Languge bridges and connects cultures. For the four KOICA volunteers that have been learning English through the Personnel Exchange Programme coordinated by the Institute for Mission and Research of PTC, learning English also enabled them to discover more about Fiji. It’s places, peoples, politics, arts, talents, fauna, flora, media, and rich cultures. Twenty eight year...Read More
Our heartiest welcome to Senior Professor Ernst Marais Conradie from the University of Western Cape in South Africa. Professor Conradie is being hosted at the Pacific Theological College while he carries out work in the Pacific. Professor Conradie is giving a lecture on the topic, ‘In God We Trust? Understanding God’s Care in the Context...Read More
The Pacific Theological College has completed its curriculum development community visits. Curriculum writers spent several days in two village communities in two provinces in Fiji. Rewasau villagers from Nabobuco District, Naitasiri Province in Fiji and Nakoronawa village in Nakasaleka District, Kadavu Province, hosted the writers. They also shared their indigenous knowledge, world views, and philosophies...Read More
On Saturday 1st July in American Samoa, the Principal of the College, Revd. Prof. Dr Upolu Luma Vaai, delivered the Keynote Address as the chief guest to more than 20 graduates who graduated from the Kanana Fou Theological College in American Samoa. The graduation was attended by the leaders and members of the Congregational Christian...Read More
Potential partnership discussions on areas of need and support ensued this week between the Pacific Theological College and the Australian National University. The heads of the two educational institutions met in Suva earlier this week. Professor Brian P. Schmidt, ANU Vice Chancellor, and Revd. Professor Dr Upolu Vaai spoke about the value of Pasifika knowledge,...Read More
The methodology of the Pasifika philosophies course is based on the saying, “the Toloa takes off but returns to the waters.” This is a dictum that captures the toloa (goose) as a metaphor for a migratory quest of those seeking fresh waters to renew their political, economic, religious, familial, or knowledge endeavors. While the Toloa...Read More
The Principal of the College, Revd. Professor Dr Upolu Luma Vaai started the philosophies stream with two mentoring sessions, “Introducing the Course: Why Pasifika Philosophies” and “Unlocking the Pasifika Philosophical Mind”. He challenged the Toloa participants that “if life in Pasifika is about relationality, grounded on the importance of relationships as the key to knowledge...Read More
Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba, the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Fiji National University says the Pasifika Philosophies Course underway at the Jovili Meo Conference Centre of the Pacific Theological College is a unique space. “I don’t think there are spaces like this,” said Professor Nabobo-Baba while mentoring participants of the course on the topic ‘Probing the...Read More
The inspirational, renowned and revered Tongan poet and Professor of Education Konai Helu Thaman reminded Toloa participants of the Pasifika Philosophies Course the importance of critical thinking and poetry. “The English did not invent poetry, it was everywhere! My mother who did not finish high school caused me to look more closely at Tongan indigenous...Read More
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