Note: This page reflects the updated lineup of guest panelists.
Panel with Jessica Riddell, Professor of Early Modern Literature (Bishop’s University) and Eva Pomeroy, Research Lead and Senior Faculty (Presencing Institute).Â
Interviewer: Rina Kampeas
This panel will explore whether our traditional stances toward education inadvertently limit our openness to new ideas, stifling the critical reflection necessary for growth. This session moves beyond the mechanics of teaching to investigate the philosophy of the encounter itself—how meeting a mind different from our own challenges our assumptions. We will look at how the power of dialogue can re-envision the educational experience, transforming it from a static transfer of knowledge into a dynamic, shared evolution. By examining the barriers we erect against uncomfortable or foreign concepts, we aim to address a vital pedagogical problem:
Can discussion be elevated from a mere exchange of conflicting opinions to the type of informed, vulnerable dialogue that leads to genuine insight?Â
Date: Wednesday April 15, 2026Â
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: 3405 Atwater Ave, Montreal
Price: 25$Â Â
For students studying for credit at an educational institution, call 514-935-9585 for pricing details.
About the TMI 2026 Spring Series:
As we celebrate the Thomas More Institute’s 80th anniversary, we keep returning to the question that has guided us since 1945: How can we enrich public life through deeper understanding and shared inquiry? We seek to do this through our core programming, as well as by hosting the Annual Spring Interview Series. Launched in 1956 to celebrate the Institute’s tenth anniversary, and initially a single annual lecture, the event soon expanded into a multi-part series of talks and later into an interactive format that paired lectures with open discussion. By the mid-1990s, this evolution culminated in the Annual Spring Interview Series, bringing leading scholars into direct conversation with the public. The series has long supported scholars, emerging scholars, and leading educators by offering a forum for exchange and connection with others in related fields of study.
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