Centre for Cultural Renewal

Centre for Cultural Renewal

Founded in 1994, the Centre for Cultural Renewal‏ is a non-partisan Canadian think-tank that focuses on the relevance of religion within society. [http://www.culturalrenewal.ca/qry/page.taf?id=30 A Brief History of the Centre for Cultural Renewal] ]

Originally named the "Centre for Renewal in Public Policy", the foundation is based in Ottawa, Ontario and supported by a number of notable Canadian scholars and practitioners in medicine, law, education and politics. [ [http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20060808140819982/print The Evangelical Sanhedrin and Republicanism] ]

The Centre, which is non-denominational, has often been cited by Parliamentary Committees and, on occasion, by the courtsFact|date=January 2008.

It has co-sponsored conferences with Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia and the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University

Notable members

*Iain T. Benson, executive director [ [http://mqup.mcgill.ca/browse_archives.php?catalogue=13&page=29 Fall 2004 - Page 29 ] ]

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