MORSL sponsors a cohort of students to attend the Parliament of the World's Religions, which is held every 3-5 years. As participants in the MORSL cohort, students had a chance to debrief with fellow McGill students and reflect on the learning. Keep scrolling the meet the 2021 participants and check out their reflections.
Ryan Brown is a U2 student doing an Honours in Religious Studies with specific interest in South and East Asian religions. He hopes to connect this specialization with the discussions held at the Parliament.
See Ryan's post-Parliament reflection here.
Cathy Chuang is a U3 student majoring is Psychology and Religion. She is looking forward to learning more about faith in action and seeing the role religion has played during the pandemic.
See Cathy's post-Parliament reflection here.
Taja De Silva is a U4 student in Religious Studies and World Islamic and Middle East Studies. They are excited to tie together their interest in Buddhism with many of the topics presented at the Parliament.
See Taja's post-Parliament reflection here.
Diana Gomez is a U3 Mechanical Engineering student. She looks forward to growing in understanding how faith and religion are intrinsic to living a life of true and deep fulfillment.
See Diana's post-Parliament reflection here.
Dylan Hillerbrand is a singer pursuing his masters’ degree in early music performance. He is attending the Parliament interested in contemplative spiritual practice and faith-based community building and organizing.
See Dylan's post-Parliament reflection here.
Chloé Hugla is a U1 student majoring in Political Science and Religious Studies. She hopes to supplement her academic interest in religion with a more vested personal experience and express her understanding through an artistic medium.
See Chloe's post-Parliament reflection here.
Midhat Kiyani is a first-year student of PhD Educational Studies (Science & Mathematics Education) at Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), McGill University. I would like to learn how to develop interfaith compassion, patience, and harmony for a peaceful World.
See Midhat's post-Parliament reflection here.
Antonia Lieben-Seutter is a U4 student majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Religious Studies. She participated in MORSL's 2018 Parliament trip and found it to be one of the most exciting experiences in her studies. She is excited to apply her knowledge gained since then to this year's virtual conference.
Elyse MacLeod is a PhD4 student in the School of Religious Studies. She studies intercultural and interreligious dialogue and feels that the Parliament is an important global forum for furthering dialogue, peace, and justice.
See Elyse's post-Parliament reflection here.
Darcy Wang is a U3 student double majoring in in Philosophy and East Asian studies. She feels that the Parliament is an excellent opportunity to listen to and learn from different voices and as an imaginary way to travel across cultures during the pandemic.
See Darcy's post-Parliament reflection here.
Betty Wang is a U4 Psychology student. She joined this cohort because she hopes to be part of the antidote to the current chaos in the world.
Ian Whatley is a U2 joint Honours Economics and Finance student originally from Salt Lake City, Utah. He has always had an interest in both the shared wisdom of the great religious traditions of the world and the unique approaches which they have to the great questions of life.
