Join visionary leaders from diverse cultural backgrounds for an experience where groundbreaking ideas collide! Discover what's working, discuss challenges, and uncover emerging opportunities in today's dynamic intercultural landscape. This isn't just another conference—it's a catalyst for change where you'll engage in powerful, facilitated conversations that spark innovation and build lasting connections! 

Be inspired by compelling success stories and gain practical strategies for creating truly inclusive spaces where everyone belongs. Do not miss this unique opportunity to connect with both seasoned practitioners and brilliant academics as we explore cutting-edge intercultural approaches that will revolutionize your ministry or organization!  

Diving into the deep end: a real time case study on becoming an intercultural church community with Dorothy Pang and Deborah Wong
How does a community become intercultural? Is there a real life example that is contextualized to Canada? What ideas can I take and try out in my own contexts? Join a conversation with Deb Wong and Dorothy Pang as they explore the journey Deep Water Church has been on as they work out a calling to become a multiethnic, multicultural, and intercultural community.

Change Your Story, Change Your Culture with Rev. Traci-Lynn Burt and Dr. Mark Chapman

This interactive workshop explores how your congregation's narratives shape its identity and how shifting them can lead to lasting transformation.

Leading Together in a Kaleidoscope World with Bosco Tung

Reflect on how trust, communication, and power are experienced differently across generational and cultural contexts. 

Vocabulary, Identity, and Lived Experience: The Struggle of Defining Ourselves with Yanie Pierre-Jérôme

This interactive workshop explores how our lived experiences shape the language we use to express our cultural identities, including how we choose descriptors related to nationality, culture, race, and other aspects of who we are. The goal isn’t to rank or correct the terms people choose, but to foster understanding and empathy for diverse lived experiences as God calls us to love His children.

Living as Bridge-Builders: Learning the Art of Belonging in Exclusive Worlds with Shadia Qubti
This workshop examines the firsthand experience of fostering belonging that doesn't exclude others—creating spaces where difficult conversations can flourish while maintaining the integrity of faith and the urgency of advocacy. Through her lived experiences from Israeli-Palestinian bridge building work to Palestinian-North American Indigenous dialogue on understandings of land, Shadia will share her strategies for navigating belonging across cultural boundaries. 

Setting a Table of Belonging with Kerri McIntosh - We always want TIM Centre's workshops to be highly engaging and interactive! Try out our new game for teams who are searching for meaningful ways to create spaces of equity and belonging. It starts with ensuring everyone has a spot at the table.