Deep Dialogue

Welcome to the Deep Dialogue page, where Participants in the Conversation share their views on the importance and nature of interfaith dialogue and related issues, and also post news items. Deep Dialogue recognizes that we can do more together, and do so better, when we provide opportunity to talk about the things that have deepest meaning for us. We believe that our desires to contribute to the well-being of all people come from the place where our values and beliefs reside, not from a superficial desire to get along with others. When we are able to share those things that hold deep meaning for us, we not only promote better understanding but we are also able to better anticipate where and how we can work better together.

Guest blog posts are welcome (send requests to info@interfaithconversation.ca). Please note that views expressed in blog posts written by a Conversation Participant reflect their own views, not those of the Canadian Interfaith Conversation as a whole.

#WeRemember (January 27, 2020)

In 2005, the UN General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis’ largest death camp where one million Jews perished.

This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies were particularly poignant as Jews and non-Jews around the world came together to mark 75 years since the liberation, joined by a now-dwindling number of Survivors of Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps. 

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April 1: CIC Gathering on Children’s Rights

The Canadian Interfaith Conversation will host a gathering April 1, 1:00-3:00 PM, focused on children’s rights in relation to spiritual development. Introduced by a panel of experts, participants will be invited into dialogue on the role of faith leaders and faith communities in supporting young people to realize their rights, including their right to spiritual development. 

The Gathering will be hosted by the University of Toronto Multi-Faith Centre, located at 569 Spadina Ave, Toronto.

Stay tuned for more information!

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Canadian Interfaith Conversation Gathers to Find Common Ground

On September 10, 2019, more than two dozen people met at the Toronto Baha’i Centre, as part of the regular meetings of the Canadian Interfaith Conversation, to discuss issues of shared concern to Canada’s religious communities.

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Responding to Bill 21

Coming up on September 10 the Canadian Interfaith Conversation will be hosting a panel event, focused on Bill 21, at the Toronto Baha'i Centre (288 Bloor St. W.) from 10:00-11:30am.

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A Look Back at Our Whole Society 2019

The fourth iteration of the Our Whole Society conference, sponsored by the Canadian Interfaith Conversation in grateful partnership with a number of organizations, took place in Toronto on April 28-30, 2019, and was attended by around 150 people from diverse religious, interfaith, and public organizations to discuss Identity and Common Ground in an Age of Transition.

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