Is it possible that texts written 3000 years ago could help us see our modern Canadian neighbourhood with fresh eyes? Join us as Xenia Chan walks us through the way readings from Micah and Amos helped her see socio-economic and justice issues in Richmond Hill, a growing city outside of Toronto.
Xenia Chan
was born to two settlers from Hong Kong and grew up in Richmond Hill, a suburb outside of Toronto (in the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe peoples). In the last ten years, she has lived in five cities: Ottawa, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto (six, if Richmond Hill is counted!). Xenia has previously worked in politics, journalism, in para-church and church contexts, and is now an academic and discerning church-planting in the GTA.
She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Ottawa (Hon.B.Soc.Sc. in Political Science, Minor in History), is currently completing a master’s degree at Tyndale University (M.Div. in Biblical Studies and Church in the City), and will be a doctoral student (specializing in Old Testament) at Wycliffe College (Toronto School of Theology) in the fall.