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2025 Howcroft Lecture Recording
in NewsWe invite you to watch the video of our annual Howcroft Lecture recording for 2025, “Dignity in Crisis: The Complexity of the Refugee Experience“ presented by Dr. James Orbinski, a distinguished physician, humanitarian, and former president of the International Council of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). The lecture series honours one of the founding members of Romero House,…
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2024 Howcroft Lecture
in EventRomero House invites you to this Lecture on Monday, March 4th 2024. Dr Barbara Landau and Shahid Akhtar, Co-Chairs of the Canadian Association of Jews and Muslims will share their journeys for peace.
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2023 Howcroft Lecture Recording
in NewsWe invite you to watch the video of our annual Howcroft Lecture recording for 2023. The lecture series honours one of the founding members of Romero House, Lorne Howcroft, and his commitment to faith and justice. Our speaker this year was Ausma Malik. The first hijab-wearing Muslim woman elected to public office in Canada, Councillor Malik is known for staring down…
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2023 Howcroft Lecture
in Event“The Power of In-Between” Where is community made? Community is formed away from the spotlight. It’s made in the seemingly ordinary interactions between neighbours, the prosaic negotiations between people on the street, the invisible encounters that make spaces of belonging. These are places of change and power, where compassion, faith and justice are not only…