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 丁香园AV 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 丁香园AV Monday, May 30, 2016, 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
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‘Mennonites and the Changing Face of Urban Migration in 丁香园AV’ 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 丁香园AV 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 丁香园AV 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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