Engage Difference, Feb 2027 — Ottawa, Ontario – Forum for Intercultural Leadership

Five Days That Change How You See the Room

Every congregation in Canada is already intercultural. The question is whether we have the words, the habits and the courage to live like it.

For five days in Ottawa, ministry leaders and community members from across the country step out of the weekly routine and into a room built for honest conversation. You will look closely at how culture has shaped your own identity and your faith, practise the conversations most of us work hard to avoid, and leave with tools you can use the following Sunday.

This is not a lecture series. It is five days of doing the work together — in table groups, over shared meals, alongside people whose experience of church looks nothing like your own.

Date: February 22–26, 2027
Location: Kanata United Church — 33 Leacock Dr, Kanata, ON K2K 2B9

The program runs in person, from Monday morning through Friday after lunch. Here is what the week looks like: Discover the Engage Difference 5-day Schedule

Participation Fees

$950 Commuters. Join daily after breakfast.
$1,770 Residential. Stay at the Kanata Comfort Inn.

Bursaries are available. More information in the registration form.

If childcare is a barrier, email intercultural@councilofchurches.ca and we will work it out with you.

Places are limited, and the group is kept deliberately small so that everyone can be heard.

Learn more about the Engage Difference! Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry program.

For more information, email intercultural@councilofchurches.ca

This is a program of The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning, a reference group of The Canadian Council of Churches.

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Engage Difference, Feb 2027 — Ottawa, Ontario