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NewsCCTE Launches Electronic Newsletter: ContaCTE!Keep in ContaCTE!
CCTE Takes New DirectionsThe Board of CCTE has begun to implement major changes to the governance and programming of the organization. Changes to the By-laws have been approved which dramatically reduce the size of the Board and its committee structure. The focus of CCTE’s work will shift to a biennial conference for people involved in theological education in Canada. Programs will follow a theme and support will be provided for consultations and research related to this theme. The general Grants program has been discontinued. CCTE will continue to co-sponsor the annual Canadian Theological Students’ Conference and will provide it with administrative and programmatic support. Greater emphasis will be placed on Web-based communication and enlarging the community of people which CCTE brings together in dialogue related to theological education in Canada. Provision has been made for new member churches to join the Council. As well as a new category of “Associate Members” has been created for schools and organizations which wish to become more closely associated with our work.
CCTE's First Biennial Conference"Doing Theology in a Fair Country" Please hold the dates May 3-5, 2010 to attend first biennial conference of the Churches’ Council on Theological Education (CCTE) to be hosted by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Winnipeg. The theme grew out of a consultation hosted by CCTE in February 2009 which drew together a diverse group of people involved in theological education in Canada with a focus on the relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities. The program will draw on the work of John Ralston Saul We are delighted that John Ralston Saul will deliver the first key note address. Terry Leblanc from the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies (NAIITS) in Edmonton will also deliver a keynote address. More information will be available in the coming weeks.
56th Annual Canadian Theological Students’ ConferenceTheme: “Pax Canadiana: Theological Reflections on Peacemaking, Armed Conflict and Nation Building”
Once again this year, the Canadian Churches’ Forum for Global Ministies is collaborating with the conference by including Archbishop Chacour’s participation in its International Visitors program. The conference brings together students from across Canada and from many different Christian traditions and faith communities for a week of encounter and dialogue. A registration booklet will be available in January.
CTSC “Trialogue” Addresses Transcripts AvailableThe 55th (2009) Canadian Theological Students’ Conference was addressed by a panel of three people on the theme, “Mission and Power: Memory, Journey, Vision”. The panel included:
These addresses were a highlight of the conference and are now available on the Canadian Churches’ Forum for Global Ministries Web site.
"The Future of Theological Education in Canada"
A special supplement of the Toronto Journal of Theology (TJT) titled “The Future of Theological Education in Canada” is now available through their Web site. The anthology is edited by Dr. Jane Barter-Moulaison of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Winnipeg and includes papers from a consultation hosted by CCTE in November 2007, “Who do we think we are? Re-mapping Theological Education in Canada for the 21st Century”. It also draws on conversations held at the annual meeting of the Canadian Theological Society in 2008. Several articles have been solicited from scholars from a wide range of theological perspectives and Christian backgrounds. The project was a collaborative effort among the Canadian Theological Society, the Toronto Journal of Theology and CCTE which provided a significant grant toward publication of the supplement.
CCTE Board Approves New Purpose StatementCCTE has been “re-imagining” itself through a series of consultations. At the Board meeting at the end of October 2008, a new Purpose Statement was approved to guide the work of CCTE and its continuing “re-imagining” and “re-structuring”. The map of theological education in Canada (See report from re-mapping consultation
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