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There are four categories for course delivery:
In Person* if it requires attendance at a specific location and time for some or all course activities. These courses will have section codes starting in 0 or 4. *Subject to adjustments imposed by public health requirements for physical distancing.
Remote Delivery of In-class Courses if in-class courses are to be taught remotely, attendance is expected at a specific time and these courses have the section code starting with 91.
Online – Synchronous if online attendance is expected at a specific time for some or all course activities, and attendance at a specific location is not expected for any activities or exams. These courses will have the section code starting with 62.
Online – Asynchronous if it has no requirement for attendance at a specific time or location for any activities or exams. These courses will have the section code starting with 61.
Some courses may offer more than one delivery method. You will not be permitted to switch delivery method after the last date to add a course for the given semester.
Community-Based Assessment and DesignWYP1617HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR(S): Postma, WillCOLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: TBA CREDITS: One Credit Residents of urban at-risk communities often have ministry done to them by well-meaning people. Organizations (non-proftis, churches, government, etc.) swoop in with money, people and resources and tell the community what they need. Playgrounds are erected overnight, murals painted over, or gardens appear without anyone asking the people who live there what they want. The message that no one listens is reinforced in their minds. God's concept of "shalom" is not one of doing to people but one of inviting people to participate in their own community development. Students in this course will develop the skills necessary to engage a local community. This approach is guided through the development tools of community assessment (listening to the community) and project design, monitoring and evaluation (responding with the coomunity to a limitation). At the end of this course students will have the skills necessary to involve the community in its own restoration. More Information |
Resource Development for the Local Church & Community-based Non-ProfitsWYP1618HF L0101 SESSION: Summer 2022 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: TBA CREDITS: One Credit When we answer the call of leadership to a local church or a community-based non-profit, we accept the responsibility to raise the necessary financial resources to fulfill its mission. This course focuses on learning and applying resource development good practices within local churches and community-based non-profits. Its premise is that any organization that accepts donations (e.g. tithes, grant funding, and other sources) and incurs operating expenses, is accountable to donors (e.g. boards, members, employees, volunteers, clients, or donors). Organizations that discover new ways to communicate the urgency of the need, the proficiency of their experience, and the right engagement with donors can raise the necessary resources to fulfill its mission. Through this course, students will reflect on resource development (fundraising) from a biblical, ethical, and principled approach, which utilizes good resource development practices. Students who complete this course, will articulate a personal philosophy of resource development and create a 3-year resource development plan for a local church or community-based organization. More Information |
History of Buddhist TraditionsEMT1620HF L9101 SESSION: Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR(S): Shiu, Henry C.H.COLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 10:00 to 12:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course surveys the development of Buddhism in India and its spread from South Asia to Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the West. In this course, we will explore the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, and Samgha) of Buddhism, the Three Vehicles (Thervada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana) for the transmission of Buddhist teachings, and various Buddhist traditions developed indigenously in East Asia and then spread to North America, Europe, and Africa. More Information |
Multi-Religious Theological Education and LeadershipEMP1621HF L9101 SESSION: Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR(S): Voss Roberts, Michelle Hamilton-Diabo, JonathanCOLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 17:00 to 20:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course introduces Emmanuel College Basic Degree students to the project of theological education in a multi-religious setting. Students will solidify the narratives of their professional and spiritual paths within a variety of spiritual-professional paths, build relationships with their cohort, and connect with faculty in small group settings. They will learn about their own spiritual/religious tradition while engaging several of other major religious/spiritual traditions (including Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and traditional Indigenous understandings). They will consider their own and other spiritual/religious traditions through respective practices, yearly cycles and rituals. They will develop capacity in multi-religious cooperation and leadership in the public sphere. They will gain knowledge in intercultural competence and assess their own need for growth in this area. They will begin to develop their plan for spiritual/religious leadership in dialogue with classmates. More Information |
