Events - 2016

Join us for snacks and an info session on the Study in China Summer Program 2017! The info session will be held on December 6th, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in REN 2103.

Examine religious and ethnic othering, militancy, terrorism, and the theological and legal justifications for violence and oppression, past and present. Topics to be considered here may include "texts of terror" in our scriptures, religiously sanctioned or promoted violence (often mixed with values of the state or dominant culture), as well as concrete examples of the complexities of trying to address the “religious” and cultural justifications for violence so we can emerge from the darknesses of supremacism, dehumanization, persecution, and the many other faces of violence.

Explore ways in which gender oppression, gender violence, family violence, systemic-institutional violence, and other forms of gender injustice and oppression are connected to patriarchy, privilege, concepts of authority, and patriarchal interpretations within our faith traditions. The workshop may consider the discrimination faced by LGBTIQ2S members of our faith communities as well as the sexual abuse and professional misconduct perpetrated by members of the religious establishment.

Presenters:  

Did you know that harassment...

• is always, in two words, ”unwanted attention”
• is defined as “a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known, or ought reasonably to be known, to be unwelcome” (UW’s Ethical Behaviour Policy #33 and UW/CUPE Union Agreement: Article 4, section 3
• is a form of discrimination
• can come in many forms: jokes, insults, bullying, gossip, pushing for dates, etc.
• may occur face to face or electronically

Harassment might

Bishop Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada and Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Chair of Islamic Studies, Huron University College will begin this series of interfaith conversations by exploring key questions such as:

With the critical use of photographs taken by a number of well-known Arctic photographers, Frank Tester explores the colonial history of the eastern Arctic since World War II, noting the material as well as the socio-psychological implications for successive generations of Inuit.

Fall 2016 move-in

Find your Renison Residence move-in day information below. 

Arrival Time: 

We will be open for Registration at 10:00am 

Parking

Parking is available at Renison University College, see orange highlighted areas below.

Please do not unload your car until after you have checked in at our Reception table and been directed to the nearest door for unloading.

Once you have unloaded we ask that you move your car to the St. Jerome's Parking Lot to make room for those families still arriving.

The 29 students from the Business Leadership Program are divided into six groups, and as part of their program, each group has to come up with a viable business idea to solve an existing problem in industry or society. By “viable”, it is meant that the idea should be implementable in terms of finances, market penetration, etc.

Guest Lecture by:

Dr. Wooil Moon, Professor Emeritus in Residence (Geophysics), Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources, at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada

Join us at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, for a presentation by Consul-General Yasunori Nakayama​