BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afbf841 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191115T193000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191115T193000 URL:/religious-studies/events/talk-paradox-pleasure-car olyn-whitney-brown SUMMARY:Talk: The Paradox of Pleasure by Carolyn Whitney-Brown CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nThis event is part of St. Jerome's University's lec tures in Catholic\nexperience series.\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc3ec3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191114T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191114T173000 URL:/religious-studies/events/talk-mark-vessey-late-ant iquity SUMMARY:Talk by Mark Vessey on late antiquity CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nCome to a fascinating talk by Dr. Mark Vessey (UBC) on \"Later Latin\nLiterature\, the Newest Late Antiquity\, and the Period of the Western\nClassic: A Critical Juncture for Humanities Research?\"\n \nWHEN: Thursday\, November 14\, 4-5:30 pm\nWHERE: SJ2 2003\, St. Jerome's University\n\nTICKETS: http://ow.ly/uLiC50wU8kO\n\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc4c62 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151116T153000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151116T153000 URL:/religious-studies/events/religious-freedom-risk-is lam-europe-and-right-act-faith SUMMARY:Religious Freedom at Risk? Islam\, Europe and the Right to Act on F aith CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nSPEAKER: Dr. Melanie Adrian\, Dept. of Law and Lega l Studies\, Carleton\nUniversity\n\nDESCRIPTION: Religious freedom has be en increasingly under attack in\nFrance in the last 10 years. In 2004\, re ligious symbols were banned in\npublic high schools\, and in 2011\, coveri ng the face in public spaces\nwas prohibited. These measures were largely a response to\, and have\ndisproportionately affected\, Muslim communities – especially Muslim\nwomen. They may also be jeopardizing pluralism\, d emocracy\, and certain\nconceptions of freedom.\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc58ea DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150326T153000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150326T153000 URL:/religious-studies/events/animals-peers-persons-pea cebuilders SUMMARY:Animals as peers\, as persons\, as peacebuilders. CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nSPEAKER:   Trevor Bechtel\, Conrad Grebel Univer sity College\, UW\n\nDATE:         Thursday March 26\, 2015\n\nTIME:        3:30 p.m.\n\nLOCATION:  AL 211\n\nRefreshments will be provide d.\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc6337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150319T153000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150319T153000 URL:/religious-studies/events/what-isis-why-do-canadian s-join SUMMARY:What is ISIS? Why Do Canadians Join? CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nWHAT IS ISIS? WHY DO CANADIANS JOIN? - A PUBLIC LEC TURE\n\nSPEAKERS: Dr. Lorne Dawson\, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ and Dr. Ama rnath\nAmarasingam\, Dalhousie University\n\nDATE: Thursday March 19\, 201 5\n\nTIME: 3:30 p.m.\n\nLOCATION: AL 211\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc6d11 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150223T193000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150223T193000 URL:/religious-studies/events/pope-francis-and-jews-fri endship-revisited SUMMARY:Pope Francis and the Jews: A Friendship Revisited CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nPROF. MICHAEL HIGGINS is a world renowned expert\, columnist\, and CBC\nconsultant on Vatican affairs. Formerly President o f St. Jerome’s\nUniversity\, he is currently vice president for Mission and Catholic\nIdentity at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield\, Connect icut. \nWhat is the attitude of the current Pope Francis toward the Jews?   \nWhere does he stand in relation to his immediate predecessors — Joh n\nPaul II and Benedict XVI — on both theological and political\nground s regarding such existentially crucial issues as the State of\nIsrael\, r ising anti-semitism\, and the Vatican’s own relationship\nwith Jews and Judaism? \nParking is free at nearby St. Paul's University College.  Add itional\npaid parking is available at Conrad Grebel University College an d\nRenison University College DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc76e3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20141126T153000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20141126T153000 URL:/religious-studies/events/why-almost-everything-you -think-you-know-about-pornography SUMMARY:Why (Almost) Everything (You Think) You Know about Pornography Is\n (Probably) Wrong. CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nIf the harm done by pornography and the social thre at it represents\nare so clear and obvious\, then why are the arguments made against it\nso uniformly bad? In this lecture\, Religious Studies pr ofessor and\nsociologist Doug Cowan explores the social construction of t he porn\nthreat. And what he says may surprise you. The size of\nthe por nography industry\, for example\, is regularly over-estimated by\nat least an order of magnitude.\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683158afc80b4 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20131118T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20131118T183000 URL:/religious-studies/events/edges-theology-and-sju-re ligious-studies-author-celebration SUMMARY:The Edges of Theology: and SJU Religious Studies author celebration CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nPlease join us in Fireplace Lounge\, Sweeney Hall\, for refreshments\, a\npanel discussion and book signing to celebrate the publication of the\nfollowing books:\n\nScott Kline: _The Ethical Being: A Catholic Guide to Contemporary\nIssues_\n\nMyroslaw Tatryn and Maria Truc han-Tataryn: _Discovering Trinity in\nDisability: A Theology for Embracing Difference._\n\nCynthia Crysdale: _Creator God\, Evolving World _(with Ne il Ormerod)\n DTSTAMP:20250524T052711Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR