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 Justice

Dr. Melissa Williams   V W
Professor of Political Theory and former Director of
the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto

Religion and Human Rights in Canada: Judaism, Christianity and Islam

The Very Rev. Hon. Lois Wilson   C
CC, OC, former moderator of the United Church of
Canada and spokesperson for human rights and
interfaith issues


Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina   V
Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at
University of Virginia and expert in Islamic law and
theology


Rabbi Michael Stroh   W
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
 

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 >>

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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.