2016 Spring Institute Speakers
All guest lectures are free and open to the public. With the exception of Mayor Nenshi's Axworthy keynote, all lectures will take place in 2M70.
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‘Secularism as a “Wicked Problem”’ Dr. Carlos Colorado, Associate Professor and Grad Chair , Religion and Culture Thursday, May 26, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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‘A Tale of Two Cities: The Religious and Secular in Christian Thought ‘ Dr. Jane Barter, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Religion and Culture Thursday, May 26, 2016, 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
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‘Ways of Knowing, Being, Feeling and Doing’ Diane Roussin, Project Director, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Boldness Project Friday, May 27, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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Indigenous Spirituality, Healing, and Reconciliation’ Dr. Mark Ruml, Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Culture Friday, May 27, 2016, 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
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‘Protecting Refugees: Why Should it be our Business to Protect Refugees?’ Abdi Ahmed, Coordinator, Immigration Partnership Â鶹´«Ã½ Monday, May 30, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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‘Mennonites and the Changing Face of Urban Migration in Â鶹´«Ã½’ Dr. Royden Loewen, Professor, Department of History and Mennonite Studies Monday, May 30, 2016, 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
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Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary, Delivering the 3rd Axworthy Lecture Tuesday, May 31, 7pm, Duckworth Gym |
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‘What Does Islam Say Â鶹´«Ã½ That? Interpretive Trends and Identity Formation among Canadian Muslims.’ Panel with Sumera Sahar Dr. Rory Dickson, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and Culture Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 12:30-2:30 p.m. |
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‘What Does Islam Say Â鶹´«Ã½ That? Interpretive Trends and Identity Formation among Canadian Muslims.’ Panel with Dr. Rory Dickson Sumera Sahar, Community Advocate, Canadian Council of Muslim Women, and Independent Researcher Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 12:30-2:30 p.m. |
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'The Way of the Bachelor: Religious Ambivalence in Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba' Dr. Alison Marshall, Professor, Department of Religion, Brandon University Thursday, June 2, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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‘The Color of Hours: The Temporal Geographies of Race and Ruin in Post-industrial Urban America’ Dr. Paul Lawrie, Assistant Professor, Department of History Friday, June 3, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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‘Quebec and Manitoba as French Canadian Locations and the ‘Doubly Complex Coloniality’ of French Canada’ Dr. Bruno Cornellier, Assistant Professor, Department of English Monday, June 6, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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'Narratives of Pi(e)ty and Transnational Adoption' Dr. Jenny Wills, Assistant Professor, Department of English Monday, June 6, 2016, 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
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