Dear Members and Friends of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada, We are a cultural organism. We can marvel at the challenge that Rudolf Steiner gives to us during the Christmas Conference, for it is here that he creates an imagination of how to carry and sustain anthroposophical...
[caption id="attachment_5541" align="alignleft" width="227"] Matthias Girke[/caption] Dear readers, Our concern about the earth’s health moves us and inspires us to worldwide activities. The climate question is linked to our thinking and to our actions. The one-sided pursuit of personal interests and egocentric needs damages the climate on...
Here I am once again, back from my stay in Ottawa, anxious to take you on a tour of the city’s magnificent museums dedicated to: art, science, history, nature, aviation, and war. These modern-day temples retell, each in its own way, the story of mankind....
Dear Members and Friends of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada: With the crisp freshness of frost and the scent of fallen leaves in the air we return once more to this special time in the year’s cycle. Looking out over the landscape we can be moved...
Dear Members, “History has been written, the future has not”, is how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, presently the youngest Democratic representative in the US Congress, argues for a transformation of society. The Friday for Future student movement expresses the same sentiments in more concise and radical terms: “Unf**k...
Dear Members, The Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Christine Tansley to the role of Membership Administrator effective October 1, 2019. Among her varied tasks, Christine will manage the connectivity for all members of the Society, receive questions and queries, provide information, keep membership records and ensure compliance...
Dear friends of the arts! As you may have heard already, my time as the leader of the section for visual arts is drawing to a close. I would therefore like to cordially invite you to the last major event that I am carrying in this function. 180...
Dear Members and Friends of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada Over a beautiful late spring week Joan Sleigh joined the Collegium of the School for Spiritual Science in North America as the new liaison between this work in North America and the Executive Council at the...
An interview by Michel Dongois with Christine Gruwez Becoming contemporary: can we transform evil? This was the question taken up by Christine Gruwez*, who had been invited to speak in Montreal by Arie van Ameringen and Renée Cossette. It opened the door to an exploration of the...
The theme of the May 2019 Conference was about good and evil –‘Walking with Our Time – Can We Transform Evil?’ This was most wonderfully introduced and carried through lecture and conversations with Christine Gruwez who has spent many years working with and leading seminars...