This course invites learners to explore intercultural learning as an ongoing journey shaped by their experiences, self-reflection, and established relationships. Through personal storytelling and guided activities, participants will examine how they have learned to do something new in their own lives and use that process as a lens for understanding intercultural growth.

Spiritual formation is an ongoing journey of drawing closer to God and being shaped into the image of Christ. This program invites participants into a holistic process of transformation, weaving together prayer, self-awareness, and intentional spiritual practices that nurture Christlikeness.

This module will identify and critique ableist rhetoric. You will reflect on the significance of suffering and disability in the biblical context. We will examine the themes of lament, suffering, and divine silence, and how they relate to disability and ableism.

A 2-day training covering a wide range of topics for pastors and ministry leaders who work with individuals with mental health concerns. Topics include Mental Health and Mental Illness, Self-Care, Understanding Psychotherapy, Barriers to Psychotherapy, Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy, and Collaborating with Tyndale Wellness Centre.

This module will explore the nature of disenfranchised grief by understanding the language of grief and loss. Disenfranchised grief can include suicide, traumatic death, and other losses that are challenging to process because they are unacknowledged, avoided or not legitimized. 

This module will try to approach how God is connected to disability in various biblical texts. In this module, we will practice analyzing scripture passages through a disability lens. We will observe how God engages with disability as presented in the biblical narrative, and learn how to address the spiritual, ethical, and hermeneutical problems that arise.

This Module will bring a particular emphasis on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the calling of Matthew.  We will reflect on the Church’s call to cultivate “belonging” and envision practical ways that individuals with disabilities can be further implemented in Church communities.

This module will explore what it means to grieve and lament, and we will learn how to help others in their time of sorrow and loss. Special attention will be paid to the Psalms as a resource for encouragement for those dealing with death.

This Module will explore Human action in Death. We will discuss suicide, euthanasia/MAID and infanticide and how they are addressed within a framework of disability theology. We will critically examine where ableist rhetoric appears. We will examine the implications of technologies that have the power to manipulate, extend, and end life.

This module will explore the impact of death and loss upon the family system. You will learn about death and the family life cycle, looking at how family members react individually to loss and collectively as a family. A special emphasis will focus on how children understand death and express their grief.