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November 25th, 2011
Toronto, November 25 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s public education arm, the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET), is pleased to announce the 15th annual Our Fundamental Freedoms Conference, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Law Foundation of Ontario. The conference, open only to senior high school students in [...]
October 28th, 2011
The Toronto District School Board and the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET), supported by a grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario, has invited Grade 12 students to explore the topic Rights Are Not Enough for a day by attending the Fundamental Freedoms conference on 30 November 2011. The purpose of this event is [...]
October 27th, 2011
This op-ed was originally published in The Windsor Star on October 27, 2011
Peanut butter has been getting a lot of ink lately. There have been media stories about schools that have forbidden both peanut butter and “safe” peanut butter substitutes – while food banks want donations of peanut butter.
Working toward building a tolerant and critically [...]
July 26th, 2011
The CCLA is deeply concerned about the situation in Alberta, where a community has been repeatedly denied a public secular school option for their children. The Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (“GSACRD”) is the public school board in the Greater St. Albert region. This school division offers an education where “Catholic theology, philosophy, practices [...]
June 27th, 2011
This op-ed was published in The Windsor Star on June 27 2011
Look at the photograph of Grade 3 boys from David Maxwell Public School on the front page of the June 8 Windsor Star. What do you see? Some rather charming little guys whose teacher, Cathy Boyer, is very proud of them? [...]
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