Conferences

Conference participants. © Association for Baha'i Studies Toronto, Ontario, 25 August 2014 (CBNS) — The 38th annual Association for Baha’i Studies – North America conference (ABS), entitled “Scholarship and the Life of Society,” focused on scholarship and its potential to contribute to the life of society.

Youth delegates at the Interreligious Youth Preforum, Kaub, Germany. © Joe Matta Toronto, Ontario, 19 August 2014 (CBNS) — From the 13th to the 16th of July, 19 youth delegates from around the world, with experience in grassroots social action, gathered in the picturesque town of Kaub, Germany to attend the Interreligious Youth Pre-forum (IYF). Over the course of six days, participants representing 18 different countries and six of the world’s major religions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Baha’i Faith, consulted about faith expressed in social action and how collaboration between faith groups can further the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

A group photo of Montréal conference facilitators and participants. © Lorraine Goh Montréal, Quebec, 15 August 2014 (CBNS) — A series of videos, in which participants at a July youth conference held in Montréal share their reflections, is now available on the Building Community website: www.building-community.ca.

Montreal conference participants sharing an artistic presentation. © Lorraine Goh Montréal, Quebec, 31 July 2014 (CBNS) — Hundreds of youth gathered from 25 to 27 July in Montréal and Calgary to participate in two of the ten regional youth conferences to be held in Canada this summer, convened by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Canada, their national governing council.

A small group from south of “The Malahat,” B.C. studies together outside. © Anne Murray Toronto, Ontario, 17 July 2014 (CBNS) — Over the weekend of 11–13 July, the Bahá’í communities of Halifax, Saskatoon and Victoria hosted youth conferences to welcome more youth into a process that provides people of all ages with the opportunity to contribute to constructive social change and to build their capacity to serve their communities.