Social Justice and Human Rights is an interdisciplinary, interreligious and cross-sectoral conference presented
by the ICS Centre for Philosophy, Religion and Social Ethics in partnership with Emmanuel College.
by the ICS Centre for Philosophy, Religion and Social Ethics in partnership with Emmanuel College.
KEYNOTE LECTURES
What Is Justice and Why Does It Matter?Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff V W Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology Emeritus, Yale University 
Linking Fates Together: Universalism and Contextualism, Human Rights and Social JusticeDr. Melissa Williams V W Professor of Political Theory and former Director of the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto PLENARY PANEL
Religion and Human Rights in Canada: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The Very Rev. Hon. Lois Wilson
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CC, OC, former moderator of the United Church of Canada and spokesperson for human rights and interfaith issues 
Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
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Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at University of Virginia and expert in Islamic law and theology 
Rabbi Michael Stroh
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Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Har Zion, Past President of the Toronto Board of Rabbis and teaches at Kolel: Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning PANELS / WORKSHOPS
Concurrent sessions will take place on both days of the conference. The topics currently planned are:
• Tensions when rights-claims conflict • Tensions in the adjudication of justice • Status of economic, social and civil rights • Rights of Children – protection vs. self-determination • Rights of Refugees and Immigrants • Rights of People with Disabilities • Sustenance Rights: housing, food, health care • Environmental Rights: justice in creation-care • Aboriginal rights - group and individual rights • Women and Rights PUBLIC LECTURE
Must Love and Justice Be Forever at Odds?
Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology Emeritus at Yale University and author of Justice: Rights and Wrongs. Open to the general public with a separate fee. Details >> PRACTITIONERS NETWORKING SESSION Public Engagement and Advocacy - Networking and Discussion An informal sharing session for practitioners, facilitated by the Office of Social Justice, CRCNA. See details on the Session Descriptions page. | (re)Discover
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Supported by a generous grant from the Priscilla and Stanford Reid Trust.
We also acknowledge the support of a Public Outreach grant from
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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We also acknowledge the support of a Public Outreach grant from
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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