CSCA is holding a conference dealing with science and Christianity in Canada at, and co-hosted by, Trinity Western University, May 11 – 14, 2018. This conference will include Canadians in science, speakers dealing with issues relevant to our theme, and talks on science and Christian faith in general. Info and registration: www.csca.ca/may2018
We are happy to announce that our full schedule of talks, both plenary and and breakout, is now available. A full programme booklet (including abstracts) will be available in April.
Early-Bird Price Extended!
It took us a little longer than expected to get this schedule together, so we have extended the early-bird price deadline to March 31. Register Now!
Schedule at a Glance
Conference opens with dinner at 5pm Friday 11 May and ends with lunch at 1pm Monday 14 May.
| Friday evening, 7pm | Plenary: Dennis Danielson |
| Saturday morning | Plenary: Santa Ono Breakouts |
| Saturday afternoon | Breakouts |
| Saturday evening | Sky Gala Janet Danielson Katharine Hayhoe |
| Sunday morning | Worship: Mark Glanville preaching Plenary: Richard Middleton |
| Sunday afternoon | Breakouts |
| Sunday evening | Film + Panel |
| Monday morning | Plenary: Robert Mann Breakouts |
Full Talk Schedule
| From Sea to Sea…to Sky! Science and Christianity in Canada | ||||
| SCHEDULE of PLENARY and CONTRIBUTED TALKS | ||||
| Friday 11 May to Monday 14 May 2018 | ||||
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FRIDAY
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19:20 | Dennis Danielson Copernicus and the Structure of the Universe |
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| 20:30 | Don McNally | |||
| A Brief History of the CSCA: Shaping the Faith/Science Dialogue in Canadian Universities, from George Grant to the Governor General | ||||
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SATURDAY
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08:40 | Santa J. Ono Science And Faith: Servant Leadership and the Secular University |
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| 10:15 | A1: Origins, Evolution, & Design | A2: Theology (starts 10:45am) |
A3: National Parks (starts 10:45am) |
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| 10:15 | Dennis Venema | |||
| Human Origins and the Species Problem | ||||
| 10:45 | Ben McFarland | Howard G. Andersen | Paul Yang | |
| Chemistry and Creativity in the Cambrian Explosion | Did Jesus Care About Empirical Evidence? | Was the Grand Canyon Really Formed by Noah’s Flood? | ||
| 11:15 | Paul Brown | Alan Dickin | Paul Heintzman | |
| Using the Unknown in Science – Evolution, Design, and God of the Gaps | A Biblical Account of Origins Should Also Explain the Origins of the Biblical Account | Nature, Wilderness and Creation Care: The Example of Canadian National Parks | ||
| 13:15 | B1: Apologetics & Philosophy | B2: History & Literature | B3: Math & Physics | |
| 13:15 | Paul Chamberlain | Holly Nelson | Howard G. Andersen | |
| Naturalism: Obstacle or Benefit to Christians Working in Science? | Margaret Cavendish and the Christian Faith: Scripture, Doctrine, and the Church in her Natural Philosophy | Probability, Statistics and Faith | ||
| 13:45 | Gordon Carkner | Bob Geddes | Sam Pimentel | |
| Scientism and the Search for an Integrated Reality | Science and Faith in Nineteenth Century Canada: Sir J. William Dawson and the Psalms | Theistic Reflections on the Navier-Stokes Equations | ||
| 14:15 | Christopher Morrissey | Charles Chaffey | Colin Campbell | |
| Logical Structure in Models of Human Nature: The Logic of Relativism | Science Confronts Quebec’s Faith in the Early 20th Century | Providence and the Principle of Least Action | ||
| 15:15 | C1: Climate Science | C2: Philosophy of Science | C3: Psychology | |
| 15:15 | Thomas Ackerman | ZiHao Wang | Bruce Vermeer | |
| A Christian Perspective on the Science and Ethics of Solar Climate Engineering | Scientific Causality and Classical Theism | Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Interventions and the Soul: Moral and Ethical Considerations | ||
| 15:45 | Truitt Wiensz | Mark McEwan | Janet Warren | |
| Exploring Our Meanings of Climate and Science | Is Christian Faith Less Honest than Science? | Addiction: Discomfort and Denial | ||
| 19:00 | SKY GALA | |||
