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Prairie Symposium for the Common Good – Campion College, Regina, SK
May 22, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm
2025 Prairie Symposium on Human Solidarity for the Common Good
The Prairie Symposium for the Common Good will take place at Campion College at the University of Regina on the evening of Thursday, May 22, and all day Friday, May 23.
The theme is human solidarity, and registration is free; to register online for this Regina event, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1304768009239?aff=oddtdtcreator.
The Prairie Symposium is a collaboration between St. Thomas More College, St. Paul’s College (Winnipeg), and Campion College. For more information, contact Dr. Cynthia Wallace at cwallace@stmcollege.ca.
Schedule:
Thursday May 22nd, 2025
4-7 p.m. Registration (Campion College Lobby)
7 p.m. Opening Remarks for the 2025 Prairie Symposium for the Common Good (Campion Auditorium)
- Land Acknowledgement, Greetings (Campion Auditorium)
- MC: Kelly Bourke, Campion College, Campus Ministry
- Greetings from Campion President
- Dr. Sami Helewa, S.J., President & Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Campion College, University of Regina
7:15 p.m. Keynote Address (Open to Public) (Campion Auditorium)
- Dr. Monica Marcelli-Chu, Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics, Jesuit School of Theological Ethics, Santa Clara University – Berkley Campus
- Care for Our Common Home Through the Spirit’s Gift of Counsel
- Followed by Q&A
Moderator: Dr. Tom Phenix, Professor of Psychology, Dean of Campion College, University of Regina
8:30-9:30 p.m. Reception: (Campion Lower Commons)
Friday May 23rd, 2025
7:30-10:15 a.m. Registration/Welcome Table
7:30-8:15 a.m. Breakfast (Campion Lower Commons)
8:00-8:10 a.m. Orientation, Welcome and Land Acknowledgment (Campion Auditorium)
- Dr. Tom Phenix, Professor of Psychology, Dean of Campion College, University of Regina
8:10–8:30 a.m. Video Message, Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
8:30–10 a.m. Session 1: Jesuit Forum – Listening to Indigenous Voices (Campion Auditorium)
Panelists:
- Susan Beaudin, Knowledge Keeper
- Victor Reyes, Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Communications and Outreach Manager
- Stan Leveau-Vallier, Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Assistant Director and Programming Manager
Moderator: William Mbilinyi, S.J.
10:00-10:15 a.m. Morning Refreshments (Campion Lower Commons)
10:15-11:45 a.m. Session 2: Post-colonialism and History Round Table (Campion Auditorium)
Panelists:
- Dr. Charles Smith, Associate Professor, Political Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan
- Dr. Dave McGrane, Professor, Political Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan
- Dr. Andrew Stevens, Associate Professor, Industrial Relations, University of Regina
- Meera Conway, Member of Legislative Assembly, Regina Elphinstone-Centre
- Alysia Johnson, Anti-Poverty Activist Regina
- Dr. Simon Enoch, Senior Researcher for the Saskatchewan Centre for Policy Alternatives
Moderator: Dr. Daniel MacLeod, Director, Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba
11:45 am-12:30 p.m. Lunch (Campion Lower Commons)
12:30–1:30 p.m. Registration/Welcome Table (Campion College Lobby)
12:30-1:30 p.m. Session 3: Sustainability and Ecology (Campion Auditorium)
Panelists:
- Dr. Meredith Bacola, Associate Professor, Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba
- “Why Fairtrade? Showing greater solidarity with the developing world”
- Dr. Saeed Moshiri, Professor, Economics; Acting Department Head, Languages, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan
- “Does Employee’s Diversity Help Innovation?”
- 20 min presentation, 20 min discussion
- Moderator: Kelly Bourke, Campion College Campus Ministry
1:30 -1:45 p.m. Break
1:45-2:45 p.m. Session 4: Inter-Religious/Cultural Dialogue (Campion Auditorium)
- Dr. Penelope Sanz, Sessional Instructor, Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More, University of Saskatchewan
- “From Disconnection to Barangay: Teaching Philippine Religion and Culture to the 1.5 Generation Filipino-Canadians”
- Dr. Fachrizal Halim, Term Faculty of Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More, University of Saskatchewan
- “From Pulpit to the Public Sphere: The Expanding Role of Imams in Canada’s Secular Context”
- 20 min presentation, 20 min discussion
- Moderator: Michelle Wagner, Sessional Member, Religious Studies, Campion College, University of Regina
2:45-3 p.m. Refreshments in Lower Commons
3-4 p.m. Session 5: Education (Campion Auditorium)
- Dr. Cynthia R. Wallace, Associate Professor of English, Director of the Irene and Doug Schmeiser Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace, and Justice, St. Thomas More, University of Saskatchewan
- “The Drama of Immigration”: Migrant Literature, Solidarity, and the Promise of Empathic Unsettlement”
- Dr. Timothy Penner, Sessional Instructor, Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba
- “The Judas Problem in Shusaku Endō’s Silence (1966)”
- 20 min presentation, 20 min discussion
- Moderator: President Sami Helewa, S.J., President & Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Campion College, University of Regina
4:15 p.m. Synthesis Circle and Closing Remarks (Campion Chapel)
4:45 p.m. Mass (Campion Chapel)
- President Sami Helewa, S.J., President & Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Campion College, University of Regina
5:15 p.m. Blessing and sending forth (Campion Chapel)
5:30–7:30 p.m. Symposium Closing Reception
Innovation Rotunda, 10 Research Dr, Regina