Event Category: Local Chapter Events

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This category includes all upcoming events that are near any local chapter across Canada. It is not restricted to CSCA-sponsored events, so it may include related events that may simply be of interest to a local chapter.

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FREE PUBLIC EVENT: CSCA’s Montreal chapter presents a lecture by Adrian Langdon (Director, Leadership Center at The Presbyterian College). The Future of Ecotheology Christians today seek a theology broad enough not only to critically integrate modern science but also to face major challenges like climate change and political divisions. Based in a trinitarian and Christological framework, this talk outlines a theology of “deep reconciliation” which argues that human salvation is not only a matter of right relation to God but also to land, institutions, and other creatures. In passing it will note points of compatibility and conflict with science. Adrian …

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James Sloots, Retired Forensic Biologist

FREE PUBLIC EVENT: The Hamilton Science Faith Forum and the CSCA present a lecture by James Sloots (Retired Forensic Biologist). Science for Justice: My Life in Crime Isaiah 1:17 teaches: “learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.” Justice requires action on behalf of those without resources or power but the pursuit of justice is challenging. Truth seeking is difficult, emotional, time consuming and costly. Truth telling also demands intensity, ethics, attention and high levels of quality control/assurance. Trust and integrity lie in the balance. Forensic Biology has altered the landscape of …