Reading Time: 3 minutes As we interact with those who appear to be different, we realize that much more unites us than separates us
Tag: Intolerance
Freedom of religion disappearing in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes What we have in its place is a gospel of the secular, as interpreted by unelected judges and a feminist prime minister
Television’s telling trend to female cops
Reading Time: 5 minutes On fictional program after fictional program, women dominate. Now universities reflect that trend in reality. Will the job market follow?
It’s the religious who tend most to favour diversity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Non-believers overwhelmingly believe every religious community in Canada, especially Muslims and evangelical Christians, hurt the country
Notley’s use of ‘mansplaining’ slurs all men
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Alberta premier really shouldn’t be touted as a role model for young girls
Bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice
Reading Time: 3 minutes When we’re able to see beyond the lies of hatred, racism and segregation, we see the enriching power of diversity
Statues tell a story that people need to hear
Reading Time: 3 minutes You could fill volumes with the uncomfortable statements uttered in the past by people whom we now revere, from Abraham Lincoln to Mahatma Gandhi
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
Laws can reduce bullying and Bill C-16 is needed now
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada needs laws to protect vulnerable transgender youth, who experience bullying at much higher rates than their peers
When in Rome … the value of gestures of respect
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not only does following St. Ambrose’s advice eliminate cause for offence, it opens eyes to the diversity of belief and practice that informs the lives of others