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)

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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:

  1. Faculty and Postdoctoral Research Fellows: "Friendships that Last a Lifetime" - David Lyon (Queen's University) and Deborah Bowen (Redeemer University)
  2. 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: 

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  • Brian Bork
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  • Roelof Eikelboom
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  • David Webber
  • Anna Sklar

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