VST presents:   An Evening with Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party   The G. Peter Kaye Lecture February 12, 2015 • 7 pm Epiphany Chapel, 6030 Chancellor Blvd   Elizabeth May is an environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and leader of the Green Party of Canada. Come hear her talk about her stance on …
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CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY: PUBLIC LECTURE WITH AUTHOR KATHLEEN NORRIS – WHAT THE DESERT CAN TEACH US   The Visiting Distinguished Lecture June 12, 2015 • 7 pm St. Mary’s Kerrisdale, 2490 West 37th Avenue   Renowned author Kathleen Norris will speak on what the Christian view of the desert, from the Bible to the early church …
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  Writer at Liberty with Writer in Residence, Rachel Holmes 10th November – 10th November 2015 8pm As a feminist, internationalist and human rights activist, Rachel Holmes has always seen her writing and active ethics as indivisible. Hard truths are sometimes easier to tell in a cultural space; creativity and optimism thrive more readily there …
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  Annual Gladstone Lecture: Founder’s Day 6th July – 6th July 2015 Time to be confirmed. This is one of the most prestigious dates in the Library’s calendar. Priority booking for Friends opens on May 1. To register your interest call 01244 532350 or email us.

  Join us on March 10-11 as Knox College welcomes The Rev. Dr. Darrell Guder as he presents Taking the Role of a Servant – Polity for the Missional Church. Dr. Guder is the Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary where he also served as Dean of Academic Affairs …
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  April 22, 2015: From Inspiration to Illumination: An Introduction to the Saint Johns Bible The Saint John’s Bible is the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in over 500 years. Its hand written lettering and stunning artworks truly present the Word of God in an engaging and inspirational way. Discover the …
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The Birks Lectures hosted by the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University 3420 University, 2nd Floor, Birk’s Heritage Chapel John J. Collins Professor of OT Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School.   A native of Ireland, Professor Collins was a professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago from 1991 until his …
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2014 Annual Edith and John Hans Low-Beer Memorial Lecture The lecture will be held at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall at Concordia University, Loyola Campus, 7141 Sherbrooke West, on Thursday, October 30 at 7pm. This year’s keynote speaker is Stéphane Grenier, retired Lt. Col who experienced PTSD first-hand when he came back from a 10-month …
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  Queen’s University Annual Theology Conference 2014   The 122nd Annual Theology Conference will take place October 20-22, 2014 at the School of Religion   Theme: Shifting Theology in a Changing Church

  His Holiness Tawadros II to give Mathers Lecture   26 September, 1:30pm, Grant Hall His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate will give the Donald Mathers Memorial Lecture in Grant Hall on Friday, 26 September, 2014, beginning at 1:30pm. The title of …
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