Continuing Education Events and Courses

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, 7 to 9 p.m., Emmanuel College Chapel and Online, Free

Yeshu Satsang Toronto has hosted a free monthly Indian devotional music night at venues across the GTA since 2009.  Blending traditional Indian instruments such as sitar and tabla with a Western music education, husband-wife duo Chris Hale and Miranda Stone sing in Hindi, Sanskrit and other North Indian languages, accompanied by Luke Parker on harmonium.

In 2002, Miranda was touring her third folk-rock album, 7 Deadly Sins, and met Chris at a music festival.  The two of them fell in love with each others’ music, and eventually each other, before getting married in India in 2004.  

Chris had recently returned from having lived in South Asia for 25 years. His interest in bhajan and kirtan musical traditions led him first to write a masters thesis on the subject, alongside of his role as guitarist and vocalist for a touring Indian rock band in the 90’s.  Returning to North America in 2000, Chris co-led the band, Aradhna, producing eight albums of Hindi language devotional music; a hybridization of traditional bhajan, western folk, and post-rock.

A student of world music, Hindi language, and piano, Luke magically appeared at the key moment when Yeshu Satsang Toronto was in desperate need of a sensitive and dedicated harmonium player. With a superhuman patience for riding the waves of husband-wife musical discussions, Luke is the third, absolutely essential, strand in the bond of shared spiritual practice, deep listening, community, humour, and ecstatic music in celebration of the Divine.

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Thursday, February 13, 2025, 5–6:30 p.m., Emmanuel College Chapel and Online, Free, click here to register

Soul Care for Self-Injury: Theological Reflection and Spiritual Care Strategies, a new book by Amy Panton, assistant professor of practical theology at Emmanuel College. Through a thoughtful theological lens, Amy explores the complexities of self-injury, offering insights and spiritual care strategies for those who support individuals on their healing journey.  At the event, Amy will engage in a conversation with Dr. Iris J. Gildea and Shauna Kubossek, discussing key insights from the book, followed by an open Q&A session. Attendees will have the chance to purchase copies of the book with a 10% discount. There will also be food and fun giveaways! 

Target audience: spiritual care providers, psycho-spiritual therapists, practical theology students, youth workers, friends and family members of people who self-injure, members of the disability community, mental health researchers, social workers, and people with lived experience of self-injury. 

	Shauna Kubossek, PhD Candidate at Emmanuel College, Associate Editor Mad & Crip Theology Press
	Dr. Iris J. Gildea, Associate Professor of Book & Media Studies, St. Michael's University College
	Amy Panton, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Emmanuel College, Editor Mad & Crip Theology Press

 

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“Transforming Wounds into Wisdom: Interreligious Perspectives on Moral Injury Through a Buddhist Lens”, March 20-21, 2025

Please respond to the form below by March 1, 2025 to let us know if you will be able to join us for the conference.

Event Description: 

From March 20–21, 2025, Emmanuel College of Victoria University at the University of Toronto will host a conference, “Transforming Wounds into Wisdom: Interreligious Perspectives on Moral Injury Through a Buddhist Lens,” as part of the 10th-anniversary celebration of its Buddhist stream in the Master of Psychospiritual Studies (MPS) program. This event will bring together scholars, practitioners, and students to explore the intersection of Buddhist teachings and the pressing issue of moral injury. Highlighting Emmanuel College’s interreligious ethos, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist faculty and students will be invited to participate in workshops and panel discussions. A dedicated section will examine moral injury in the military context, while another will explore moral injury as it manifests in the healthcare system. The workshop aims to foster dialogue and deepen the understanding of moral injury through a Buddhist lens while strengthening ties within the global chaplaincy community. The workshop will begin on the morning of March 20 and conclude on the evening of March 21.

Keynote Address: Dr. Lynette Monteiro (bio and topic of the keynote will follow shortly)

Schedule:

Day 1 | March 22

Time	Event
9-9:15 a.m.	Opening (Welcoming remarks / Land Acknowledgement) – HyeRan Kim-Cragg
9:15-10:15 a.m.	Fo Guang Shan and Tung Lin Kwok Yuen Canada Society (Ernest Ng)
10:15-10:30 a.m.	(Buddhist Practice led by Fo Guang Shan)
10:30-11:30 a.m.	Moral Injury within the Buddhist Traditions (Marcin Fabjanski, Eleanor Pontoriero)
11:30-11:45 a.m.	(Mindfulness practice led by Eleanor Pontoriero)
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Moral Injury in Palliative Care (Linda Hochstetler)
12:15-1:00 p.m.	(Lunch)
1:00-2:00 p.m.	Christian and Muslim Approaches to Moral Injury (Jessie Stephenson, Nazila Isgandarova)
2:00-2:15 p.m.	(Christian and Muslim practice/prayer)
2:15-3:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion led by Emmanuel students (from all three MPS streams)
3:30-3:45 p.m.	(Break)
3:45-4:45 p.m.	Book Launch (Monica Sanford’s Kalyanamitra: Vol, II, published by The Sumeru Press)

Day 2 | March 21

Time	Event
9:30-10:30 a.m.	Moral Injury in Healthcare I (Jeffrey Braff, Mary Remington)
10:30-10:45 a.m.	(Break)
10:45-11:45 a.m.	Moral Injury in Healthcare II (Jennifer Bright, Michael Eby)
11:45 a.m.-noon	(Meditation)
12:00-12:45 p.m.	(Lunch)
12:45-2:15 p.m.	Moral Injury in the Military I (Jessie Stephenson, Sara Williamson-Bynoe, Kogan Keith)
2:15-2:30 p.m.	(Qigong/Meditation Practice led by Rev. Seiryu)
2:30-3:30 p.m.	Moral Injury in the Military II (John Dadosky, Scott Kearney)
3:30-3:45 p.m.	(Break)
3:45-4:30 p.m.	Keynote (Lynette Monteiro)
4:30 p.m.	(Sand Mandala Dissolution Ceremony)

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