Author: Global Scholars Canada
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Introducing GSC’s 2026-27 Student Intern, Jasmine Eisener
By Shiao Chong, Associate Director & Jasmine Eisener, Student Intern Jasmine Eisener is an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Jasmine is in...
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Global Scholars Canada Impacts Global Conference
by Shiao Chong, Associate Director The first ever Society of Christian Scholars’ (SCS) Global Conference was held recently in Nairobi, Kenya on August 3-9, 2026. Global Scholars Canada (GSC), a...
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Academic Safari, Harambee, and an Impossible Dream: Christian Scholars gather in Kenya from Around the Globe
by Peter Schuurman, ED Canada and Kenya have roughly the same population, but size-wise the land of Kenya could fit quite easily into the province of Manitoba. Canada sends wheat...
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The Contentious Fourth ‘R’ in Education: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and RELIGION in a Polarized World
by Peter Schuurman “Religious education and religious literacy live in the liminal space between questions and answers. When restricted only to the questions, religious literacy loses its relevance, remaining a matter...
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Redeeming the Biblical Worldview: Q & A with J. Richard Middleton
by Shiao Chong, Associate Director, GSC Dr. J. Richard Middleton, a Jamaican American Canadian who joined Global Scholars Canada in 2025, is an eminent scholar on Christian worldview. Together with...
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Retired Lawyer, Bruce Bos joins the GSC Board: Human Dignity and Organizational Life
by Peter Schuurman, ED “If there is one thing that has marked my leadership through the decades,” said Bruce Bos, “it is a commitment to the notion of mutual respect....
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Problems or Neighbours?
Engaging Canada’s International Student Crisis by Shiao Chong, Associate Director, Global Scholars Canada International students in Canada are often framed statistically, economically and politically – as a population surge, a...
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Bridging Christ & Chinese Culture: Dr. Andrew (Zhonghu) Yan Joins GSC
by Shiao Chong, Associate Director, Global Scholars Canada We are delighted to welcome Dr. Andrew (Zhonghu) Yan (颜钟祜) as our newest global scholar! As Sam Ren, the Asian Regional Representative...
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International Student STORIES: Global Flows of Education, Labour & Dreams
STORY 11 (A Struggle for Love with Love: Being a Racialized International Student & Single Mother in Canada by María Hernández) Moving from home countries to host countries, settling down...
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International Student STORIES: Global Flows of Education, Labour & Dreams
STORY 10 (We Know Where We’ve Come From – Jeremiah’s Story by Dr. Stephen Ney) Moving from home countries to host countries, settling down from coast to coast; here, we...