Jews and Christians from various denominations, including some from the Indigenous and Filipino communities, met Monday in Winnipeg in an effort to promote an open dialogue between the two religions.

The meeting’s goal was to discuss how Christians and Jews can take their theologies more seriously in order to establish better relations.

Jewish historian Norman Tobias and Orthodox Christian priest Geoffrey Ready, who helped found the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Canada in 2024, spoke at the gathering. They are holding cross-country meetings to create a national movement to promote dialogue between Christians and Jews.

Ready, who is director of Orthodox Christian Studies at the University of Toronto, praised the work already being done in Winnipeg, saying he hoped it would translate to the rest of Canada to “combat the Christian theological roots of antisemitism.”

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One-hundred years ago, the very first class of Providence University College and Seminary — then known as the Winnipeg Bible Training School — had 26 students and three faculty members who met for classes in a church basement.

In the 2024-25 academic year, the school had 1,693 full and part-time students at its rural campus in Otterburne and in downtown Winnipeg.

“We’ve come a long way,” said president Kenton Anderson of the school, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this weekend.

Founded in 1925 in Winnipeg, the school’s goal was to provide training for “Christian workers for service in voluntary or official positions in the Church, Sunday school, or the mission field at home or abroad.”