Settler soul work: the discipleship of finding a way for restorative solidarity

Join the Learning Centre for a 5-week series exploring how our own stories, both ancestral and present day, offer meaningful answers to the question many settler and white people ask when thinking about addressing systemic racism; “What is the work that I am to do?” This multi-modal facilitated group experience will incorporate psychoeducation, a theology of …
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Building on Abundance in Indigenous Communities

Applications for this course are open to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit participants.  Click here for downloadable PDF Click here to apply This course is online. You will need reliable internet access (high speed is recommended). This seven-week course explores building Indigenous communities from an abundance-based approach, starting with the foundation of gifts, skills …
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Future of Work and Workers

The unprecedented convergence of the forces of globalization, urbanization, changing demographics, and climate change are already fundamentally changing the way we live and work. While the continuous advancement of artificial intelligence and advanced robotics have improved productivity and efficiency and increased convenience, they have raised concerns over the number of jobs being lost due to …
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The Soul of Leadership: Developing the Spirituality of Influence

This course is both a “how to” and a “how come” investigation of leadership in business, not-for-profits, and churches—in both large and small enterprises. Leadership is understood as a relationship of influence in which goals are accomplished and followership is gained. Building on a solid theological foundation, the professor will explore dimensions of leadership particularly …
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Cultural Hermeneutics: Engaging with World with the Word

“Cultural Hermeneutics” aims to expand and hone students’ self-awareness and capabilities as interpreters and creative agents promoting truth, goodness and beauty in the world, standing within the purview of Christ and his kingdom. A general analysis of reality and the human world in relation to it will be augmented by the introduction of social-scientific concepts …
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Christian Faith and Practice in a (Post)Modern World

While faith in Jesus Christ has never come easily, there are certain features of modern—and now purportedly “postmodern”—societies that seem to make Christian faith and discipleship particularly perplexing. These features are commonly discussed under the heading of “secularization,” a term which points to the fact that traditional Christian understanding and institutions have grown progressively less …
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Eyes to See: Engaging Faith Communities in Poverty Dialogue and Action

Are you a church leader interested in engaging your congregation in actions to address poverty? Join Shaun Groves and Compassion Canada in this two-day workshop to build knowledge and skill to lead conversations and initiatives about poverty in your community. Based on the book Eyes to See by Compassion Canada. This workshop will be offered …
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