Through opening remarks, dialogue with each other, and responding to audience questions, panel members will critically assess the claim that Pope Francis is a green Pope in light of his contributions to Catholic Social Teaching from Laudate Deum.
About the panelists:
Erica Violet Lee: nêhiyaw author, poet, artist, activist, and scholar. Climate activist; lone Indigenous representative on Canadian Youth Delegation to the UN COP 21 Climate Conference; community consultant for the David Suzuki Foundation; board member for Indigenous Climate Action.
Michael Poellet: teaches philosophy at STM College; ordained Lutheran pastor; adjunct professor, College of Environment at the University of Washington; President of the Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative; board member of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
Christopher Hrynkow: teaches Religion and Culture at STM College; Co-Director of the Irene and Doug Schmeiser Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace, and Justice; serves on boards of Faith and the Common Good and the Catherine Donnelly Foundation and also on the advisory circle for Mouvement Laudato Si’ Movement Canada.
Moderator: Gertrude Rompré, EdD, Co-Director of the Irene and Doug Schmeiser Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace, and Justice and Director of Mission and Ministry at St. Thomas More College
