Care of Creation Workshop

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Biographies of the Speakers

Mark Norbury Mark Norbury has had an extensive career in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). During his 14 years working for the Environment Agency of England and Wales he was instrumental in applying GIS to monitor pollution in water, air and land. More recently he has been working as a consultant implementing GIS for several organisations across British Columbia and the Yukon, including the David Suzuki Foundation and West Coast Aquatic. He is currently the president of the Mysteria Lucis Chapter of Lay Dominicans in Vancouver. He has given many talks to various church groups on the importance of caring for the environment and has also produced a couple of videos on YouTube on the biblical principles for caring for creation. He is married to Naoko, who feeds him organic vegetables, herbs and fruit grown sustainably by herself in their garden in Port Moody, where he teaches catechesis at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He has a Masters Degree in GIS, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a Chartered Geographer.

Paul Ungar Dr. Paul Ungar is a psychologist with a Masters Degree in Psychodynamic Therapy and a Ph.D. in Existential Psychotherapy as a student of the well-known Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. He holds a graduate degree in theology and has lectured at Trinity Western University and St. Mark's College in Vancouver. He was the driving force behind the establishment of the Catholic Forum, a regular event organised by Mysteria Lucis' Lay Dominicans to facilitate growth and understanding in the Roman Catholic faith through various talks and discussions, where he was himself a regular speaker. He is a faculty member of the International Viktor Frankl Institute in Dallas, USA. He lives in Surrey where he continues to work his own private practice as a psychologist, active in the treatment of problems on the borderline of theology and psychology. He is the author of "The Mystery of Christian Faith: a tangible union with the invisible God" and "Flawed Institution Flawless Church: a response to Pope John Paul's appeal for a critical self-evaluation of the Church". He is married with several children and a large number of grandchildren.

Inessa Ormond Inessa Ormond has had a passion for justice and the care of the environment for many decades, particularly in preserving Canada's natural beauty and liveability. She took part in the Peace Marches in Vancouver in the 1970s to keep the province nuclear-free and the protest against clear cut logging in Clayoquot Sound in 1993 and more recently in the Climate Strike in Victoria in September 2019. She has also participated in protests and boycotts against the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, against apartheid in South Africa, and for justice for Palestinians. She writes that "Perhaps the most important thing about these actions is that they led me to look more deeply into the issues and the realities of our world. And in some mysterious way they were an important part of my journey toward God and the Catholic Church, becoming a Lay Dominican, and appreciating Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si." She worked for five years at MOSAIC, which provides services to immigrants, and for two years at SPEC, an environmental organization. She is now retired and living in Sidney on Vancouver Island. She is the mother of three and the grandmother of six.

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	Mark Norbury has had an extensive career in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). During his 14 years working for the Environment Agency of England and Wales he was instrumental in applying GIS to monitor pollution in water, air and land. More recently he has been working as a consultant implementing GIS for several organisations across British Columbia and the Yukon, including the David Suzuki Foundation and West Coast Aquatic. He is currently the president of the Mysteria Lucis Chapter of Lay Dominicans in Vancouver. He has given many talks to various church groups on the importance of caring for the environment and has also produced a couple of videos on YouTube on the biblical principles for caring for creation. He is married to Naoko, who feeds him organic vegetables, herbs and fruit grown sustainably by herself in their garden in Port Moody, where he teaches catechesis at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He has a Masters Degree in GIS, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a Chartered Geographer.
	Dr. Paul Ungar is a psychologist with a Masters Degree in Psychodynamic Therapy and a Ph.D. in Existential Psychotherapy as a student of the well-known Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. He holds a graduate degree in theology and has lectured at Trinity Western University and St. Mark's College in Vancouver. He was the driving force behind the establishment of the Catholic Forum, a regular event organised by Mysteria Lucis' Lay Dominicans to facilitate growth and understanding in the Roman Catholic faith through various talks and discussions, where he was himself a regular speaker. He is a faculty member of the International Viktor Frankl Institute in Dallas, USA. He lives in Surrey where he continues to work his own private practice as a psychologist, active in the treatment of problems on the borderline of theology and psychology. He is the author of "The Mystery of Christian Faith: a tangible union with the invisible God" and "Flawed Institution Flawless Church: a response to Pope John Paul's appeal for a critical self-evaluation of the Church". He is married with several children and a large number of grandchildren.
	Inessa Ormond has had a passion for justice and the care of the environment for many decades, particularly in preserving Canada's natural beauty and liveability. She took part in the Peace Marches in Vancouver in the 1970s to keep the province nuclear-free and the protest against clear cut logging in Clayoquot Sound in 1993 and more recently in the Climate Strike in Victoria in September 2019. She has also participated in protests and boycotts against the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, against apartheid in South Africa, and for justice for Palestinians. She writes that "Perhaps the most important thing about these actions is that they led me to look more deeply into the issues and the realities of our world. And in some mysterious way they were an important part of my journey toward God and the Catholic Church, becoming a Lay Dominican, and appreciating Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si." She worked for five years at MOSAIC, which provides services to immigrants, and for two years at SPEC, an environmental organization. She is now retired and living in Sidney on Vancouver Island. She is the mother of three and the grandmother of six.