Donald Trump and Vancouver School of Theology

Canada: So in the interest of social well-being, we should not pretend that our country is flawless, according to Vancouver Courier. The self-righteousness we exhibit because Canada does not have a homegrown Donald Trump rings hollow when we overhear some of the comments in cafes or read the vox populi sections of the Internet. Yet we have all heard bigotries expressed about people of other religions and, using one measure, when violence in the form of hate crimes take place in Canada, it is overwhelmingly directed at religious minorities. The Vancouver School of Theology, the incubator of some pretty awesome intellectual and social exploration on the UBC campus, is hosting an event that intends to get to the root of some of the most challenging issues a multicultural and multi-religious society confronts — or should confront. But ordinary folks do not need to take two days off work to experience some of what the conference has to offer. Encountering the Other: An Inter-Religious Conference is a major, three-day affair beginning Sunday, May 15. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.