Annual Forum on Faith and a Sustainable Economy
2011 Forum on Faith and a Sustainable Economy – 17 May 2010
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2010 Forum on Faith and a Sustainable Economy – 18 May 2010
The Churches’ Contribution to the Voluntary Sector: Public Policy, Theology, and Public Ethics in the Voluntary Sector
Join us for a day of listening and learning, dialogue and debate on May 18, 2010 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Jeremiah 29:7 “. . . seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Habakkuk 2:2 “Then the LORD told me: I will give you my message in the form of a vision. Write it clearly enough to be read at a glance.”
The report for this Forum is forthcoming.
Click here for a copy of the program, and here to view the poster for the event.
2009 Forum on Faith and a Sustainable Economy
The Roots of the Crises are Spiritual
The Commission on Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches hosted a Forum on Faith and a Sustainable Economy on Parliament Hill, Ottawa on May 12, 2009. One of the key themes of the forum was that the roots of the current crisis – named as the poverty crisis, financial crisis, and environmental crisis – are spiritual.
Click here to view the report on the Forum.
Click here to view the program, and here to view the poster for the event.
Individual presentations available for review:
- Economies as Ecologies: Lessons from Bernard Lonergan’s Macroeconomic Analysis by Darlene O’Leary, Ph.D (Th)
- Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy by Keith Helmuth, Religious Society of Friends.
- The Ethics of Climate Change, PowerPoint presentation by Graham Saul, The Climate Change Network.
- Forum on Faith and a Sustainable Economy: The Financial Crisis by John Dillon, KAIROS.
- Economic Partnerships Portfolio by Judy Whiteduck, The Assembly of First Nations.