<\/strong>Bio:
Education
PhD(ABD),Leadership in Higher Education; M.Ed., College Education;
C.A.E., Adult Education; B.Sc., Civil Engineering.
Experience
0ver 27 years in Postsecondary Education in Instruction and Administration <\/p>\n\n\n\nMoving Beyond Our Culture of Contest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presenter: Jeanne Zayac<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competition, conflict and contest are considered the norm in our society. \u00a0Is this really\u00a0\u201cjust human nature\u201d? \u00a0In this workshop, we will explore ideas from Michael Karlberg’s book\u00a0\u201cBeyond the Culture of Contest\u201d. We will also look at the example given to us by\u00a0\u2018Abdu’l-Baha during His travels in America in 1912. \u00a0He treated everyone as members of one family, with the potential to help build a society based on unity and justice. \u00a0How do we navigate through our culture of contest and move towards a culture of cooperation,\u00a0collaboration and justice? \u00a0How can we use our language, attitudes and actions to build a more cooperative, peaceful society? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bio: Jeanne Zayac is a retired elementary teacher who has taught in China, northern BC, and in an indigenous school in southern BC. \u00a0She has lived in\u00a0Quebec as well as western Canada. \u00a0As wife, mother, teacher, and community member, Jeanne has had an ongoing interest in how collaboration and consultation can be used in our diverse and increasingly interdependent world, and how we can create a more cooperative society. \u00a0Jeanne and her husband currently live in Castlegar, BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following in the footsteps of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: Tackling Climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presenters: Kim Sutherland and Cheryl Vinchoff <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baha\u2019u\u2019llah is the divine physician that has provided us with the medicine for an ailing society. One of the biggest challenges or our time is the changing climate which is often called an existential threat to humanity. This presentation will review the science of climate change and the principles in the Baha\u2019i faith that are the healing medicine for this illness. Individuals will review vignettes of Abdu\u2019l-Baha\u2019s life, identify the spiritual principle that it illustrates and reflect on how his actions are in harmony with a healthy planet. They will then be asked to articulate how his actions can inspire them to make changes in their daily life. they can reflect his actions in their daily life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bios:
Kim Sutherland has been a Baha\u2019I for 45 years and has worked for over 30 years as an environmental scientist and Agrologist (professional agriculturalist). She has worked 20 years as a Regional Agrologist for the Province of BC working with farmers, local governments and, among other things has been involved in helping farmers adapt to climate change. She is a long standing member of the Mission Baha\u2019I community. She has given many public talks on agriculture and has integrated the Baha\u2019I teachings into her public presentations and into her professional life.
Cheryl Vinchoff has been a Bahai for 29 years served on various institutions and is currently a member of the LSA of Chilliwack BC and representative for Huququ\u2019llah. She completed the Wilmette institute course on Climate change in April of 2019 and has endeavoured to share her learning with individuals, communities and institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Law of the Right of God<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presenter: Mr. Michael Snedden, Huququ’llah Representative for the south-central region of BC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd\nwhen He desired to manifest grace and beneficence to men, and to set the world\nin order, He revealed observances and created laws<\/em>\u201d* Exploring the Law of\nthe Right of God (Huq\u00faqu’ll\u00e1h).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 -The Incarnate Light Presenter: Mehrdad Mirza-Agha This workshop is about life of\u00a0\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u00a0 expressed and confirmed in the Baha’i writings as: \u201cin the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Introductory Presentation: https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ePrDwMV9DFz9hFbDJkP6pHUejZPp_gkv\/view Bio: Education PhD(ABD),Leadership in Higher Education; M.Ed., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-workshops-2020","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/author\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaischools.org\/thompson-nicola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}