The Jesuit Forum Takes Part in a Gathering on Decolonizing Environmental NGO and First Nations Partnerships by Victor Reyes The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice participated in the Decolonizing ENGO-First Nations Partnerships (DEFNP) Alumni Fall Gathering from October 15-17, 2025, in Thunder Bay. Victor Reyes, Communications and Outreach Manager, represented the Jesuit Forum […]
How I Became More Appreciative of Synodality and Discernment by Stan Leveau-Vallier Synodality and discernment are key concepts, but they can feel abstract or laborious at first. At least they did to me… until I understood them concretely. When I was invited to a four-day “Ignatian Formation Program” in Montreal for lay partners from the […]
Call for Repentance Conference Reflection by Trevor Scott, SJ At any given time for every generation there are realities in our world, near or far, that we must recognize the moral importance of acknowledging and addressing in some way. One reality near to us as Canadians is how Indigenous peoples have been negatively looked upon […]
‘Who We Are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation’ ~ Honourable Murray Sinclair (Mazina Giizhik) An Appreciation by Trevor Scott, SJ In his final reflections upon the fruits and wisdom gained from his life before he passed away this past Fall Honourable Murray Sinclair revealed in his recent memoir ‘Who We Are: […]
A reflection on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human relationships by Victor Reyes “The Bible teaches that every man and woman is created out of love and made in God’s image and likeness (cf. Gen 1:26). This shows us the immense dignity of each person, ‘who is not just something, but someone.’” - Pope […]
The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice joins the faithful worldwide in welcoming the election of Pope Leo XIV. We reflect upon his chosen Papal name and the last Pope who shared this name, Pope Leo XIII. Pope Leo XIII was the author of Rerum Novarum, an encyclical on capital, labor and workers' rights. […]
The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice joins all those who mourn the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday morning. His Ignatian leadership of the Catholic Church provided us with a moral compass that at times seems lacking in our world. We share with you the Canadian Jesuit Provincial, Fr. Jeffrey Burwell’s reflection […]
Members of the Jesuit Forum joined thousands in downtown Toronto in a march to Queen's Park to demand long needed action to address the mercury poisoning the drinking water of Grassy Narrows First Nation. Community members and leaders travelled over 1700 km from Grassy Narrows, near Ontario's border with Manitoba border, to Toronto to demand […]
This past July, an important Supreme Court of Canada decision was made on behalf of Indigenous communities. It unanimously rejected the Ontario government’s recent claim that it is not liable to remedy past underpayments to the Robinson Superior communities under an augmentation clause of the Robinson Huron and Superior Treaties. Through the Robinson-Huron Treaty terms, […]