The Intercultural Office guides The Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC) toward becoming a more inclusive community of belonging for all God’s people.

What is the Intercultural Office’s focus?

We aim to develop programming for 3 levels of transformation:

Spiritual

Developing intercultural awareness in people’s hearts and minds

Interpersonal

Equipping people to build healthy intercultural relationships

Systemic

Creating a strong foundation for structural and organizational change

How will we do this?

To learn more about our work, watch this video and stay tuned!

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Meet the Team!

Pablo Kim Sun
Pablo Kim SunIntercultural Liaison
Pablo Kim Sun serves as the Intercultural Liaison, a general-secretary–level position. In this role, he accompanies church leaders and congregations in cultivating healthy intercultural communities—places where people engage differences with humility, curiosity, and deep appreciation, and where all can experience true belonging.
He is the author of Who Are Our Enemies and How Do We Love Them? and Building Mennonite Belonging: Toward an Intercultural Church. His forthcoming book, Intercultural Belonging & Ministry: Practicing the Arts of Becoming Church Together, will be released in 2026.
Elsie Lo
Elsie LoIntercultural Formation Facilitator
Elsie Lo serves as the Intercultural Formation Facilitator. Through designing and facilitating church cohorts and coaching teams, Elsie invites participants to engage in embodied practices that foster imagination, ideation, and innovation for intercultural ministry.
She has collaborated on various church engagement projects and written several articles reflecting on these experiences: “Immigrant Churches Imagine their Futures” (Faith Today Jul/Aug 2024), “The Power of Communal Discernment” (Christ in Cascadia Dec 2021), and “Listening to the Diaspora Church” (Faith Today May/Jun 2017).
Priya Jasmine Andrade
Priya Jasmine AndradeIntercultural Program Coordinator
Priya Andrade serves as the Intercultural Program Coordinator. She is an instructional designer and educational content developer with nearly two decades of combined experience in intercultural ministry, immigrant education and reconciliation initiatives.
Priya has had the privilege of guiding the Christian Reformed Church in developing Hearts Exchanged , an online Indigenous-Settler reconciliation curriculum program. Her research and design work also contributed to Pathway to Actions
, an evaluative tool that helps organizations measure and strengthen their commitments to justice and equity.

Ecumenical Resources

Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

Organizations like the TIM Centre use the IDI as a comprehensive tool for assessing and developing intercultural competence. It benefits those engaged in multicultural church environments or any diversity-rich setting. The IDI is widely recognized across various sectors for enhancing cultural understanding. Our office is working to offer the IDI to The Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC) leaders and congregations. We will update you when it becomes available. To learn more about the IDI and its offerings, watch this short video or visit their website .

The Culture Map

The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer provides insightful guidance on understanding different cultural communication styles and navigating cultural differences. Meyer’s website also offers a tool for comparing and contrasting communication styles across different countries (note: this is a paid tool). This resource will help explain why miscommunication can occur when interacting with people from different cultures.

The Culture Factor Group

One of the many resources this group offers is a free country comparison tool . This tool provides insights into cultural dimensions such as motivation, individualism, and uncertainty avoidance. It is a helpful complement to “The Culture Map” by providing additional factors to consider when interacting with different cultural groups, allowing you to engage respectfully and thoughtfully.

The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning (FILL)

FILL is a Canadian Council of Churches program focusing on developing and networking with Christian leaders in intercultural engagement. Collaborating with denominational leaders, FILL created the “Engage Difference! Deepening Understanding of Intercultural Ministry” (DUIM) program. This 5-day interactive, practical program is designed for ministry leaders and community members who want to nurture cultural relevance, understanding, and awareness within their communities. For more information on the program, including upcoming dates, visit DUIM .

FILL also offers a comprehensive list of resources, including reading materials, recommended books, webinars, and videos, to support your learning journey. Visit their resource page for more details.

Interculturality Framework and Guiding Principles: An Invitation to Conversation and Dialogue

This resource is from the Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning (FILL)—A Reference Group of The Canadian Council of Churches (April 2021). The FILL Theology and Research Working Group has adopted this framework and guiding principles as the celebration and welcoming of the diverse voices of faith communities to be part of the conversation, with the recognition that each of us speaks from different ethnocultural vantage points, and to acknowledge that each of us encounters each other with our own unique experiences, ways of knowing, and diverse spiritual and theological traditions. Download the framework here .

The Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre (TIM Centre)

The TIM Centre is housed within Tyndale University and has a more evangelical focus. It offers certificates and diplomas for Christian leaders who seek to grow in intercultural competency. The centre also provides Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessments, a tool initially developed by a non-religious organization but adapted by TIM Centre facilitators to integrate a faith-based perspective. Visit their website to learn more about the TIM Centre’s programs and tools.

  1. Counselling Fund

    On this page — Counselling Related to Experiences of Racism — you’ll find information about the counselling fund for those who have experienced racism within the PCC. Contact information is provided.

  2. Intercultural Mentorship Fund

    Eligibility

    Ordained ministers of The Presbyterian Church in Canada on the constituent roll of a presbytery who are serving in intercultural ministry contexts are eligible for these mentoring support funds.

    Use of the Funds

    Funds may be used to resource the mentoring arrangements between mentor and mentee once a detailed plan for mentorship has been approved by the appropriate presbytery.

    Funds may be used to provide an honorarium for the mentor of no more than $1,000 and for other associated costs regarding the relationship; those costs to be invoiced through the submission of appropriate receipts. Some of these costs may include resources such as books or courses. Approval of all costs other than the honorarium for the mentor will be handled by the fund administrators.

    Consideration and Evaluation

    Requests will ultimately be considered and discerned on a case-by-case basis by the fund administrators.

    All applications to the fund must be accompanied by a presbytery endorsement. That endorsement will be made by the presbytery of jurisdiction, meaning the presbytery in which the mentee is a member. The proposed mentorship program must state clear goals for the mentorship relationship and how an evaluation of those goals will be best realized.

    Presbyteries are encouraged to take great care in approving mentors who possess substantial knowledge and insights about cultural sensitivity and the theological depth and width of the gospel. Giftedness in the ability to sense intuitively and unearth strategically the gifts of the mentees would be important.

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