Jaffray is about providing you with the opportunity to get involved in collaborative projects that provide creative solutions to many of the intercultural and multi-ethnic issues we face today. We do that by developing and managing a variety of projects that provide educational and intercultural solutions that aim to be sustainable and reproducible. Here are a few things that we’ve been up to.

 

Ang International Education Exchange

The Ang International Education Exchange (angExchange) provides educational exchanges with qualifying academic institutions in the majority world.

 

tckConnect– supporting and networking Third Culture Kids

The Third Culture Kid Connect initiative provides support to TCKs and MKs in their transition to life in Canada.

 

worldView – Resources for Growing as a Global Christian

Provides opportunities for Christians to expand their understanding of God’s mission in the world through courses like Kairos and Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.

diasporaNet – Diaspora Research Network

The Diaspora Research Network (diasporaNet) explores the missiological issues associated with “people on the move” … the ever-growing global diaspora.

 

globaLearning – Jaffray Global Learning Consortium

Jaffray Global Learning Consortium is an online educational initiative that provides learning opportunities for the Canadian church.

 

keeperCare – Jaffray Vocational Resilience Network

The Vocational Resilience Network (keeperCare) brings people together around issues faced by international workers as they serve in an increasingly challenging world.

 

getReal – Institute for the Promotion and Proclamation of the Gospel

getReal focuses on concerns related to the promotion and proclamation of the gospel by examining the connection between holiness and mission.

 

newComers

The New Comer initiative provides a framework for training and support for both the new immigrant and the church seeking to become a more intentional welcoming community.

mLearning

The mobile learning (mLearning) platform seeks to use media-based theological training resources to support church leaders ministering in the unreached and hard places of our world.

firstPeoples – Institute for Indigenous Research

The Institute for Indigenous Research (firstPeoples) provides a forum from which to do research and study of Indigenous Peoples in North America and around the world.

 

cmaMission 

The C&MA Mission network is organized around educational and strategic concerns in mission and their implications for ministry in the 21st century.

 

reSources

The reSources division provides the Canadian church and mission community with internet-based resources for doing rigorous and thoughtful mission studies.

 

jaffrayPress

Jaffray Press coordinates the publishing of resources that develop out of Ambrose/Jaffray-related initiatives.

 

missionTrips

The Short-Term Mission Think-tank (STMT) is a catalytic group that seeks to foster critical and collaborative thought between STM church leaders, researchers and mobilizers.

eMerge – Global Leadership in Action

Global Leadership in Action (eMerge) is a mentor-based summer program that provides high school students with an opportunity to develop leadership and cross-cultural skills.

 

reSearch

The Research Partnership Initiative explores and advances ways in which the Calgary-based faith community can work together to contribute to the pursuit and development of good research on matters related to the integration of new Canadians.

onMission

Provides a platform for seminars and colloquiums by leading experts on issues of concern to the church in mission.

 

transForm

transForm is a platform for reflection and action around the need of the church to live out its faith in Jesus in every aspect of life.