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Ruth Bancewicz (Church Engagement Director at The Faraday Institute) will speak at ASA 2025 on July 20th. Join in person or online: network.asa3.org/page/asa-202...
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Join one of the world's TOP climate science voices for this great event at the downtown Central Public Library!

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The Cosmic Drama Unfolds: Science and the Biblical Story: The Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, is home to a wide variety of perspectives on science and Christian faith as we network with members and friends of diverse backgrounds who work, study, and engage in a range of contexts relating to science. I have been inspired and challenged by the Reformed tradition, integrating and adapting it with my evolving perspectives, informed by scientific advances, rooted in theological and philosophical foundations, and nuanced through connections within and beyond the CSCA. In this talk, I will discuss ways the Biblical story, seen through the lens of “creation-fall-redemption,” is valuable for reflecting on the character, discoveries, and purposes of the natural sciences.

Come hear our executive director @arnoldsikkema.bsky.social in Vancouver on Wed 12th (7pm): How is the Biblical story of creation, fall, redemption valuable for reflecting on the character, discoveries, & purposes of the natural sciences csca.ca/events/event...

Storytelling, Artificial Intelligence, and Faith with Karen Swallow Prior #27 - AI and Faith Dive into a thought-provoking conversation with professor Karen Swallow Prior as we discuss her book, “The Evangelical Imagination,” and also her intriguing views on AI technologies. Recorded in Novem...

This episode with professor Karen Swallow Prior explores the importance of empathy in a polarized world, how AI impacts human connection, and the potential pitfalls of its integration. Join us to explore the crossroads of faith and technology. Listen here:
aiandfaith.org/storytelling...

"All Creatures Great & Small" "Changing Landscapes: Psychological Dimensions of Religious Decline" "To Infinity & Beyond: The Great Exploration of Science & Faith" "Deconstructing a Young Earth, Deconstructing Faith" " Rethinking Medical Ethics in Light of the Good" Join the conversation!

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We have many public events on Science and Christianity lined up across the county this month! Ottawa, Montreal, Hamilton, Vancouver, and online. Don't miss out, but get involved!

"Properly understood, faith and science become partners in a great exploration of our search for meaning." [from the summary of the talk]

"While many regard faith and science as being disconnected, if not incompatible, I will instead argue from the perspective of Christian faith that they both are anchored in 4 similar pivot points about which healthy faith and productive scientific endeavours are based."

"How does a person of faith forge a career as a scientist? And how does a scientist explore questions of faith?"

Ottawa event details: csca.ca/events/event... (Laurentian Leadership Centre, 7pm Fri 28 Feb)

Montreal event details: csca.ca/events/event... (McGill, 7pm Thu 27 Feb)

Modern science forces questions that can lead to the deconstruction & reconstruction of faith. Peter shares data based on interviews with 28 Cdn Christians focussing on certain teachings about Genesis and how people handle the dissonance they feel as students of the natural sciences.

Peter Schuurman, Executive Director, Global Scholars Canada

"Deconstructing a Young Earth, Deconstructing Faith: Two Stories, Two Directions" Peter Schuurman (Global Scholars Canada) speaking in Montreal (Thu 27 Feb) & Ottawa (Fri 28 Feb). "Blessed are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada" csca.ca/events

Robert Mann, theoretical physicist (U of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute)

"To Infinity & Beyond: The Great Exploration of Science & Faith" Robb Mann (former president of CSCA & of @canadianphysicists.bsky.social theoretical physicist at @uofwaterloo.bsky.social & @perimeterinstitute.ca ) speaking in Hamilton (Redeemer University) Thu 27 Feb 3pm. csca.ca/events/event...

YouTube video by American Scientific Affiliation Joanna Ng & Rosalind Picard, "AI & Christianity" (2025 Winter Symposium)

Watch a recording of the symposium itself at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHPF...

'AI & Christianity': strengthen the uniquely human role in relationship to AI - Church for Vancouver “Divine Wisdom is superior to artificial intelligence,” Canadian AI technologist Joanna Ng told watchers of the American Scientific Affiliation AI and Christianity live webcast during the organization...

Our "AI & Christianity" symposium (by @asa3org.bsky.social) and panel (hosted by our & SCS's Vancouver chapters) as summarized in "Church for Vancouver" (editor Flyn Ritchie & writer Meg Middlestedt were among the 45 in attendance). A great success! Stay tuned for more events!

"AI & Christianity" Watch Party & Local Panel - Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation Event Details Date: 2025-01-25 10:00 – 13:00 Venue: Michael Smith Laboratories Categories: Lectures, Sponsored Events, Vancouver, BC FREE PUBLIC EVENT: The Vancouver chapters of the CSCA and of the So...

Artificial Intelligence and Christianity: Come to UBC Vancouver for a panel of local experts responding to the ASA @asa3org.bsky.social Winter Symposium on Saturday, January 25. Watch party + lunch (registration required) + panel discussion. Details at csca.ca/events/event...

