communion: to dwell together in oneness

Pre-Conference Event

The pre-conference event will take place at Bayview Glen Alliance Church .

For those attending the pre-conference on Wednesday, May 6, doors open at 6:00 PM and the session begins at 6:30 PM.

This will be a smaller academic gathering with short paper presentations and time for discussion.

Paper Presentations

Sick Children at the Banquet Table: Presence, Kenosis, and Ministry among Neuroblastoma Families in the Chinese Diaspora

Rufus Chan
Tyndale Seminary

Human Personhood and The Cloud of Unknowing: Bringing People with Intellectual Disabilities to the Table

Susan McEcheran
Regis St. Michael’s Faculty of Theology, University of Toronto

Belonging and the Diversity of the (Disabled) Body

Heather Morgan
Emmanuel College, University of Toronto

Some Have Mouths but Cannot Speak: Theological Reflections on Speech and Power

Francis Pang
McMaster Divinity College

Transforming Table: Embracing Different Ways of Eating at the Banquet of Belonging

Corey Parish and Farrah Kurji
McMaster Divinity College

Flourishing Together Around God’s Table of Love

Cynthia Tam
Alliance Canada