Nostra Aetate - In Our Time

15 Introduction Prof. Patrice Brodeur, Ph.D., KAICIID Senior Adviser A Senior Adviser to KAICIID and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology and the Sciences of Religions at the University of Montreal, Prof. Brodeur has over thirty years of experience in the area of interreligious and inter- cultural dialogue as an academic researcher and educator as well as a practitioner. An esteemed author and multilinguist, Prof. Brodeur has received numerous prestigious awards, including fellowships, scholarships, research grants and prizes during his distinguished career. Career summary v Second Master’s Degree in Comparative Religion and Ph.D. in Islam and Judaism from Harvard University v 2005: Won first prize in the Social Entrepreneurship Venture Plan competition at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza Business School v Developed an interdisciplinary research team on Islam, pluralism and globalisation at the University of Montreal (Canada), focusing on past and present intra-religious and interreligious, as well as inter- civilisational and inter-worldview forms of dialogue v 2010: Received an Inter-faith Visionary Award from the Temple of Understanding. ECUMENICAL PERSPECT I VES OF NOSTRA AETATE Prof. Brodeur during one of the training sessions at the KAICIID Fellows Programme