Articles Tagged ‘Education’
Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 7:22 in
Human rights, Politics | Author:
Interim Staff In a 149-137 vote, C-279, a private member’s bill that would add amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and hate crimes law by adding gender identity and gender expression to the specially protected classes of people, passed Parliament on March 20 and will now move to the Senate. In 2011, a previous version of the bill passed the House but died in the Senate when the federal election was called.
All NDP, Liberals, Bloc Quebecois members, and Green Party MP Elizabeth ... (Continue reading)
Written on 2 Apr, 2013 at 11:45 in
Announcements, Features, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor’s Note: Material in this article might offend some readers.
On March 13, pro-life MP Stephen Woodworth was forced to cut short his talk to a group of students at the University of Waterloo when nearly a dozen abortion activists interrupted his speech, took control of the microphone, and started to use vulgar language to make their point.
Woodworth was about one third through his presentation at an event organized ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2013 at 16:24 in
Across Canada | Author:
Pro-life ‘Choice Chain’ cancelled by UVic
VICTORIA – The University of Victoria cancelled a campus pro-life group’s “Choice” Chain the day before it was to take place. In February 2012, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) was prohibited by the student union, the University of Victoria Student’s Society (UVSS), to book public space and hold the “Choice” Chain, a display by the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform that uses graphic abortion images to confront passers-by to face what choice ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Mar, 2013 at 16:32 in
Politics | Author:
Peter Baklinski Special to The Interim “Don’t let yourselves go the way of Ontario’s tyranny,” one pro-family group is warning the citizens of Manitoba in response to a new “anti-bullying” bill introduced in December by the NDP government. Critics say that Bill 18, following upon the heels of McGuinty’s very similar Bill 13, which passed in Ontario last June, is more about pushing the homosexual political agenda on students than fighting bullying
“McGuinty’s bill really had nothing at all to do with protecting children from bullying,” Jack ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Dec, 2012 at 11:23 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka On Oct. 23, the Alberta government brought forward a new Education Act that is being met with approval by homeschooling and parental rights organizations. “The more people got exposed to it and the more dialogue we had with it, the more we realized it wasn’t quite the right fit,” said Education Minister Jeff Johnson about the older version that was met with widespread criticism in February. “I think we found some really good middle ground here that is a compromise ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Dec, 2012 at 11:21 in
Religious Education | Author:
John Jalsevac Special to The Interim An Ottawa-area Catholic school that planned to send 52 of its students to Ohio in the final days before the U.S. presidential election, has cancelled the trip. While the school board claimed the trip was simply an opportunity for students to “observe” the U.S. political process, the teacher leading the trip, Scott Searle, has presented it to students as a chance to help re-elect President Obama.
Searle lists “volunteer” with “Obama for America” on his LinkedIn profile for 2012.
In a one ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Nov, 2012 at 9:08 in
Editorials, Religious Education | Author:
The cross, among other things, is a reminder of Christianity’s relationship with the state. An ancient method of execution with all the charm of the electric chair, crucifixion was a form of capital punishment deemed too degrading for a Roman citizen to endure, fit only for rebels and slaves who needed to be visibly crushed under the imperial heel. Before the cross became a symbol of Christ’s victory, it was first a symbol of the state: its victory, its pride, ... (Continue reading)
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic sexual material.
Resources provided by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) have been found to promote the gay lifestyle and sexual perversion and promiscuity. Blogger Blazing Cat Fur found that the TDSB linked to a website promoting masturbation and casual sex called www.positive.org, which is run by the Coalition for Positive Sexuality. Blazing Cat Fur’s post ignited media and online coverage of the school board’s actions, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Nov, 2012 at 11:58 in
Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family, Religious Education | Author:
Paul Tuns Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten equated opposition to abortion with misogyny and said Catholic schools that promote pro-life activities might run afoul of the Accepting Schools Act.
Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten, taking part in a press conference in her other role as Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues, equated the pro-life position with hatred of women and said Catholic schools would not be able to teach abortion is wrong without violating Bill ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Oct, 2012 at 11:36 in
Marriage and Family, Sex Education | Author:
Patrick C. Craine Special to The Interim Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten does not agree with the right of parents to opt out of controversial classes.
A Hamilton, Ont.-area Christian father is suing his children’s public school board after they refused to allow him to withdraw his children from controversial lessons on sexuality.
Dr. Steve Tourloukis, a dentist, says the suit comes after he has been asking for accommodation from the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board since Sept. 2010. A member ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Sep, 2012 at 6:31 in
Announcements, Features, Michael Coren, Sex Education | Author:
Michael Coren
I suppose I’m old-fashioned. I thought teachers were supposed to teach, to make sure young people could read and write, do math, know some history and geography, perhaps some economics, and certainly some science. I don’t think media studies is a real subject, and sociology should only be a graduate level course. But this is nothing compared to what is going on today in many school boards, where legions of toxins ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jul, 2012 at 14:34 in
Announcements, Features, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Catholic school funding questioned in aftermath
After facing months of protests by pro-family and religious groups, the McGuinty government rammed Bill 13, the so-called Accepting Schools Act, through committee for a final vote on June 5. Bill 13 passed 65-36.
Although the Accepting Schools Act was presented as a broad-based anti-bullying initiative, its focus is on promoting homosexual rights in schools, including the province’s publicly funded Catholic school system. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jun, 2012 at 18:24 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy | Author:
Frank Kennedy Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty never dreamt that seeking rival MPPs to join him in his precarious minority government, in order to give him the majority he so eagerly sought, would be like sliding off the proverbial roof of a cattle barn into the biggest -gosh-darn load of fresh manure Prince Edward County had ever seen.
No matter what Dalton says or what his political minions say, it was a horribly unprincipled move ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jun, 2012 at 10:16 in
Events, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups | Author:
Paul Tuns Two recent events brought the pro-life message to hundreds of Toronto area high school students, educating students to become conversant on the issue of abortion and inspiring them to become more involved in the issue.
Toronto Right to Life Association joined the University of Toronto Students for Life, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, and Student Life Link to host the Respect for Life Student Leadership Conference for Toronto-area Catholic high school students ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jun, 2012 at 10:02 in
Sex Education | Author:
Jessica Lamb A Research Forum poll released May 15 says that the majority of Ontarians favour gay-straight alliances and oppose Catholic school funding.
According to the poll, just over half of Ontarians (51 per cent) agree that students in Catholic schools should be able to form gay-straight alliances and that the numbers of people who disagree are gradually declining with 28 per cent are opposed to them and 21 per cent are undecided. Lorne Bozinoff, president of Research Forum, told the Toronto Star ... (Continue reading)
