Episodes
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Asking Africa for Help
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Speaker: Liz James
Since the age of 20, Liz James has had friends from various countries in Africa. Many were refugees, and their relationship has often focused on helping them. But every time two cultures mix, both parties learn things. Some of the biggest challenges we are facing right now, Liz believes, would be helped significantly by employing some of the strategies she learned in those cross cultural relationships.
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Child Poverty
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sally Mahood
Dr. Mahood discusses the issue of child poverty in Canada and Saskatchewan. Who is impacted and how? What are the implications for educational and health care systems, and public policies that might address the issue? Dr. Mahood is a long time academic family physician in Saskatchewan who has a special interest in Women's and Children's health, and has been involved in advocacy for many years.
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Poet's Journey
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Guest speaker: Anne Campbell
When Ms. Campbell’s sixth book, The Fabric of Day, was published in 2017, she thought of it as a kind of summing up, a relief even - not to “have to write.” But life had other plans: a cancer diagnosis at the end of that year, followed by surgery and on-going treatment. But surprisingly, also a surge of energy, somewhat like a coda. Without intention poems asked for voice, and practically wrote themselves. It was as though life was saying, “You might have thought you were finished, but I’m not finished with you.” She hopes the poems she will read from the suite, called Poet’s Body, will evoke your own riches, thoughts and feelings, and remind that an unexpected turn in the path can provide unexpected depth to life.
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Amnesty International in Canada: An Update
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Guest Speaker: Gord Barnes
Amnesty is well known around the world and in Canada for conducting research and generating action to protect human rights. Gord Barnes of the Regina Amnesty group will give us an update on some changes at Amnesty in Canada, as well as some of the current Amnesty campaigns. We’ll learn about the new Secretary General at Amnesty Canada, Ketty Nivyabandi and how the Write for Rights campaigns are being conducted during Covid. Two of the important campaigns at present are climate change (Amnesty is an intervener in the carbon tax challenge) and the mining of lithium which is used in batteries.
Sunday May 31, 2020
Making the Manifesto: The Birth of Religious Humanism
Sunday May 31, 2020
Sunday May 31, 2020
A Book Review by Jamie Struthers
Rev. William Schulz is a well-known UU minister, human rights advocate and author of many books, including Making the Manifesto: The Birth of Religious Humanism. In a 2002 quote from the New York Review of Books: “William Schulz… has done more than anyone in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known in the United States.” In a February, 2017 article in the UU World about Humanism the author writes: “.. as the third Humanist Manifesto asserts, Humanism encourages us to distinguish things as they are from things as we might wish or imagine them to be.” Jamie Struthers gives us an overview of Humanism based on the book by Rev. William Schulz.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Fools, Coyotes and Sacred Clowns
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Presented by: Mooky Cornish
(Clown: witty, wise, warm)
Humour has been part of humanity’s fold for millennia. Even the animal kingdom has its forest jesters, tricksters, and instigators of play. Sometimes, as individuals, or all together, we are faced with such challenge we don’t know what to do next. That’s when the clowns step in, offering us a break, a laugh, a breathe. Reminding us we are all fallible, and in doing so inspiring hope.
Mooky has ‘clowned around’ the world and understands us well. As principal clown with prestigious circuses and on world-famous stages, Mooky works to keep up the spirits of both audiences and circus staff.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
The Doctrine of Discovery: What does it mean today
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Presenter: Jamie Struthers
Jamie Struthers talks about his research and personal discoveries when doing research for a paper at Vancouver School of Theology.
As a side note, this is from our fellowship's first service presented on the internet using "on-line meeting" technology necessitated by constraints re: COVID-19 social distancing requirements.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
How to Change the World: A Field Guide
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Guest Speaker: Liz James
When it comes to putting our energy into working for a better world, strategy matters. Liz gives an overview on the thinking and research on how to be effective in pushing for social change (and how do not burn yourself out), using stories both from Unitarian Universalism and from other types of activism. Liz draws on her work with political and media media campaigns, legal work, writing, and direct activism.
PS: Liz prefaced this recording (which she did at home 10 days later) by saying "things got crazy and we forgot to press record" on the 15th. Just to be clear, it was the operator (hand raised here) who was the guilty party. Thanks to Liz for taking the time to record this for us. JH
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
We March For Bread … and We March For Roses Too!
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Guest Speaker Barb Byers
Why do we need to keep our attention on feminist approaches to problems, to raise awareness about women’s history, rituals, and perspectives? Barb Byers, well known in Regina as one of the most influential women in the Saskatchewan and Canadian labour movement, shares her views on women’s issues in the context of International Women’s Day.
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Trust
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Presenter: Andrew Quackenbush
In who or what do you trust? When the trustworthy becomes untrustable, where do you turn? Today’s presentation will explore our responses to the loss of trust.
Today we are exploring the theme of trust again with Andrew Quackenbush. Andrew is a writer, teacher, musician, Unitarian, just to name a few of the roles he lives. We always trust Andrew to give us a very thoughtful and thought provoking presentation.