Ignatian Foundations for Mission and MinistryRGP1621HS L0101 SESSION: Winter 2022 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 19:00 to 21:00 CREDITS: One Credit In this course, students acquire skills of reflexive praxis rooted in Ignatian spirituality and pedagogy as a foundation for engaging in professional ministry in the Church. The student is invited to appropriate personal practices and professional guidelines for ministry within a theological framework, thereby beginning the process of articulating a personal vision of ministry that is grounded in Scripture, Tradition and personal experiences of vocation. More Information |
God's Mission and the Church's CallingTRP1622HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR(S): Deller, WalterCOLLEGE: Trinity College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 11:00 to 14:00 CREDITS: One Credit In this foundational pastoral course, participants will reflect on understandings of God's mission, the Church's part in that mission, and their own sense of call in relation to these. The course will draw on texts from Genesis, Isaiah, Luke and Romans, as well as patristic, liturgical, spiritual writings and sermonic writing. Examining the history of mission and the church, and contemporary congregational mission theory, we will consider alternative images and paradigms of mission. Lectures and book discussion sessions will seek to build participants' critical skills particularly in relation to conflict, healing, culture, pluriformity, and proclamation as part of mission. Participants will be required to meet and interview individuals involved in diverse forms of ministry in the community to develop their own vocational discernment and gain practical awareness of the issues, challenges and skills involved in a differing forms of Spirit-led developments as congregations seek to participate and live God's mission. More Information |
lntercultural leadership and Learning: Engaging Ministry in Diverse ContextsWYP1625HF L0101 SESSION: Summer 2022 INSTRUCTOR(S): TBACOLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: TBA CREDITS: One Credit Diverse cultural contexts in Canada and globally require leaders and learners who work with an artist ' s palette of knowledge, tools and experience. These ministry artists are able to listen to, engage and foster community within and beyond the walls of their organizations and churches, shaped by the biblical vision of shalom in which each person is able fully to be themselves, have their voices heard and share their gifts. |
Foundational Tenets and Practices of BuddhismEMT1631HF L6102 SESSION: Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR(S): Shiu, Henry C.H.COLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Thu Online TIME: 18:00 to 20:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course surveys the diverse ideals, practices, and traditions of Buddhism in its formative period in India. By reading primary and secondary sources central to Buddhism, we will examine key concepts, doctrines, and practices in the Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantric traditions. Having acquired a solid understanding of the history and doctrine of Buddhism, students will learn to apply these understandings to critically analyze contemporary issues from a Buddhist perspective. More Information |
Interfaith Leadership in a Multi-Faith ContextKNP1651HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: Knox College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 18:00 to 20:00 CREDITS: One Credit In a post-Christian and multi-cultural society there is a growing need for interfaith leadership from spirltual leaders who are grounded in their own tradition but knowledgeable and respectful of the ways people experience God/Divine and/or adhere to diverse beliefs. Spiritual leaders are called upon to offer support and spiritual guidance to Individuals and with communities In times of crlsis, distress, transition and celebration. This course recognizes the importance of developing the knowledge, skills and aptitude of students who study theology, spirituality and psychotherapy. In order to provide leadership through public prayer, ritual and or ceremony. These are now considered essentfal skills for people who find themselves as chaplains, spiritual care practitioners, religious congregational leaders, social service agency providers, psycho-spiritual therapist and para church workers. This course will help students to understand the current rellglous and spiritual landscape In Canada along with providing a brief foundation to the major religious and cultural groups In the GTA and across Canadian society. Students will learn about the importance of developing rituals and ceremonies to bring healing and hope. We will work to confront our own biases. Students will learn about the contexts of leadership and how to reflect theologically and splrltually upon our practice More Information |
Scholastic Philosophical ConceptsSAT1703HS L0101 SESSION: Winter 2022 INSTRUCTOR(S): Reeve, Pamela J.COLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit An introduction to scholastic terms and concepts in the context of their use in the philosophical theology of Thomas Aquinas. Readings cover texts that treat the existence and attributes of God, being and essence, form and matter, substance and accident, the human soul and its faculties, happiness, human action, and natural law. More Information |
