What evidence threshold should resolve the Kamloops residential school claims? Frances Widdowson is a Canadian political scientist, author, and commentator known for critical analyses of Indigenous policy, higher education, and academic governance. A former associate… Dr. Frances Widdowson on Kamloops, Evidence, and Truth in Residential Schools
This article by Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is part of an anthology Unadorned: Conversations on Antisemitism that will be edited and published by Scott Douglas Jacobsen (In-Sight Publishing / Apple Books) in October, 2025. Television was… Antisemitism, the Left and 1967
Does the dismissal of Dr. Frances Widdowson from Mount Royal University signal a threat to academic freedom in Canada’s post-secondary institutions? Academic freedom includes… Freedom to express one’s opinion about the institution, its administration, and… The Widdowson Case: Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Institutional Censorship in Canadian Universities
How did Gretta Vosper become a leading atheist minister in the United Church of Canada and a pioneer of progressive Christianity? Reverend (Margaret Ann) Gretta Vosper was born July 6, 1958, in Ontario, Canada. She… Rev. Gretta Vosper: Atheist Minister, Progressive Christian Leader, and Post-Theist Advocate
What are the major active wars worldwide since 1991 and how have they evolved by decade? The Nature of War War is an organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict that is carried on between states,… Global Wars by Decade: From Somalia’s 1991 Conflict to the Gaza War (2023)
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
Edan Tasca, Centre for Inquiry Canada “Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew.” — Martin Niemöller “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however… Soft on Hamas: An Inquiry to My Fellow Gentiles
Statement to Address Discriminatory Oversight in Canadian Special Humanitarian Assistance Program for Afghan Nationals October 4th, 2021 The tenuous and dangerous living circumstances in Afghanistan following the nation’s fall to the Taliban are dire for… Our collective call to include the non-religious in the Special Humanitarian Assistance Program for Afghan nationals
