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Philosophers Cafe-September 2022

Come join me at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre this fall to talk about these pressing issues of our time.

  • When People Collide: Free Speech vs. Hate Speech

  • Residential Schools, Modernity, and Remembering Well

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Philosophers Cafe-Fall Schedule 2022

Come join me at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre this fall to talk about these pressing issues of our time.

  • When People Collide: Free Speech vs. Hate Speech

  • Residential Schools, Modernity, and Remembering Well

  • The Blood Red Horse of the Apocalypse: Russia’s War in Ukraine

  • Freedom of Religion, Civil Values & the New Pluralism

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Residential Schools, Modernity, and Remembering Well

Are residential schools Canada’s foundational tragedy, our original sin? How did churches become servants to modernity’s vision? What of a Papal apology? What was the Canadian states interest? How have all settler peoples profited? Is it possible to make ‘reparations’ for the sins of the past? Reparations: what might it look like and who decides? Are we all responsible for everyone and everything?

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Philosophers Cafe - In the Shadow of Totalitarianism - a Journey to Romania and Turkey

Recently David was invited to Romania to engage Orthodox Christians, professors and students, clergy and laity, and, to Turkey to engage professors of religion (largely Islam) on issues of pluralism and on his approach to teaching in prisons.

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