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  1. Human rights, sexuality and religion: Between policy and identity

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    As important policy changes are discussed and opened to public response, the urgency to reflect more critically about the narrow and essentialized identity constructions within policy is evidenced. While there will continue to be conflict in the public arena regarding religion and sexuality, from those who identify solely with one aspect and condemn or criticize the other, our policies should be reflective and inclusive of more than these narrow assumptions; if our policies and the application of policies can become more adaptive in response to these challenges, perhaps the assumed inherent conflict can be managed with more productive, alternative strategies.

  2. Droits de la personne, sexualité et religion : Entre les politiques et l'identité

    From: La croyance, la liberté de religion et les droits de la personne

    Alors que les changements de politique importants sont discutés et ouverts à la réaction du public, l'urgence d'une réflexion plus critique sur les constructions identitaires étroites et essentialisées dans la politique est mise en évidence. Bien qu’il y aura toujours des conflits dans l'espace public sur la religion et la sexualité, initiés par ceux qui s'identifient uniquement selon un des aspects et condamnent ou critiquent l'autre, nos politiques doivent refléter et inclure plus que ces hypothèses étroites ; si nos politiques et leur application peuvent devenir plus adaptatives en réponse à ces défis, peut-être que le conflit supposément inhérent pourrait être géré avec des stratégies alternatives plus productives.

  3. Faith in the public school system: Principles for reconciliation

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    Freedom of religion includes both the right to manifest beliefs and practices and the right to be free from state coercion or constraint in matters of religion. This paper looks at the scope and interaction of these two aspects of freedom of religion in the context of religious accommodation issues in public schools.

  4. The need for greater protection of religious associational rights in employment

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    The exemption from the prohibition of employment discrimination (section 24(1)(a) of the Human Rights Code) is a concern for religious communities; narrow interpretation results in undue infringement of the right to freely associate with others in a religious community.

  5. Accommodation and compromise: Why freedom of religion issues cannot be resolved through balancing

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    Chief Justice McLachlin has said that while “reasonable accommodation” may be the appropriate “analysis” in private sector freedom of religion/religious discrimination cases, it is not appropriate in Charter cases in which the restriction on religious freedom is imposed by statute. I think the Chief Justice is right that there are important differences between these two kinds of restriction on religious practices – private sector/human rights code and legislative/Charter. I will argue, though, that her alternative approach, the balancing of interests under s.1 Charter, is either inappropriate or unworkable.

  6. The missing link: Tolerance, accommodation and... equality

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    This paper encourages a rethinking of the ideas of tolerance and accommodation, suggesting that these concepts may be inappropriate for a country that has a history of diversity, multiculturalism and equality. The paper considers the contexts in which the language of tolerance and accommodation is located.

  7. La chaînon manquant : Tolérance, accommodement et... égalité

    From: La croyance, la liberté de religion et les droits de la personne

    Ce texte encourage à repenser les idées de tolérance et d'accommodement, et suggère que ces concepts peuvent être inappropriés dans un pays qui a une histoire de diversité, de multiculturalisme et d'égalité. Le texte examine les contextes dans lesquels le langage de la tolérance et de l’accommodement est situé.

  8. Editor's introduction: Human rights, creed and freedom of religion

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has embarked on a revision of its 1996 Policy. The update aims to clarify the Commission’s interpretation of human rights on the basis of creed under the Code, and advance human rights understanding and good practice in this area more generally. The policy update will require extensive research and consultation and will take two to three years to complete (work began in 2011).

  9. On Canadian Buddhist engagement with religious rights discourse and the law

    From: Creed, freedom of religion and human rights - Special issue of Diversity Magazine - Volume 9:3 Summer 2012

    The contemporary ‘convert-immigrant’ make-up of the Canadian Buddhist population not only complicates accommodating the diversity of Buddhist-Canadian religious rights, but also challenges the very definition of “creed” as it is currently formulated in the Ontario Human Rights Code. This paper highlights these dynamics as they pertain to two institutional settings: the penal system and the health care system.

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