Understanding Islam: An interview with Habeeb Alli

Stephanie Schoenhoff

April 5, 2016

Habeeb Alli incorporates his Muslim faith in every sphere of life. He sat down with us to talk about his passion: educating Canadians about Islam. 

When I met Habeeb in Toronto at a talk on the fight against religious violence, he introduced himself as someone who is passionate about sharing the history of Islam in Canada, and has lots of stories about his faith community up his sleeve I talked with Habeeb about his work in the Muslim community...

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Faith in Faithless Times

Siby Varghese

April 1, 2016

Siby Varghese grew up in Saudi Arabia and India, experiencing first hand what it was like to have limits to freedom of religion. When he moved to Canada in 2011, he was shocked to see just how many Canadians didn't excersize their right to worship freely in public. Read his story here. 

Having spent my early years in Saudi Arabia and then India, where religion is part of the everyday fabric of society, it never occurred to me that in other parts of the world, religion could have a diminished public role But, even more so to redefine religion as a solely private pursuit is to reduce...

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Fast Forward Faith

Peter Stockland

March 31, 2016

Daniel Bezalel Richardsen works for the federal government in Ottawa where he lives a life infused with his own Christian faith and deep interest in other religious traditions. 

Daniel Bezalel Richardsen works for the federal government in Ottawa, where he lives a life infused with his own Christian faith and deep interest in other religious traditions Friendships with faithful Catholics, serious reading of Church history, being part of an ecumenical public theology group a...

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And You Shall Love

Stephanie Schoenhoff

March 28, 2016

Danny Richmond loves his job. He works at Ve'ahavta, a Jewish philanthropic organization in Toronto which promotes positive change in the lives of people marginalized by poverty. Read how his job inspires him daily to do acts of tikun olam.

He’s the Director of Community Engagement at Ve’ahavta, a Jewish philanthropic organization in Toronto, dedicated to promoting positive change in the lives of people of all faiths who are marginalized by poverty Though Jewish tradition has been woven in to the fabric of their organization, Ve’ahavta...

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Which NDP will introduce the "Act to End Predatory Lending"?

Brian Dijkema

March 23, 2016

If the Alberta government were to follow Colorado’s example, and create a regulatory environment which mandated loan terms and required lenders to accept instalments rather than lump sums, it would go a long way to alleviating the cash flow pressure that leads to dependency The Notley government has...

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Not in God's Name: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for Cardus

Raymond J. de Souza with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

March 18, 2016

The world, it seems, might be better off without religion. Witness the horrific violence of the Islamic State. But what if religion is not the problem, but the solution?

JS: We're talking about the five sibling rivalry stories in Genesis: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, and the two sisters, Leah and Rachel RDS: Not at the end of the book, but at the concluding part of the heart of the book on the dynamics of sibling rivalry...

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Kevin Vickers' Road to Forgiveness

Kevin Vickers

March 18, 2016

Watch former Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers' full speech from our Faith in Canada 150 launch. He tells us about how lessons learned in childhood led him on a road to forgiveness after the October 2014 shootings in Parliament.

The following is the speech Kevin Vickers gave in November of 2015 during the launch of Faith in Canada 150 at the CBC Headquarters in Toronto ...

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A Rocha Cares for People and the Places They Live

Stephanie Schoenhoff

March 15, 2016

A Rocha is an international Christian organization that engages in scientific research, environmental education, community-based conservation projects and sustainable agriculture.

A Rocha is an international Christian organization which engages in scientific research, environmental education, community-based conservation projects and sustainable agriculture When I arrived at A Rocha, a Christian environmental stewardship organization in Hamilton, I was wind-swept and cold ...

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Vanier's philanthropic faith

Stephanie Schoenhoff

March 11, 2016

Canadian humanitarian Jean Vanier was recently honoured for his work leading L’Arche, a network of live-in communities for people with intellectual exceptionalities. Watch his acceptance speech here. 

Canadian humanitarian Jean Vanier was recently honoured for his work leading L’Arche, a network of live-in communities for people with intellectual disabilities ...

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Return to Beginnings

Peter Stockland

March 11, 2016

For both son and his father, travelling to holy sites in Israel deepened understanding of Christianity as a faith rooted in place. For Marceau, 45, it also illuminated the relationship between the Jewish faith to which he converted in his 30s. 

For Marceau, 45, it also illuminated the relationship between the Jewish faith to which he converted in his 30s and the Catholic world in which he was baptized and grew up, including the years when he was paid a quarter to serve as an altar boy at Mass When it’s pointed out that he’s part of an even...

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Understanding our deep political differences

Peter Stockland

March 11, 2016

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Pig Blood and Glowing Sand

Gideon Strauss

March 9, 2016

The political sentiments reported in polls like these suggest a dismal but unsurprising possibility: that very few American evangelical churches offer their members the opportunity of a discipleship that gives attention to the history of Christians over the past two millennia struggling to follow Je...

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We Need to Talk

Stephanie Schoenhoff

March 9, 2016

We sat down with Azim Shamshiev, Executive Vice President of Intercultural Dialogue Institute GTA to talk about the long-term impact of interfaith conversation, and the Canadian opportunity for interfaith circles. 

As we have ongoing interfaith dialogue efforts, we have at least some level of understanding between different groups, but imagine a situation when you don’t have dialogue and interaction among these people and communities, imagine when they don’t know anything about each other So this is to set the...

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Changing Politics for a Changed Country

Michael Van Pelt

March 7, 2016

The challenge for a renewed conservatism that will have the authenticity and robustness to appeal again to the electorate will have the courage to avoid simplistic talking points and recognize that a healthy society requires a full range of social institutions to play their roles Rethinking charity,...

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Faith On A Handshake

Peter Stockland

March 4, 2016

David Peck, founder of SoChange, sees his faith through a globalized lens. That means avoiding the exclusivist reflexes so many Christian churches have these days. His desire? "to get six billion faith-based people of the world on the same page when it comes to things like eradicating extreme poverty." 

“One of the ways is to get six billion faith-based people of the world on the same page when it comes to things like eradicating extreme poverty At a minimum, it will plant seeds for further conversations, further recognition that commonality of human purpose – six billion people on the same page – ...

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