The Renison Institute of Intercultural Research & Community Engagement (IIRCE) is a collective of the research centres and community groups at Renison University College. It is led and stewarded by the Renison Institute of Intercultural Research & Community Engagement (IIRCE) Advisory Board.
Our mission
The mission of the Institute is to further the advancement of intercultural and interspiritual understanding through research, community education, and outreach.
Our centres
News
Chinese proficiency preliminary competition held at Renison April 27
The 24th Chinese Bridge - Chinese Proficiency Preliminary Competition for University Students in Ontario and Manitoba was held successfully at Renison University College on Sunday April 27.
The event was sponsored by the Center For Language Education and Cooperation and the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto and hosted by China Studies Center at Renison University College.
Dr. Marc Jerry, President of Renison University College welcomed the candidates from different universities and their family members and friends, and the judges. He hoped to promote the diversity of language and culture education by hosting such events.
Events
Rewilding the Inner Landscape: A Creative Reset Workshop
This immersive expressive arts workshop invites you into a different kind of reset. What happens when parts of us that have been put aside are given space again to grow in their own way? Through guided expressive arts practices, drawing, writing, collage, and embodied noticing—you will be invited to explore your inner landscape as an ecosystem rather than a project.
The Art of Becoming: A Creative Reset Workshop
Through guided expressive arts practices, drawing, reflective writing, collage, and conversation, this Creative Reset explores what we've released, what continues to sustain us, and the possibilities still unfolding. In this online workshop, we'll discover that while every moment exists only once, each one leaves something meaningful behind. Identity is not something we lose; it is something we continue to create.