| 19:15 | The Isotone Ensemble performs Janet Danielson’s Six Pieces of a Reverberant Cosmos |
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| 20:15 | Katharine Hayhoe Christians, Climate Science, and our Culture |
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SUNDAY
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09:00 | Worship Service Mark Glanville: How Can Science Foster Communities of Thanksgiving, Inclusion, and Diversity? |
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| 10:30 | J. Richard Middleton Human Distinctiveness and the Origin of Evil in Biblical and Evolutionary Perspectives |
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| 11:30 | D1: Science, Faith, & Doctrine | D2: Philosophy of Science | D3: Psychology & Philosophy | |
| 11:30 | Tim Opperman | Richard Johns | Marvin McDonald & Mihaela Launeanu |
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| The Evolutionary Emergence of Morality: A Non-Concordist Approach to the Doctrine of Original Sin | Is Evolution a Physical Process? | Social Practices as Mediating Guides to Faith-Informed Strategies in Applied Research | ||
| 12:00 | Bruce Martin | Amanda J. Nichols & Myron Penner |
Lorin Friesen | |
| A Physicist, Geographer, and a Biologist Go Into a Church, and… | Philosophical and Theological Skepticism About Science | A Cognitive Integration of Science and Religion | ||
| 13:45 | E1: Youth/Campus Ministry | E2: The Scientific Study of Religion & Lived Faith: Collision & Collusion | E3: Transhumanism, Nanotechnology, & Death | |
| 13:45 | Chris Polachic & John Hau |
James Cresswell | Bob Doede | |
| Evangelism Through the Narrative of Human Evolution in Canadian Campus Ministry | Does Reality and/or God Exist… or Not? | Transhumanism and [Dis-]Incarnation | ||
| 14:15 | Marian Saleh & Cahleen Shrier |
Erin I. Smith | William Sikkema | |
| Science for Youth Ministers Program: Preparation for Conversations in Ministry | It’s Not Just the Content: Understanding Person-Level Variables in the Science-Religion Dialogue | The Lame Walk and the Blind See: Carbon Nanotechnology in Medicine | ||
| 14:45 | April Maskiewicz Cordero | Laird Edman | John Wood | |
| Identifying Factors That Influence Students’ Perceptions of the Compatibility of Faith and Science | The Cognitive Science of Religion Applied: Implications for Faith-Based Settings | Why Have You Forsaken Me? Biological and Theological Views of the Necessity of Death | ||
| 15:45 | F1: Bible & Theology | F2: Artificial Intelligence | ||
| 15:45 | Dirk Büchner | Martin Ester & Sieun Lee | ||
| The Bible and Human Origins: Cain’s Story as a Test Case | Artificial Intelligence – Are We Just Machines? | |||
| 16:15 | Douglas Harink | AJ Boulay | ||
| The Burning Bush, the Theotokos and the Theology-Science Relationship | AI Safety: What Can Christian Ethics Contribute? | |||
| 16:45 | Rob Hiebert | Derek Schuurman | ||
| Can You Get to Eden from Jurassic Park (or Vice Versa)?: Reading Biblical Creation Texts Responsibly | Artificial Intelligence: Discerning a Christian Response | |||
| 19:30 | Making Peace With Creation (Film and Panel) | |||
| 21:00 | Science Career Panel | |||
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MONDAY
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08:30 | Robert B. Mann The Edge: Physics & Theology |
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| 10:00 | G1: Physics | G2: Ecology | ||
| 10:00 | Stanley Yen | Matthew Morris | ||
| The HALO and HALO-1kT Detectors for Supernova Neutrinos | God Blessed the Fish: Calgary’s Fish Food Problem and Its Implications for Flourishing Fishes | |||
| 10:30 | Steve Ball | Paul Brown | ||
| Kilonova: A New Era in Astronomy | Soapberries, Science, and Service | |||
| 11:00 | Marek Radzikowski | Paul Heintzman | ||
| Neutrinos as Tachyons: A Microcosm of Apologetics? | The Ecological Virtues of Bill Mason | |||
| 11:30 | Arnold Sikkema | |||
| Quantum Field Theory, Personhood, and the Trinity: Echoes and Resonances | ||||
CSCA is holding a conference dealing with science and Christianity in Canada at, and co-hosted by, Trinity Western University, May 11 – 14, 2018. This conference will include Canadians in science, speakers dealing with issues relevant to our theme, and talks on science and Christian faith in general. Info and registration: www.csca.ca/may2018