Faith in Canada 150

#91: Harmony in Halifax

by Jennifer Neutel on February 1st, 2017

As we begin World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017, Jennifer Neutel shares how Halifax has become a model of religious diversity and openness.

#90: Bill Blaikie

by Nigel Hannaford on 2017-01-27

The Hon. William (Bill) Alexander Blaikie (born 1951) is a former federal Member of Parliament and Manitoba provincial conservation minister, now occasionally teaching a course on faith and politics at the University of Winnipeg. One of the leading exponents of late-twentieth century Canadian Christian socialism, Blaikie was in opposition during his entire twenty-nine and a half year career in federal politics. Nevertheless, he is considered to have been a successful and effective politician, and one of the fathers of the Canada Health Act. Read more ›

#89: Façades and Values

by Gideon Strauss on 2017-01-27

This week author Gideon Strauss brings us an alternate perspective on the ongoing conversation occurring in Outremont over the borough referendum campaign supporting a ban on new places of worship on Bernard Avenue. Read more ›

#88: Hasidic Joy in Outremont

by Gideon Strauss on 2017-01-18

Each week Gideon Strauss brings fresh perspective as he explores the unique intersections of faith and tradition in his new neighbourhood of Outremont, Montreal. Read more ›

#87: David Toycen

by Nigel Hannaford on 2017-01-13

Over his 42-year career with World Vision Canada, David Toycen led the organization to raise more than $4 billion to assist some of the world’s most vulnerable children, families and communities. Read more ›

#86: Bridging and Building Communities

by Dennis Ouellette on 2017-01-12

Dennis Ouellette shares highlights from his time as a pilot, visiting remote communities in northern Canada. Read more ›

#85: Frank C. Peters

by David Ewert on 2017-01-06

Frank C. Peters became president of Waterloo Lutheran University (which would later be renamed Wilfred Laurier University) used his leadership and relational skills to help that institution move from the private faith-based sector into the public sphere. Read more ›

#84: Across Our Backyard Fences

by Gideon Strauss on 2016-12-21

In the third of his regular dispatches from from Montreal’s faith-rich Outremont district, Gideon Strauss meets a 27-year-old borough councilor. She, a Hasidic Jew, decided to run for councilor in order to take advantage of the opportunity to make a difference in her community. Read more ›

#83: Janette Oke

by Violet Nesdoly on 2016-12-16

Janette Oke, herself the daughter of Canadian pioneers, has kept the pioneering spirit of courage, resourcefulness, integrity, faith, and romance alive in the body of fiction and non-fiction she has written. Her contribution to Christian fiction in Canada and the U.S. is near-legendary. She is, indeed, one of Canada’s most beloved storytellers. Read more ›

#82: Sharing a Long Obedience

by Gideon Strauss on 2016-12-14

In the second of his regular dispatches from from Montreal’s faith-rich Outremont district, Gideon Strauss meets a Baptist pastor who came to Canada from Greece as a young man and set up a radio repair shop a few steps from the church he has made central to his life for 56 years. Read more ›

#81: Noteworthy Viola Desmond

by Peter Stockland on 2016-12-13

Having Viola Desmond grace Canada’s $10 bill is unquestionably a good thing. It will become a great thing, however, only if it helps us overcome the grave thing it reveals. Read more ›

#80: Timothy Eaton

by Michael D. Clarke on 2016-12-09

Timothy Eaton is known from coast to coast in Canada for revolutionary merchandising and for building a retail empire by supplying the needs of city dwellers and country folk alike. Despite his fame, Eaton preferred to remain largely in the background; he never became a public figure, and he refused to enter politics. He had three principal interests: his church, his family, and his store. Read more ›

#79: Two Sides to Outremont

by Gideon Strauss on 2016-12-07

"All it took was walking down Avenue Bernard." Read Gideon Strauss reflect on the surprises that await, hidden in Outremont’s antagonisms. Read more ›

#78: Cathie Nicholl

by Lloyd Mackey on 2016-12-02

Through Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and Pioneer Camps, Cathie Nicholl played a major role in faith formation and leadership development for many Canadian high school and university students. Read more ›

#77: David See-Chai Lam

by Lloyd Mackey on 2016-11-25

David See-Chai Lam, a Hong Kong-born businessman/philanthropist, served several years as British Columbia’s lieutenant-governor. A strong evangelical Baptist by faith, he also brought Confucian concepts of “harmony” into play in creative encouraging conflict resolution and management in business, public and religious life. Read more ›

#76: Ernest Manning

by Lloyd Mackey on 2016-11-18

Ernest Manning is best remembered as Alberta’s premier from 1943 to 1968 – the longest-serving premier in the Commonwealth. Manning’s understanding of the Scriptures gave him an appreciation of human need as enunciated by proponents of the social gospel. Read more ›

#75: Friday Prayer at Dundas and Chestnut

by Farhad Khadim on 2016-11-16

This is a story of how people of faith refused to be victimized by terror. It resulted in the establishment of Toronto’s downtown Masjid Mosque which turned the corner of the corner of Dundas and Chestnut into a place of prayer and spirituality for thousands of Canadians each week. Read more ›

#74: Pauline Vanier

by Deborah Cowley on 2016-11-11

The wife of the Governor General, Pauline Vanier was “one-half of a perfect partnership in the service of Canada.” She was courageous in her compassion, heroic in times of danger, and passionate about the welfare of the family. Read more ›

#73: Of Earth and Son

by Deani Van Pelt on 2016-11-09

Deani Van Pelt keeps close to her the constant reminder that the words on her son's tombstone – words from the gospel, words of faith – would not be there without the support of the community who helped raise her son into a devoted follower of Christ. Read more ›

#72: Playing in the Fields of the Lord

by Katie Maryschuk on 2016-11-07

How are faith, academics, and athletics all connected? We asked Kim Chapdelaine, assistant track and field coach at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC about that. For Chapdelaine and her family, coaching is intimately tied to seeking God’s kingdom. Read more ›

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