Saint Mary's University Dept. of Philosophy & CCEPA Present:
The Annual Lecture in Public Philosophy
Evils and Inexcusable Wrongs

Dr. Claudia Card, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, explores what distinguishes real evils from lesser wrongs from a secular point of view.

Thursday, September 23, 7:00 pm
Scotiabank Theatre
Saint Mary's University
Reception to follow

CCEPA partnered with the Situating Science Cluster for the Humanist and Social Studies of Science to present a national five-part series of presentations exploring the ethical questions that emerge as we examine our TRUST IN THE NEW SCIENCES

Series details can be viewed here and videos of the individual presentations can be viewed here.

Atlantic School of Theology Launches New Academic Program Diploma in Youth Ministry

The Rev. Canon Eric Beresford, President of Atlantic School of Theology, is pleased to announce that the AST Board of Governors has approved the launch of a new Diploma Program in Youth Ministry.

This program is designed for leaders of youth who wish to deepen and broaden their skills for ministry with young people. The diploma program combines required and elective units of study with practical experience in the leadership of youth. The first unit of study for the new Diploma program coincides with AST's Best Practices Institute on October 1-2, 2010, and features workshop leader Rodger Nishioka, a specialist in the area of youth and young adults.

For more information and application details, please consult the AST website.

Information on the upcoming BPI workshop/cohort program, Beyond Games and Soup Kitchens, Nurturing a passionate spirituality in youth ministry, is also available online.

PEACE CONFERENCE 2010
July 7 - 10, 2010
Mount Saint Vincent University
Being the Change: Building a Culture of Peace...in our classrooms, our communities, and our world

Join other changemakers to explore how peace education, women's activism, and the disarmament movement can continue to contribute to building a more peaceful world. Conference presenters include Alyn Ware, Sandra Butcher, Adele Buckley, Erika Simpson, Hetty van Gurp, and Donna Smyth. Conference sessions focus on topics such as nuclear weapon-free zones, building peace through art and women activists working for peace.

For more information or to register visit www.msvu.ca/peaceconference

Email: peaceconference@msvu.ca
Telephone: 902-457-6131
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Sustainable Development Translated Into Financial Value

This course teaches participants how sustainable development can be translated into impact on corporate value.

July 15, 2010, 8:00am - 1:00pm
Marriott Toronto Downtown
Eaton Centre Hotel

For more information and to register, click here.

Circulating Knowledge, East and West

This conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today.

July 21-23
University of King's College
Halifax, Nova Scotia

For more information click here.

Public Evening Lecture
Nature of Knowledge in Indian Intellectual Traditions
Dr. Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University

July 21st, 7:00 pm
Alumni Hall

Conceptions of Race in Philosophy, Literature
and Art

• Sept. 16 Charles Mills (University of Chicago), "Race and Liberalism"
• Sept. 21 Jack Crowley (Dalhousie University), "Picturing Race in Early Modern Europe"
• Oct. 5 Roberta Barker (Dalhousie University), "Exoticism and the Performance of Race in Enlightenment Opera: Rameau's Les Indes Galantes"
• Oct. 19 Peggy Heller (University of King's College), "Aryan Civilization"
• Oct. 26 Philip Sloan (University of Notre Dame), "Race and Science"
• Nov. 16 Chike Jeffers (Dalhousie University), "Three Options in Race Theory: Re-Reading Du Bois's 'The Conservation of Races'"
• Dec. 2 Linda Alcoff (Hunter College, City University of New York), "Social Identities and the Question of 'Realism'"
• Dec. 7 Ursula Johnson (artist, Mi'kmaq Friendship Center), Art performance/lecture

All lectures will be held at 7:00 pm, in the New Academic Building, University of King's College

Click here for more information or contact Dorota Glowacka at glowacka@dal.ca

Night Owl? You can catch a random rotation of CCEPA programs on Eastlink Overnight. Wednesday to Friday night from 12am to 6am on Podium Television.