Category: News & Stories
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Welcome New Board Member – Steve Sider
Steve Sider’s commitment to global engagement began as a child growing up in northeastern India, where his parents were involved in mission work. These early experiences led to later studies...
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Welcome New Board Member – Ruth Hayhoe
Ruth Hayhoe is a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. Her professional engagements in Asia have spanned more than 50 years, including Secondary...
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News from the Gambia – 2nd Convocation!
Manhee writes recently about the 2nd round of graduates from the Christian Studies Program at the University of The Gambia: “I believe we are writing the history of the Gambian...
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Reflections on More Than Two Decades of Service with GSC in Asia
Please enjoy this insightful piece written by a GSC scholar who returned home to Canada in June 2020 after more than 20 years of teaching and reaching the people of...
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John & Anne Span – Life on the Deployment Roller Coaster
Here are a few highlights of our wild ride (as they used to say on a sports channel) as we experienced the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” ...
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David Koyis Launches Fundraising Campaign
David Koyzis is a Global Scholar with Global Scholars Canada. He is the author of Political Visions and Illusions and We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God. He taught politics for...
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Rudy Wiebe: A Persistent Friend for the Gospel
August 10, 1947 – Nov. 11, 2020 Not much more than an hour after the last post sounded for Remembrance Day, another soldier was laid to rest, this man a...
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The Gambia – COVID, Classes & Concerns
Email from Manhee Yoon, a full-time Global Scholar in the Christian Studies Program at The University of The Gambia: Sept 3, 2020 We are slowly getting ready for the new...
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Society of Christian Scholars – Success in Mentoring Relationships
Elmer Thiessen, a Canadian Christian Scholar, mentors fellow academics on the Society of Christian Scholars portal. Here’s an article from the Addenda (a bulletin of the SCS) which speaks a...
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Welcome Home! Scholars Return to Canada After More Than 2 Decades of Service!
You’ll still see the words “Anonymous in Asia” beside a silhouette on our GSC Scholars page, but we wanted to celebrate the safe return of a dedicated scholar who served faithfully...