Events
Events
Addiction & The Life of The Church
Victoria, BC • October 17, 2026
What is addiction? Why is it such a devastating problem in our time? What might the Christian story have to say about what addiction is and how it is healed? This workshop aims to engage the contemporary addictions crises through the lens of a Christian understanding of what it means to be a person. We will consider foundational questions of the nature of addiction, and discuss how Christian communities should care, hope, and pray for our family members and neighbors with addictions.
Ridge Essentials | Medical Ethics
Maple Ridge, BC • October 19 - November 16, 2026
Ridge Church is hosting four evenings of medical ethics talks in which Dr Quentin Genuis, along with his colleague Dr. Cara Bergen, will explore Christian ethics, the beginnings of life, addiction, and living out the Christian walk in public vocations.
Ethics School: Where Medical Practice Meets Moral Wisdom
Ottawa, ON • November 4-6, 2026
A three-day intensive for physicians who seek to ground their practice in enduring ethical principles. Medicine has always been about more than technique. At its heart, it is a moral practice—one that requires not just clinical skill but wisdom, virtue, and a deep understanding of what it means to care for another human being.
Healthcare and the Christian Life
Course at Regent College • January 5-8, 2027
What features define human life? How do individuals and communities understand and withstand suffering and pain? What is good dying? In our time, these essential human questions are often viewed primarily as bioethics issues. In reality, these are not exclusively medical or bioethical enquiries. Rather, they are questions that all human individuals and societies ultimately wrestle with.
This course seeks to address these issues, bringing theological and medical ethics, as well as different views on what it means to be human, into conversation with each other. Using an approach that will both enrich the practice of medical practitioners and empower the engagement of lay Christians, we will consider the relationship between healthcare professions and Christian communities. We will also consider some specific issues – notably the death-and-dying debates of our own time – to highlight the valuable contributions of theological anthropology to present-day ethics conversations that are ongoing in both professional and lay settings. Learners will come away with tools to think about and engage with critical health issues that are confronting those who work in and those who access the medical system.
