Le Conseil scolaire de district de la région de Waterloo a mis en place une nouvelle page et un nouveau formulaire de plainte en matière de droits de la personne afin que les parents et les élèves puissent maintenant faire directement ainsi rapport aux questions relatives aux droits de la personne auprès du conseil. Certains…
Author: Doug Thomas
Waterloo Public School Board – Human Rights Complaints
The Waterloo Region District School Board has rolled out a new Human Rights complaint page and form so parents and students can now bring up Human Rights issues directly with the board. Some of the issues that SCS has seen include: Playing theistic lyrics of “O Canada” over the PA system in the morning or…
Accommodation Request – Demand pour l’accommodement – WRDSB
En français ci-dessous Request for Accommodations for Non-believing Students in the Waterloo Region District School Board submitted by:Doug Thomas, President Secular Connexion Séculière Summary Our secular humanist philosophy holds that individuals can be good without god(s) and that secular humanists, and non-believers in general, have the right to freedom from religion in public places. The…
SCS an Official Lobby Group
A New Reason to Donate to Secular Connexion Séculière SCS is now a registered lobby group with the Ontario Government. Now we can talk directly, on the record, to government officials and ministers about the things that concern us: Respect for the right to freedom from religion in public schools – instrumental versions only of…
Accommodations for Atheist Students in Schools
Example of letter sent to Ontario school board officials RE: Accommodations to protect the my son’s/daughter’s right to freedom from religion Dear Director: While our school system works to eliminate religious discrimination through its equity and inclusion policies of accommodation for religious beliefs and practices, the rights of non-believing students are generally ignored. In 1984,…
Response to Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould re: the government’s response to Petition E-1264
April 23, 2018 The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada’s House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 RE: PETITION NO .: 421-02118 – Mr. Tabbara, March 1, 2018 (petition E-1264) Dear Minister Wilson-Raybould: I have read your response to petition E-1264 and I am concerned about the reasoning behind the…
Analysis of E-petition 1264 Including Gov’t Response
We have come to the end of the E-petition 1264 cycle. By way of reminder, here is the petition: PETITION: to the House of Commons regarding systemic discrimination against non-believers in Canada. WHEREAS: approximately 25% of Canada’s people are non-believers and WHEREAS: The International Humanist and Ethical Union, in its December 2016 Freedom of Thought…
SCS President’s Response to Canadian Heritage Committee Report on Systemic Discrimination
Having received and read a copy of the report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, Taking Action Against Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination Including Islamophobia, I feel compelled to register several objections to the actions of the committee and to the report itself. The choice of the standing committee to hear only from witnesses…
Canadian Heritage Committee Report on Hearings re: Systemic Racial & Religious Discrimination
The complete report on these hearings is available at: http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/CHPC/report-10
Submission To Canadian Heritage Committee re: Systemic Racial and Religious Discrimination
Submission to: The Canadian Heritage Committee Regarding: Systemic and social discrimination against atheists in Canada. Whereas: The Committee on Canadian Heritage is studying religious discrimination in Canada, and the International Humanist and Ethical Union (www.iheu.org) has identified Canada as a nation that systemically discriminates against atheists, and social discrimination against atheists also exists, often at…