Tonight in Calgary! Join the 100+ planning to attend and experience the heavens, with 8+ astronomers and their telescopes. If it's cloudy, there's a planetarium show as a backup.

Editorial summary of the article: In “Mennonites Responding to Climate Change: Engagement and Hope from Around the World,” authors Douglas Graber Neufeld, Joanne M. Moyer, and Heather Prior address how Anabaptist communities around the world are addressing creation care. This unusual global study is based on data collected by a survey distributed around the world and from focus groups that met both in person and online in 2022 and 2023. The results illustrate some expected regional differences (e.g. between Africa/Latin America and Europe/North America), but also identified levels and types of church engagement with creation care among Anabaptist churches worldwide, including levels of political participation. As one might expect, there were various views concerning the latter. A general finding was that “Anabaptists generally reflect the attitudes of the society around them,” but this finding is further sharpened with relation to Anabaptist churches worldwide. The nuanced conclusions, too numerous to be noted here, are helpfully synthesized in eight tables and summaries at the end of the article."

Two CSCA members are co-authors on this piece in the Mennonite Quarterly Review's October issue, including our president Heather Prior and her King's colleague Joanne Moyer: "Mennonites Responding to Climate Change: Engagement and Hope from Around the World."

Q&A #11 - Arnie Berg (20 Mar 2023) - Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation My default track was to follow in my father’s footsteps as an Educator, but in my last year of High School, I developed a keen interest in the new discipline of Computer Science. Even though I have ch...

Read a bit more about Arnie at his contribution as one of 50 CSCA members highlighted for our 50th anniversary in 2023.

Berg, Is Genesis History? ...

Arnie Berg of Saskatoon contributed Thoughts on the Film "Is Genesis History?" to the Fall 2024 issue of God and Nature, a quarterly online magazine published by @asa3org.bsky.social

Come share in the lively, family-friendly, science event with Dr. Stephen Jeans featuring performances from Ambrose Arts and an indoor/outdoor Star Party with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Learn how astronomers determine what the night sky may have revealed so long ago. Use star charts and look through telescopes with an opportunity to hunt for Jupiter, Saturn, The Moon, stars, and more! Refreshments provided, dress warm for outside observing, events continue inside too (if clouds develop).

Our Calgary chapter hosts its annual "Star of Bethlehem Party" with Ambrose University and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on Friday, December 6 at 6:30pm. Learn more & register for this family-friendly event: ambrose.edu/event/7843

George describes how climate change affects creation care in the Hamilton area, based on 50 years of environmental land use planning and design practice, and reflection upon Scripture and philosophy.

Lowell takes his generation’s models of discipleship, The Navigator’s wheel of Bible study, prayer, witness, and fellowship, and describes how the Christian Climate Observers Program and the Climate Intercessors are reconceptualizing these practices for the Anthropocene.

Climate Change in the Anthropocene - Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation Event Details Date: 2024-11-29 16:30 – 18:00 Venue: McMaster Divinity College (Hurlburt Hall--Room 136) Categories: Hamilton, ON, Lectures, Sponsored Events FREE PUBLIC EVENT: The Hamilton Science Fai...

Lowell Bliss & George McKibbon speak for the Hamilton chapter of the CSCA on November 29 (MacDiv, Friday, 4:30pm) on "Climate Change in the Anthropocene"

Cognitive Science of Religion and God's Two Principles of Natural Theology According to C. Stephen Evans - Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation Event Details Date: 2024-12-02 19:00 – 21:00 Venue: Laurentian Leadership Centre of Trinity Western University Categories: Lectures, Ottawa, ON, Sponsored Events FREE PUBLIC EVENT: CSCA’s Ottawa chapt...

Chris Barrigar speaks in Ottawa (Laurentian Leadership Centre of TWU) on December 2 (Monday, 7pm) for the CSCA on "Cognitive Science of Religion and God’s Two Principles of Natural Theology According to C. Stephen Evans"

ASA 2025 - American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting | July 18 - 21, 2025 | Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, CO

Join other scientists (natural and social) who are Christians at ASA 2025 in Colorado in July! The call for papers is up, with a January 31 deadline. network.asa3.org/mpage/ASA2025 @asa3org.bsky.social @csca1973.bsky.social

Webinar, watch party, and local panel. More details coming!

AI and Christianity! We're planning a watch party and panel discussion of local experts (from UBC, SFU, etc.) for January 25 (10am-1pm). Watch csca.ca/vancouver/ for updates. @csca1973.bsky.social @asa3org.bsky.social

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Science & Christianity! 8 local chapter events coming to Hamilton, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal. Topics? Just the usual suspects: climate change, cognitive science of religion, star party, AI, deconstruction | Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation @csca1973.bsky.social