Join us for the launch of Center Talks, a new speaker series and platform to explore ethics, faith, culture, and civic life through thoughtful dialogue.
The inaugural session will be led by Dr. Bashir Jiwani, Lead Ethicist and Executive Director of Ethics Services at Fraser Health Authority and a Member of the Bioethics Council of Canada. Dr. Jiwani brings decades of experience applying ethical insights across healthcare and public life. Drawing on real-world examples from workplaces, neighborhoods, and institutions, Dr. Jiwani will invite participants to reflect on how ethical reasoning operates in practice—not in theory alone.
The conversation will be in partnership with Dr. Zahra Jamal, Director of Workplace Strategy at Interfaith America and a Harvard‑trained scholar‑consultant specializing in religious inclusion, Muslim diversity, and organizational change. Together, they will explore how ethics can serve as both a personal compass and a shared civic language in pluralistic societies.
The event will explore a central question of contemporary civic and professional life: how do we make good decisions when the values we hold genuinely conflict — and what role does one’s faith play in shaping those decisions? Participants will engage with real-world cases drawn from workplaces, neighborhoods, and institutions, decide what they think should matter most, and watch as their own choices reveal the complexity of living ethically in a pluralist world. Drawing on his framework for ethical literacy, Dr. Jiwani will help participants name what they are already doing when they reason well — and identify the specific skills and qualities of character that make it possible to do it better.
Please join us for a pre-event reception at 6:00 pm, followed by the event at 6:30 pm.
Stay tuned for the next Center Talks session, coming in Fall 2026.
