Dr. Adriana Bara teaches Theology at Concordia University and in her courses, she promotes a sincere interreligious dialogue without over-simplification or compromise, which does not require religious neutrality or the watering down of the dialogue partners’ faith. On the contrary, she holds that...

Founding director of Faiths In Tune Anja Fahlenkamp has a bachelor’s in politics and a master’s in international relations and is a political scientist and social entrepreneur, and the founding director of Faiths In Tune, a non-profit initiative in the context of which she has been organising a...

Executive Director, Islamic Counselling Initiative in Northern Nigeria (ICIN) Fatima Abdullahi Suleiman is the Executive Director for the Islamic Counseling Initiative in Northern Nigeria (ICIN), which monitors political and conflict trends in Northern and North East Nigeria. Through her work with...

Project officer, Swedish government agency for support to faith communities Jana Jakob is a project officer at the Swedish government agency for support to faith communities, where she is mainly responsible for the agency’s educational and capacity building work, as well as special government ass...

Jennifer Sue Lindsay earned her Master of Divinity with an emphasis in interfaith relations at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where she was also co-chair of the Interfaith Caucus. In her doctoral research, which has received awards from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ...

Jessica Sitek is guided by the axiom: life is relationships. Barriers exist that obstruct our ability to be in relationship. Our biases, prejudgments, misunderstandings and lack of knowledge can impair our ability to connect with others. As a result, Ms. Sitek sees the principles of dialogue as a ne...

Fellow, Harel Rabbinical seminary Rabbi David Goodman got his ordination from the Rabbinical seminar of Beit Midrash Harel in Jerusalem. He studied in a variety of higher Jewish studies programs, including Yeshivat Otniel (2003-2009) and the Shalom Hartman Institute (2012-2016). Besides his Jewish...

Programme manager, the Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative Rajendra Senchurey is the programme manager at the Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative, based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is a Dalit (the community that come at the bottom of Hindu caste hierarchy) intellectual with an MPhil in International Peace Studie...

Ouhejjou Rokia is a PhD candidate at the Doctorate Center for Human and Field Studies in the Mediterranean World at the University of Mohammed V. Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Rabat, Morocco. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Sidi Mohamed Ben – Abdallah Faculty of Arts a...

Khin Sandar Tun is a young activist who is currently working as a freelance civic educator and is actively involved in public demonstrations for peace in Myanmar. In May 2016, Khin and her friends organized a peace march for diversity and promoting tolerance in Yangon with young people from differen...