Saving the Idea of Faith
June 22, 2018
At a yearly gathering of big-thinking Canadians, Cardus’ Ray Pennings challenges attendees to examine their own ideas about the critical place of religious faith in our common life.
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Judicial Idiosyncrasy
June 22, 2018Lawyer Barry Bussey, who argued as an intervenor in the Trinity Western University hearings last winter, says Canadians must demand their legislatures protect religious freedom from a Supreme Court that seems to have lost its way.
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The Graying Of Cohabitation
June 21, 2018Senior Researcher Peter Jon Mitchell talks with Convivium about a new report from Cardus Family on data showing a doubling of the number of middle-aged Canadians choosing to cohabitate rather than marry. There are risks, Mitchell says, for the couples and for society.
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The Charter Circle Game
June 21, 2018Some argue the Supreme Court left the Charter a wreck and a tangle with last week’s Trinity Western decision. But our Editor in Chief Father Raymond de Souza has a former Justice tell him it’s all part of making equality Canada’s concentric centre.
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Stage Set For Life
June 19, 2018Actress Mindy Kaling voiced a pro-life message at a recent college commencement when she described letting go of her rigid “life checklist” in order to give birth to a baby girl, writes Cardus Family Program Director Andrea Mrozek.
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Re-ordering The Relationship
June 19, 2018Today, Convivium is sharing a video sampling of the speech delivered by the Hon. Jason Kenney on May 18, 2018 as well as the fascinating panel discussion that followed between Kenney, Pat Nixon, founder and CEO of Calgary’s Mustard Seed ministry for the socially disadvantaged, and journalist Jen Gerson.
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MAiD and Modern Medicine
June 18, 2018Two years ago, on June 1, 2016, federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was escorted to her seat in front of Canada’s Senate to explain her governments rationale for Bill C-14, a legislative concoction with a name from a high school chemistry class and the full power to transform Canadian society forever.
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Rozema Awards Celebrate Excellent Educators
June 15, 2018Most teachers want their students to be excellent. But what does that mean? Convivium is proud to share videos created to learn more about the invaluable work of the winners and nominees of the 2018 John Rozema Teacher Excellence Awards.
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Trinity Western Loses
June 15, 2018Trinity Western University has lost its legal battle to have graduates of its proposed law school accredited by law societies in Ontario and B.C.
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Solzhenitsyn’s Kick Against The Pricks
June 14, 2018As global soccer fans tune in to the sport’s World Cup in Moscow, Editor-in-Chief Father Raymond de Souza salutes the 40th anniversary of the great Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s earth-shaking commencement speech at Harvard University.
