Religious Diversity in Catholic Schools
Schedule
Thu May 01 2025 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
St. Mark's College at UBC | Vancouver, BC
About this Event
Your engagement with theology matters to Catholic schools. Theological commitments influence policy and practice, which shape how you think and talk about your work. Knowing theology enhances your involvement in conversations about what is going well and what needs improvement in Catholic schooling.
This session invites your participation in a conversation about how Catholic schools reflect and inform the Church’s efforts at Reconciliation with Indigenous people in Canada. It will argue that the Church’s current approach to religious diversity may impede a full apology for residential schooling. These commitments reside within an array of other choices, however, and this session will propose that the realities in Catholic schools indicate that many Catholic communities take those choices seriously. This session will encourage you to describe Reconciliation efforts at your schools, and to evaluate a proposal that they might prompt the Church to reconsider its approach to religious diversity.
Graham McDonough is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. In 2018 he received that faculty’s Teaching Excellence Award for his work teaching courses in anthropology, history, philosophy, and sociology of education to undergraduate teacher candidates. He is also an Associate Fellow at UVic’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, which is one of the venues where he shares his research on controversial issues in Catholic education. Outside the academy he has made presentations to Catholic school teachers, administrators, and trustees in Saskatoon, Regina, and Waterloo, and for six years he served on the St Patrick School Local School Council in Victoria, BC, including four years as its Chair. His book, Beyond Obedience and Abandonment: Toward a Theory of Dissent in Catholic Education, is published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
WORKSHOP LIGHT RECEPTION HOSTED AFTER EVENT:
St. Mark's College is proud to host this workshop for educators in the CISVA.
A light reception will be held in Room 300 for workshop attendees. Come and connect with Dr. Lynda Robitaille & Dr. Nicholas Olkovich, and others from the college.
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St. Mark's College at UBC, 5935 Iona Drive, Vancouver, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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