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DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to the ÂĚñÉç School of Religious Studie
 s for a screening of The Good Life: Decolonizing the Secular\, followed by
  a Q&A with the creator of the film\, Professor Carlos Colorado (Universit
 y of Winnipeg). There will be a drinks reception after the event.\n\nDate 
 and time: Thursday\, May 18th\, 2-6pm\n\nLocation: Birks Building\, Room 1
 00 (SCR)\, 3520 University Street\, Montreal H3A 2A7\n\nRegistration link:
  https://forms.gle/EQAp8nRCHPA8sRuRA\n\nFaculty members and students are a
 ll welcome to attend. Registration is required and limited: please sign up
  to secure your spot!\n\nAbout the film:\n\nThe Good Life is a feature-len
 gth documentary that explores the role of Indigenous spirituality in Canad
 ian public life and examines whether processes of reconciliation can be “s
 ecular” — an arrangement of power that often segregates spirituality and r
 eligion outside of public life. While Canada might be described as “secula
 r\,” many of the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commiss
 ion (TRC) petition for an increased role for traditional teachings and spi
 rituality in important public contexts. Many of the formal practices of th
 e TRC themselves are centered on ceremonial aspects\, such as the lighting
  of the sacred fire and the integration of the Seven Sacred Teachings.\n\n
 Given this backdrop\, the film engages a number of relevant interrelated q
 uestions: What is Canadian secularism and how does it delimit the role of 
 spirituality and ceremony in public life? Do traditional Indigenous philos
 ophies of the “good life” — such as the Anishinaabe notion of “Mino-Bimaad
 iziwin” — allow for a secular/sacred division? Is the expectation of such 
 a division of life yet another iteration of colonialist structures of powe
 r? And if this is so\, does secularity first need to be decolonized to all
 ow for real reconciliation?\n\nAny other questions and concerns can be dir
 ected to either Lucie Robathan or Jordan Molot\, DSRW Co-Chairs: lucie.rob
 athan [at] mail.mcgill.ca and jordan.molot [at] concordia.ca. We very much
  look forward to seeing you on May 18th!\n\nThis event is part of the Deco
 lonization and the Study of Religion Workshop (DSRW) series\, a co-institu
 tional event series organised by graduate students from Concordia and McGi
 ll universities. It is sponsored by ÂĚñÉç School of Religious Studies\; C
 oncordia Department of Religions and Cultures\; Concordia Institute for Je
 wish Studies\; Concordia Council on Student Life and ÂĚñÉç Graduate and P
 ostdoctoral Studies.\n\n \n
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SUMMARY:The Good Life: Decolonizing the Secular
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