2026-27
Jean-Pierre Fortin
President
jeanpierre.fortin@utoronto.ca
Jean-Pierre Fortin is Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Director of Field Education and Pastoral Formation at the Regis-St. Michael’s College Faculty of Theology (Toronto). He is a scholar proficient in Christian spirituality and systematic theology, aesthetics, ancient philosophy, and philosophy of science actively involved in ecumenical dialogue. His teaching and research address the question of the human condition in the context of an evolving world where radical evil and suffering are found abiding. Listening to the challenging voices of Indigenous peoples, racialized communities and trauma survivors, he strives to articulate and live out inclusive and transformative Roman Catholic faith and theology.
Christine Jamieson
Past-President
christine.jamieson@concordia.ca
Christine Jamieson is a member of the Boothroyd First Nation in British Columbia. Her paternal grandfather was a respected Elder among the Boothroyd First Nation and among the people of the Nlaka’pamux Nation in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia. She earned a PhD in Christian Ethics from Saint Paul University in Ottawa. In 1998, she was hired by the Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University in Montreal, and continues to teach courses in ethics, bioethics, Indigenous spirituality, and Lonergan studies.
Sarah Travis
Vice-President
sarah.travis@utoronto.ca
Sarah Travis is an associate professor at Knox College, University of Toronto where she serves as the Ewart Chair of the Practice of Ministry and Faith Formation. She holds a ThD in Homiletics (Toronto) and is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Her published works include Decolonizing Preaching: The Pulpit as Postcolonial Space (2024); Metamorphosis: Preaching after Christendom (2019); Unspeakable: Preaching and Trauma-Informed Theology (2021); Unsettling Worship: Reforming Liturgy for Right Relations with Indigenous Communities (2023); Remembering the Body: Preaching that Affirms Sexuality (2025); and Preaching from the Rubble: Sermons after Gaza (forthcoming).
Patrick Nolin
Program Chair
patrick.nolin@utoronto.ca
Patrick Nolin is the Student Engagement and Admissions Officer at Regis St. Michael’s Faculty of Theology, Toronto School of Theology. He conducts research that explores questions of memory, meaning, and transformation within theological and philosophical discourse. Patrick also serves as a Sessional Instructor at St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta.
Christina Conroy
Secretary
christina.conroy@ambrose.edu
Christina Conroy is Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Ambrose University in Treaty 7 territory. Christina works in the area of contemplative and constructive theology with expertise in residential school history (and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) as well as indigenous-settler relations. Current research interests include the intersection of neuroscience, epigenetics and trauma with Christian theology as well as Indigenous-settler work on climate change.
Fiona Li
Diversity, Equity, Justice Coordinator
fionakay.li@mail.utoronto.ca
Fiona Li as the inaugural holder of the Archbishop J. Michael Miller Chair in Catholic Studies at St. Mark’s College. She works in the area of Feminist theology, Mariology, Systematic theology, Theology and Culture.
Michael Buttrey
Communications
buttrey@councilofchurches.ca
Michael Buttrey’s research is in the area of moral enhancement, Neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, and Thomas Aquinas. In between sessional lecturing, he is a lay Pastor at a local Anglican church and supports faith and sciences conversations for the Canadian Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.
Carolyn Mackie
Treasurer
carolyn.mackie@mail.utoronto.ca
Carolyn Mackie’s research centers on the connections between Christian theology of incarnation and philosophical anthropology in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard.
Joshua Zentner-Barrett
Student Representative
jzentner-barrett@hotmail.com
Originally from Ottawa, ON, Joshua Zentner-Barrett is a PhD candidate in Theology at Saint Paul University (Ottawa, ON). His research explores worship in the Anglican Church of Canada, studying how ritual perpetuates and resists coloniality. Drawing on qualitative research methods, Josh is particularly interested in the lived experience of Christians in Canada and the ways in which they understand their practices. Alongside his academic work, Josh is also an organist, musical enlivener, and liturgist.