dr. Paul Heintzmann - University of Ottawa - Professor of Health Sciences & Author of Leisure and Spirituality: Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Details
SCHEDULE
Friday, October 22
7:45 pm
Devotion & Prayer
8:00 - 9:15 pm
John von Heyking & David Koyzis: Christian Friendship in the Academy
Saturday, October 23
8:45 am
Devotion & Prayer
9:00 - 10:15 am
Danny Zacharias: Decolonizing Education: Friendship, Neighbors, and Treaty-Partners
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Cindy Aalders with Susan Norman: Friendship and the Intellectual Life, Past and Present
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Break Out Groups:
- Faculty and Postdoctoral Research Fellows: "Friendships that Last a Lifetime" - David Lyon (Queen's University) and Deborah Bowen (Redeemer University)
- Friendship as the Heart of the Campus - Brian Bork (Sir Wilfrid Laurier/ University of Waterloo), Brenda Kronemeijer-Heyink (University of Toronto), Chloe Liu (McGill University)
3:00 pm
Mark Harris and Paul Heintzman: Leisure and Spiritual Companions
4:00 - 4:20 pm
Closing Remarks, Opportunties for Connection, Conference Feedback
Sponsored by:
Global Scholars Canada, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and Society of Christian Scholars
Planning Group:
Ross Jansen-van Vuuren (Queen's, SCS), Peter Schuurman (Redeemer, GSC, SCS), Susan Norman (IVCF, SCS), David Lyon (Queen's), Brian Bork (Waterloo/Laurier CRC), Brenda Kronemeijer-Heyink (U of T, CRC), Chloe Liu (McGill), Anna Sklar (GSC, SCS)
More information:
admin@globalscholarscanada.ca
Attendees
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Brian Bork
- Justin Cooper
- Anonymous
- Roelof Eikelboom
- Anonymous
- Anonymous + 1 guest
- David Webber
- Anna Sklar