Seminar Learning Objectives

• To explore how to bring minority and diverse voices into educational spaces in a safe, learning environment

• To inform professional practice about the diversity of religious beliefs in Ireland and support educators to engage in reflective practice as they address the needs of belief diverse learners

• Foster open, respectful dialogue, to create a safe space for people of diverse beliefs to engage with each other, etc.

• To present the most recent and innovative research and pedagogies underlying a crossing of boundaries in teaching and learning

• Continue to build a network of participants who reflect on challenging and complex issues of religious and belief diversity

Seminar Speakers:

Opening Address

• Professsor Lorraine McIlrath Director Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Interculturalism (MIC)

Transgender Voice

• Daire Dempsey Transgender Education Network Ireland (TENI) Education Officer

Atheist Voice

• Michael Nugent Chairperson of Atheist Ireland
• Jane Donnolly Atheist Ireland Human Right's Officer

Vegan Voices

• Dr Roger Yates Being Vegan in Ireland
• Anne Ryan Seminar Organiser (Pre-Recorded Vegan Cooking Demonstration)

Seminar Organisers

• Dr Patricia Kieran Mary Immaculate College
• Professor Emerita Marie Parker-Jenkins Professor Emerita UL and Visiting Professor MIC
• Anne Ryan University of Limerick