2025 Prairie Symposium for the Common Good

Campion College

The symposium seeks to address the multifaceted challenges and opportunities related to human solidarity.

The 2025 Catholic Studies Symposium “On Human Solidarity for the Common Good” aims to foster thoughtful dialogue and collaborative thinking on the imperative of human solidarity for the common good. Human solidarity is more than something we strive to do. It reflects goodness itself.The symposium seeks to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary platform for addressing the multifaceted challenges and opportunities related to human solidarity. By engaging diverse perspectives and expertise, we aim to inspire collaborative efforts toward a more humane world for the common good.This symposium will convene leading experts, scholars, and practitioners to explore how we can cultivate humane behavior towards one another, ensuring the well-being of all in our global community. ScheduleThursday May 22nd, 20254-7 p.m. Registration (Campion College Lobby)6:45 p.m. Opening Remarks for the 2025 Prairie Symposium for the Common Good (Campion Auditorium)7:10 p.m. Keynote Address (Open to Public) (Campion Auditorium)Dr. Monica Marcelli-Chu, Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics, Jesuit School of Theological Ethics, Santa Clara University – Berkley CampusCare for Our Common Home Through the Spirit’s Gift of Counsel8:40-9:30 p.m. Reception: (Campion Lower Commons) Friday May 23rd, 20257:30-10:15 a.m. Registration/Welcome Table7:30-8:15 a.m. Breakfast8:00-8:10 a.m. Orientation, Welcome and Land Acknowledgment8:10–8:30 a.m. Video Message, Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development8:30–10 a.m. Session 1: Jesuit Forum - Listening to Indigenous VoicesPanelists:· Susan Beaudin, Knowledge Keeper· Victor Reyes, Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Communications and Outreach Manager· Stan Leveau-Vallier, Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Assistant Director and Programming Manager10:00-10:15 a.m. Morning Refreshments10:15-11:45 a.m. Session 2: Post-colonialism and History Round Table (Campion Auditorium)Panelists:· Dr. Charles Smith, Associate Professor, Political Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan· Dr. Dave McGrane, Professor, Political Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan· Dr. Andrew Stevens, Associate Professor, Industrial Relations, University of Regina· Meera Conway, Member of Legislative Assembly, Regina Elphinstone-Centre· Alysia Johnson, Anti-Poverty Activist Regina· Dr. Simon Enoch, Senior Researcher for the Saskatchewan Centre for Policy AlternativesModerator: Dr. Daniel MacLeod, Director, Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch12:30–1:30 p.m. Registration/Welcome Table12:30-1:30 p.m. Session 3: Sustainability and EcologyPanelists:· Dr. Meredith Bacola, Associate Professor, Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba, “Why Fairtrade? Showing greater solidarity with the developing world”· Dr. Saeed Moshiri, Professor, Economics; Acting Department Head, Languages, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, “Does Employee’s Diversity Help Innovation?”1:30 -1:45 p.m. Break1:45-2:45 p.m. Session 4: Inter-Religious/Cultural Dialogue· Dr. Penelope Sanz, Sessional Instructor Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More, University of Saskatchewan, “From Disconnection to Barangay: Teaching Philippine Religion and Culture to the 1.5 Generation Filipino-Canadians”· Dr. Fachrizal Halim, Term Faculty Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More, University of Saskatchewan, “From Pulpit to the Public Sphere: The Expanding Role of Imams in Canada’s Secular Context”2:45-3 p.m. Afternoon Refreshments 3-4 p.m. Session 5: Education · Dr. Cynthia R. Wallace, Associate Professor of English, Director of the Irene and Doug Schmeiser Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace, and Justice, St. Thomas More, University of Saskatchewan, “The Drama of Immigration”: Migrant Literature, Solidarity, and the Promise of Empathic Unsettlement”· Dr. Timothy Penner, Sessional Instructor, Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies, St. Pauls’ College, University of Manitoba, “The Judas Problem in Shusaku Endō’s Silence (1966)”4:15 p.m. Synthesis Circle and Closing Remarks 4:45 p.m. Mass5:15 p.m. Blessing and sending forth 5:30–7:30 p.m. Symposium Closing Reception

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