CCLA is deeply concerned about a resolution passed by the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) allowing Gideons International to distribute the Gideon Bible to grade 5 students. Schools will be sending home consent forms to all students in the fifth grade and providing the Gideon Bible to those students whose parents consent. CCLA expressed [...]
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For years, the Waterloo Region District School Board has given the Gideons permission to offer free Bibles to fifth grade students in public schools. On December 4, 2009, CCLA wrote to the Board criticizing the governing policy and its historical and current application. Public schools should not be used as a vehicle for the promotion [...] On May 22 CCLA spoke with and wrote to Minister Blackett, outlining the association’s concerns regarding Bill 44’s proposed amendments to the Alberta Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act. In CCLA’s view, there is no legitimate public interest in allowing children to be withdrawn from all material that touches on religion, sexuality, or [...] CCLA sent the Hon. Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Education, a copy of its brief on the public funding of religious schools. Read the CCLA letter that accompanied that brief CCLA submitted a brief to the Hon. Kathleen Wynne regarding public funding of religious schools. Read CCLA’s brief |
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