The Vancouver School of Theology is a ecumenical divinity school located on the campus of and formally affiliated with the University of British Columbia. VST is called to educate and form thoughtful, engaged and generous Christian leaders. Faculty Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Dean, Professor of Hebrew Bible Jason Byassee, Professor of Homiletics Brenda Fawkes, Director, Field Education Ross Lockhart, Director of Presbyterian Formation Laura Duhan Kaplan, director, Iona Pacific Inter-religious Centre Harry O. Maier, Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies Grant Rodgers Director of Anglican Denominational Formation Ray Aldred, Director of Indigenous Studies Program Richard Topping, Principal, Professor of Studies in the Reformed Tradition and Principal Mari Joerstad, Academic Dean History Vancouver School of Theology was established in 1971, as an amalgamation of the Anglican Theological College (ATC) and Union College of British Columbia (UCBC), affiliated with the United Church of Canada. The two colleges had existed side by side for a number of years prior to the amalgamation. ATC was formed in 1920 as a merger of two Anglican seminaries. The evangelical Latimer Hall was founded in 1910, while the more liberal and high church St Mark's Hall followed two years later at a nearby location. The merged ATC moved into the Chancellor Building at UBC in 1927. Westminster Hall (formerly Presbyterian) was the first formal theological college in Vancouver, and classes started in 1908, first at McGill University Vancouver (1907–1915) Campus, then in their own building at 1600 Barclay Street from the fall of 1908 until 1927, when the first part of UCBC (west wing of the Iona Building at UBC) was ready for use. Ryerson College formerly Methodist, and named after educator Egerton Ryerson, was meeting in Westminster Hall since classes began in 1923. It was an extension of the Columbian College started in New Westminster in 1892. There is little available data on the Congregational College of British Columbia, as according to the United Church of Canada's First General Council's Minutes, in 1925, the college was incorporated, but never held any classes. The tower section of the Iona Building was completed during the 1930s. From initial discussions with Anglican and the then separate Methodist and Presbyterian groups in 1922, there has been open discussion on joint studies, and was a reason Ryerson Hall never constructed a separate building. Throughout the 1960s, the two colleges cooperated in offering courses and access to materials, and discussions started regarding