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The Vancouver School of Theology is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Catherine Evans as its new Chancellor, effective February 1st, 2022. Ms. Evans will be officially welcomed into the Chancellor’s role at VST’s annual Convocation, scheduled for May 10, 2022. Ms. Evans brings a wide range of experience in public service roles to ...

The Vancouver School of Theology has received a grant of $1.0 million USD from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help advance its work in theological field education. The project is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative. It is a three-phase initiative designed to help theological schools across the United States and Canada as ...

Vancouver School of Theology is pleased to announce the appointment of The Very Reverend Dr. Peter Elliott as Interim Director of Anglican Formation and The Reverend Elizabeth Ruder-Celiz as Associate Anglican Formation Director effective January 1, 2022. We are grateful to Peter and Elizabeth for taking up this important work and excited by the wisdom ...

The Vancouver School of Theology has named Amanda Ruston and John Snow as the 2021 recipients of the Chancellor’s Scholarship. These scholarships are the most prestigious and generous scholarships offered to VST students each year. They will be officially awarded on November 18, 2021 at the Chancellor’s Dinner. Mtr Amanda-Magdalene Ruston, OSBCn Amanda Ruston is ...

The Vancouver School of Theology is pleased to confirm that it is a recipient of a substantive grant from the Lilly Endowment. This grant is part of The Pathways for Tomorrow, a multi-phase initiative by the Lilly Endowment to support pastoral education and training for the church by theological schools. VST has received a phase ...

After 40 years of ministry as parish priest, university chaplain, spiritual director and most recently as Director of Anglican Formation at the Vancouver School of Theology, the Rev. Grant Rodgers is retiring at the end of December, 2021. Grant has enjoyed every aspect of ministry, serving in a great variety of capacities. For the last ...

St. Mark’s College and the Vancouver School of Theology, Theological Colleges affiliated with the University of British Columbia, are pleased to announce their collaboration as the first Canadian theological schools to host a Postdoctoral Fellowship through the Louisville Institute. Dr. Sarah Kathleen Johnson has been appointed through this program effective July 1, 2021 through June ...

Including Four Honorary Doctorate Recipients The Vancouver School of Theology has confirmed its Convocation Ceremonies will be conducted virtually this year in keeping with directives related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Convocation ceremony will be held on May 11 at 7:00 pm featuring the graduating classes of both 2020 and 2021, with over 60 individuals ...

The Vancouver School of Theology has established a new partnership agreement with Jakarta Theological Seminary (Jakarta, Indonesia) effective January 1, 2021. This agreement is for an initial five-year term and allows VST to work with Jakarta Theological Seminary (JTS) to provide a robust global and contextual theological education embracing scholarship and a living faith, and ...

The Vancouver School of Theology has established a new partnership agreement with St. Andrew’s Theological Seminary (Quezon City, Philippines) effective January 1, 2021, for an initial five-year term. This agreement allows VST to work with St. Andrew’s Theological Seminary (SATS) to provide a robust global and contextual theological education embracing scholarship and a living faith, ...