Views of Religions on Animals and Animal Biotechnology

Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Harry Hickman Building, Room 110, University of Victoria

Co-Hosted by the Canadian Forum on Religions and Ecology, and the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria

Chair: Harold Coward

9:00	Welcome: Harold Coward and Heather Eaton
9:00	Anne Marie Dalton, St. Mary’s University, “Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science and Ethics”.
9:30	Rick Kool, Royal Roads University, “Animals in Judaism’
10:00	Heather Eaton, St. Paul University, “Animals in Christianity; Food, Fusion and Faith”.
10:30	Refreshment Break
11:00	Hussein Keshani, Kelowna University, “Animals in Islam"
11:30	Harold Coward, University of Victoria, “Animals in Hinduism”.

Chair: Heather Eaton

1:30	Peter Timmerman, York University, “Animals in Theravada Buddhism”.
2:00	Martin Adam, University of Victoria, “Animals in Mahayana Buddhism”.
2:30	James Miller, Queen’s University, “Religious and Cultural Motivations for Biotechnology Research in China”.
3:00	Stephen Scharper, University of Toronto, “The Genetic Commons: Resisting the Neoliberal Enclosure of Life”.
3:30	Conrad Brunk, University of Victoria, “Taking Religious Moral Concerns about Animal Biotechnology Seriously in Public Debate”.