Lectures in Catholic Experience - Gender: But That is What the Church has Always Taught!

In June 2019 the Vatican released a statement on gender theory, “Male and Female He Created Them.” Responses to the document show that many Catholics still accept two myths about Church teaching on gender. The first is that it is unchanging, and the second is that it always comes from the top down. Yet, Pope Francis has also spoken of a need for both rethinking Church teaching and more dialogue. In this lecture, Dr. Tataryn shows that Church teaching,  especially in the area of sexuality, is not static but has changed over the centuries.

Multi-Million Dollar Medievalists

St. Jerome’s University is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven Bednarski has been awarded $2.5 million in federal research funding in the form of a seven year Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Dr. Bednarski is a professor of Medieval History at St. Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo, and is the primary investigator and lead applicant on the research partnership entitled Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex.

Debates “en français” Completes Next Chapter

July 1st marks Canada Day, but most Canadians have never revisited the unique paths that each province and territory took on the journey to Confederation. Few have explored how the provinces, territories, and Treaty area became the political framework we know today. Records of legislatures debating the extent, purposes, and principles of political union remained inaccessible, many in provincial archives. But all of that changed. Two St. Jerome’s University professors had an idea. Bring Confederation back to Canadians, and as of July, complete another chapter in this country’s history.

Nicholas Heads Up Tri-University History Graduate Program

St. Jerome’s University is pleased to announce that Jane Nicholas, an associate professor in the Department of History, will be directing the Tri-University Graduate Program in History as of July 1st. The program, one of the largest of its kind in the country, combines the faculty and resources of three of Canada’s premier universities – Wilfrid Laurier, the University of Guelph, and the University of Waterloo – with courses and research supervision for Masters and PhD programs across a broad range of areas.