Toronto
Join the Toronto Teach In/Out
Date: November 11, 2025
Time: 12 - 2 PM (doors open at 11:45 AM)
Location: First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 116 Bond St, Toronto, ON M5B 1X8
Program
11:45 AM doors open
12:00 PM Introduction: Why we are gathered here? by Nina Glick Schiller, The New School for Social Research, and Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University
12:10 PM Screening of Gently to Nagasaki, a film by Cyrus Sundar Singh, Toronto Metropolitan University
12:25 PM Discussion questions and dialogue with participants in small groups
1:30 PM Key themes discussion with large group
1:45 PM Final thoughts
2:00 PM Event concludes
Have a question or theme you want to discuss? Share your ideas before the event at the link below. Questions will be collected ahead of time and discussed in small groups at the event.
About the film
A film-song by Cyrus Sundar Singh: Gently to Nagasaki is a short-film about war, remembrance and forgiveness. In her essay, Gently to Nagasaki, author Joy Kogawa reflects on the significance of the dates August 6th and 9th from her novel Obasan, published in 1981. Thirty years later, Kogawa learns the following lesson: “Every enemy is a beloved friend.” Remembrance Day ceremonies, Kogawa’s essay, five teenagers’ perspective on remembrance, and the song, Island in the Sun, is used to construct a multi-layered film-song with a counter melody similar to Scarborough Fair, by Simon and Garfunkel.
Thank you
The network expresses a sincere thank you to Pastor Emeritus Ralph Carl Wushke, congregational council chairperson David Berg, and the Church Council of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church for use of their space for hosting our event.
The church’s vision of "building a diverse, accessible, justice-seeking, welcoming, engaged community in a complex downtown neighbourhood" is an inspired fit for our programming.
