Reading Time: 3 minutes Free societies don’t dictate the correct answers to difficult questions, nor protect people from discomfort over their choices
Tag: Civil society
Ten shocks that could overturn our world
Reading Time: 7 minutes Future factors and potential disruptions that could have a truly transformative impact on life, society, government, the economy, and business
Broad social change must first be an inside job
Reading Time: 3 minutes None of us can be an agent of positive change unless we’re at peace within their own being
Religious communities remain an integral part of a healthy society
Reading Time: 3 minutes If we’re not careful, we may recognize too late how critical they are in dealing with the ever-shifting social stresses of modern life
Standing on guard for human rights critical to a civil society
Reading Time: 4 minutes The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission celebrates 50 years of exemplary work, but much more can be done to allow citizens to move ahead
Criminal Code changes put sacred spaces at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government needs to affirm the importance of freedom of religion and conscience by preserving Section 176
Canadians need a civics education refresher
Reading Time: 3 minutes Americans are woefully ignorant of basic government functions; Canadians aren’t far behind
The age of civility has entered a dangerous time
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you believe our hard-won social norms are worth keeping, you have to become truly active to stop this cancer before it metastasizes
Learning about life from my first real boss
Reading Time: 4 minutes What we think of as progress doesn’t cut it for someone who actually remembers when it took hard work and skills training to make a living
An open and shut case: how the backfire effect closes minds
Reading Time: 3 minutes When evidence contradicts our deeply-held beliefs, we tend not to change our viewpoint but to become more entrenched