St John's College

Last week, we hosted the 2nd Annual Fellows Spring Showcase! 🧑🏻‍🏫

The morning was packed with short sessions focused on building skills and practical tools:

🤖 Session 1 was a panel round table discussion on teaching, evaluation methods, ideas and experiences featuring Dr. Jennifer Dueck, Dr. Christina Penner and Dr. Adele Perry

📝 Session 2 was a demonstration on how to use Crowdmark for efficient grading led by Dr. Jenna Tichon

📰 Session 3 was an overview of how to communicate research through the media featuring Brandon Trask

In the afternoon our Warden & Vice Chancellor, Allison Abra, hosted a Strategic Planning brainstorming session!

It was an honour to have Niigaan James Sinclair here at St John's College today to deliver the Jay Newman lecture for the Canadian Theological Society. The lecture was entitled “Why Jesus would wear an Orange Shirt: 5 Calls to Churches in Canada” and was about just how big the love of Jesus is, even despite the Church’s failures to recognize it.

Last night, St John’s College hosted the 2026 Wilmot Lecture featuring Dr Justin Stratis, Vice Principal and Academic Dean of Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto.

His talk was titled “Misspeaking of God: Modern Apophaticism and the Test of Proclamation.”

Today is the last day to apply to St John’s College Scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year!

Remember to be detailed, know your scholarship requirements, and get your application in before 4:30 PM.

We’re rooting for you!

UM Beautification Day is underway! 🪻🌷🌸

Thank you to our staff, alumni and Fellows for helping us make the College brighter this summer ♥️

It’s officially that time of year where we get to reunite with Johnians across Canada! 🍁

Our Warden & Vice-Chancellor, Allison Abra and Development Officer, Jackie Markstrom visited alumni at the Selkirk Golf & Country Club ⛳️

Johnians! 📣 Our scholarship deadline is next week, June 1st at 4:30 PM!

Here are some reminders about when you’ll receive a notification from us, eligibility requirements and reference deadlines!

With St John’s College scholarship deadlines coming up on June 1st, this is your reminder that you do not need to have perfect grades or the “greatest” financial need to apply!

Our applications are designed to give you space to share your story and explain your circumstances beyond what appears on paper.

Your first year grades weren’t up to par with your second year grades? That’s okay! Tell us why. You weren’t able to participate in extracurriculars because life was busy or challenging? We understand, let us know what was going on.

Everything shared with the scholarship committee is completely confidential. At the end of the day, submitting an application is always better than not applying at all.