By Jean Delisle, Translation Professor Emeritus of the University Ottawa. The Honourable Justice Michel Bastarache, President Committee on Academic Freedom University of Ottawa Monsieur le Juge, Thank you for the opportunity to share my views on academic freedom and freedom of expression. I am a professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, where I […]
Christian Rioux is a regular columnist at Le Devoir. «Do you believe in God? The question sometimes came from a little blond boy sitting in the back of the classroom. It could also come from a discreet and unassuming little girl sitting in the front row. How often has the teacher I am talking about […]
There has been a hotly debated shock of ideas regarding civil servants displaying ostentatious religious signs. What Humanist should think about it? What does the Charter of Rights (Canada) says about it? How the neutrality of the State should be interpreted according to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)? I have the conviction most people […]