How does Canada’s outdated census question on religion distort public policy, and why are humanists calling for reform to reflect the country’s growing secularism? By Robert Hamilton (President, Humanist Ottawa) Let’s be honest — when was the… It’s Time for Canada’s Census to Get Real About Religion
What happened at Nathan J. Robinson’s Current Affairs magazine during the 2021 co-op dispute and how has it evolved since? Nathan Robinson’s articles, and Current Affairs generally, have been consistently challenging and thought-provoking, with incisive… The Rise, Crisis, and Continuity of Nathan J. Robinson’s Current Affairs Magazine
How has the Lindsay Shepherd case influenced freedom of expression policies and academic freedom standards at Canadian universities? Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of… Lindsay Shepherd’s Academic Freedom and Free Speech Case: The Chronology and Facts
How does Prime Minister Mark Carney’s family history intersect with the legacy of assimilationist education and Indigenous policy in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories? Mark Carney’s Election and the Shadow of History Prime Minister Mark Carney… PM Mark Carney’s Legacy and the Hidden History of Fort Smith’s Indian Day Schools
Racism fueled Nazi ideology and policies. The Nazis viewed the world as being divided up into competing inferior and superior races. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum At its core, the Nazi worldview was racist and… Institutional Assessments of Nazi and AfD Ideologies
Foundation of the British Columbia Firmament The Father of British Columbia, Sir James Douglas, is worshipped in the community where I grew up. Not for nothing, he had achievements, but he had a mixed history… Growing Through Langley: A Journey in Smaller Municipality Canada
by Patrick Moreau, Le Devoir, Friday July 28th, 2023 Rights and privileges should not be confused. Rights, in particular “human rights”, are freedoms granted to all citizens of Quebec and Canada; these shared rights are… Rights and privileges, the reign of confusion
By Jean-François Lisée Le Devoir, January 4th, 2023 I have read many political programmes in my life and helped to write some of them. However, I had never come across a sentence like this: “We… A plea for respectful robustness
One of our members received the following letter from Leslyn Lewis and thought the ideas would be worth discussing on this forum. Are Leslie’s ideas as presented here compatible with humanism? Dear Gleb, Are you… Faith vs. Science from a Conservative
DAPHNÉE DION-VIENS, Le Journal de Montréal Wednesday, June 29, 2022, UPDATE Wednesday, 29 June 2022 The content of the new Quebec Culture and Citizenship course, which will replace the controversial Ethics and Religious Culture course… The new Quebec Ethics and Citizenship course will be tested this September in 50 schools
