The Edmonton Interfaith Centre has released its 2024 annual report, regarding our challenges and celebrations of the past year. The report can be downloaded with the link below.
Annual Report 2023/24
Lunch and Learn: Exploring the Profound through Scriptural Reasoning
On February 7th, 2024, Inas Al Ashqar hosted a hybrid Zoom presentation on the subject of “Exploring the Profound Through Scriptural Reasoning”.
World Interfaith Harmony Week 2024
The Edmonton Interfaith Centre is proud to again present World Interfaith Harmony Week Edmonton, a series of talks, discussions and artistic events celebrating our commonalities and our diversity.
Sunday, February 4th, 2 p.m. “Building Bridges Among Faith Traditions” concert
Monday, February 5th, 7 – 8:30 p.m. “Spirituality – Poetic Perspective”
Wednesday, February 7th, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. “Exploring the Profound through Scriptural Reasoning: an Interfaith Conversation”
Saturday, February 10th, 1 p.m. “Discussion: Karma & Reincarnation”
Sunday, February 11th, 1 – 4:30 p.m. “Faith Spaces | Safe Spaces” Event: “Together in Faith: Confronting Racism”
For more information, (free) tickets, and zoom links, please see http://interfaithyeg.org/
Lunch and Learn: Non-Persian and Biblical Accounts of Two Great Persian Kings
On Tuesday September 5 at noon our dear former board member Firdosh Mehta presented “Non-Persian and Biblical Accounts of Two Great Persian Kings” .
Edmonton Interfaith Centre Annual Report 2023
The Edmonton Interfaith Centre has released its 2023 annual report, regarding our challenges and celebrations of the past year. The report can be downloaded with the link below.
Lunch and Learn: Prejudice and Hate Crimes Through the Ages: The Antisemitism Example
On Tuesday August 22 at noon, Karen Farkas & Netta Phillet, fresh from their success in Chicago, presented “Hate Crimes & Prejudice Through the Ages: The Antisemitism Example”.
Lunch & Learn: The Rehabilitation of Oberammergau’s Passion Play
On June 21 at noon, our Lunch and Learn speaker was Lea Nicoll Kramer. Following in the footsteps of her parents, who attended the 350th anniversary passion play in 1984, Lea and her husband Dean were privileged to attend the 42nd OPP on June 22, 2022. This talk was Lea’s reflection on that experience and on the fundamental reforms that have been made to the production since Christian Stuckl became the director of the 39th play in 1990.
Lunch & Learn: Service: A Muslim Chaplain’s Journey to Providing Spiritual Care
On May 15, 2023 at noon, our speaker was Ibrahim Cin. He holds an MTS degree from St. Stephens’ College (U of A) and has served as a Chaplain and Spiritual Care Provider at Alberta Islamic Foundation and in the military. His presentation, “Service: A Muslim Chaplain’s Journey to Providing Spiritual Care”, was given to an in-person audience and over Zoom.
Lunch & Learn: Neurodiversity, ADHD, and Interfaith
On Wednesday March 8th at noon, our speaker was EIC president Farah Jamil, and her topic will be “Neurodiversity, ADHD and Interfaith”.
WIHW 2023: How to Be an Ally
On Tuesday, February 7th at 7 PM, Lewis Cardinal spoke about “How to Be an Ally”, as the final event of out World Interfaith Harmony Week 2023.