Past Conferences
Renewing Our Minds
Posted on: Jan 11, 2024(Fall 2023) Changing your mind has become an offense for many in our world. Politicians are supposed to stick to their opinions and not change their minds. Changing one’s mind can be seen as a betrayal…
Our Goods vs. My Interests
Posted on: Sep 15, 2022(Fall 2022) How do we go about having conversations that matter? It's easy to be dismissive of other's opinions if we don't agree with their politics but this can be destructive and make us feel that…
Why not Play… Seriously?
Posted on: Apr 19, 2022(Winter 2022) In "Why not Play… Seriously?" you are invited to consider play as an integral feature of human flourishing in times of uncertainty. Not only does play fulfill necessary sociological and…
Why Play?
Posted on: Nov 04, 2021(Fall 2021) In Isaiah 11 and 12, we are told that in the days of the reign of Jesus, all the world’s past wrongs will be overcome, and people from all corners of the world will come together in praise…
Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear and Anxiety
Posted on: Sep 23, 2020(Fall 2020) As we explore a global situation remarkably infused with fear and anxiety - individually, socially, politically, and spiritually – how can we understand the roots of fear and anxiety? …
For Love or Money? Vocational Wayfinding
Posted on: Sep 02, 2020The January 2020 IS conference will continue our explorations of money by thinking more deeply about questions of identity and vocation. What is the process by which we take the gifts and passions placed…
Ca$h Rules Everything Around Me
Posted on: Nov 07, 2019(Fall 2019) It is common to think that money rules in our society today, but is this true for you: does cash rule everything around you, or does it rule you, too? This conference will ask you to think…
Rooted in Place
Posted on: Jul 12, 2019(Winter 2019) What does it mean to be rooted in a place? Not simply existing within it, oblivious to where you are as you pass one generic shopping mall after another, but actively involved in getting…
Post-Truth? Facts and Faithfulness
Posted on: Nov 09, 2018(Fall 2018) This fall, our Interdisciplinary Studies conference explores our understanding of truth and will feature keynotes by King’s philosophy professor Dr. Jeffrey Dudiak. We are informed by cultural…
Blessed Living in a Broken World
Posted on: Jul 10, 2018(Winter 2018) While society tells us that those who achieve the greatest success, work the fastest, and acquire the most are the ones who are “blessed,” the truth is that there are a world of people…
Does the Church Matter?
Posted on: Nov 20, 2017(Fall 2017) With growing chasms in the politics of left and right, fundamental disagreements in how we read and interpret scripture, and uncertainty about the relevance of religious faith for the problems…
"Glorious and Free"?! Generous Citizenship for the Next 150
Posted on: Jan 20, 2017(Winter 2017) The upcoming 150th anniversary of confederation in July 2017 provides an opportunity to investigate our assumptions about citizenship and what it means to “belong” in Canada. We will…
Getting to the Heart of What you Want
Posted on: Nov 17, 2016(Fall 2016) “What’s Love Got to Do with It? Getting to the Heart of What You Want,” featured keynotes by newly arrived Associate Professor of Philosophy, Neal DeRoo. What do you really want? How…
Change is in the Air
Posted on: Jan 20, 2016(Winter 2016) Change is in the air, and in more ways than one. On one hand, the climate is changing. Overwhelming scientific consensus confirms the reality of climate change and warns of the threat…
Playing God: The Gift and Risk of Human Power
Posted on: Sep 23, 2015(Fall 2015) Christians, and perhaps all people, have an ambiguous perspective on power. Many have bought into Lord Acton’s dictum that power corrupts and are therefore wary of claiming any power at…
Being Human: God, Evolution and the Moral Imperative
Posted on: Jan 28, 2015(Winter 2015) This Interdisciplinary Studies Conference is being co-sponsored by The King’s University and Professor Paul Allen of Concordia University in Montreal under the auspices of the Biologos…
Being Human: Rediscovering our Creaturely Calling
Posted on: Sep 17, 2014(Fall 2014) "Being Human: Rediscovering our Creature Calling" is a conversation about what it means to be human in creation. Dr. Wirzba will present keynote presentations allowing our campus to consider…
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Posted on: Mar 27, 2014(Winter 2014) This I.S. Conference was offered in conjunction with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission national event being held in Edmonton March 27-30. An education day was held at The King’s…
Mind Over Matter
Posted on: Sep 18, 2013(Fall 2013) Our special guest speaker for the Fall I.S. Conference was Professor Matthew Dickerson from Middlebury College in Vermont. Dickerson is professor of environmental studies and computer science,…
Just Worship
Posted on: Jan 23, 2013(Winter 2013) For the winter I.S. Conference, King's will revisit a topic that was addressed 10 years ago: Justice and Worship. With special presentations by our two Keynote Speakers, the conference will…