Upcoming Events
Join us for upcoming events – some online and others in person – to hear and discuss recent Canadian research.
Flourishing Forward Events
Flourishing Forward Webinars 2026-2027
Plan to join Canadian researchers and church leaders for four 30 minute interactive gatherings – 20 minute research presentation & 10 minute Q & A (optional 15-minutes after for networking) – on topics intended to help Canadian congregations flourish forward in ministry.
Upcoming Events
- 10/16/2026 11:00 am
- Rebecca Heringer, Co-Vocational Canada Researcher at Briercrest College and Seminary; Ellen Duffield, Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Management at Briercrest College and Seminary
- 11/27/2026 11:00 am
- Ejay Tupe, Urban Missionary, the Director of the Toronto Urban Missions Hub, and PhD student in Contextual Theology
- 02/05/2027 12:00 pm
- Katie Steeves, Associate Professor of Sociology, Trinity Western University; Jason Burtt, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Trinity Western University
- 04/16/2027 11:00 am
- Flourishing Congregations Institute’s Director and Associate Directors – Drs. Joel Thiessen, Arch Wong, and Katie Steeves
Previous Webinars
- Joel Thiessen, Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Social Sciences department, and Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University
- Mike Wood Daly, Director of Research for Relèven, President of Sphaera Research, and Research Director for the Halo Canada Project
- Arch Wong, Professor of Practical Theology and Associate Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University
- Katie Steeves, Associate Director of Research at the Flourishing Congregations Institute, and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Trinity Western University
- Linda Nicholls, Retired Archbishop and Priest, Anglican Church of Canada; Father James Mallon, Priest, Catholic Diocese of Nova Scotia; Sara Han, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Tyndale University
- Ross Lockhart, Dean of St. Andrew’s Hall at the University of British Columbia
- Angela Reitsma Bick, Editor for Christian Courier and Co-Author of Blessed are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada
- Sam Reimer, Professor of Sociology at Crandall University.
- Lindsay Callaway, Senior Researcher, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada