Professor gives public lecture on religious freedom, accommodation
Public institutions in Canada should accommodate on the grounds of religious freedom, says a professor of religious studies at the University of Waterloo
Public institutions in Canada should accommodate on the grounds of religious freedom, says a professor of religious studies at the University of Waterloo
By Media RelationsPublic institutions in Canada should accommodate on the grounds of religious freedom, says a professor of religious studies at the University of Waterloo.
Professor David Seljak has recently worked on the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s policies on competing rights and protecting religious freedom. Tomorrow he will give a lecture entitled "Why We Must Accommodate: Competing Human Rights at York University." It focuses on the national debate sparked earlier this year when a professor at York refused a student’s request for religious accommodation in a course project. This talk looks at the relationships between religion, human rights, secularism and multiculturalism in Canadian public life.
Professor Seljak is co-editor of Religion and Ethnicity in Canada, and Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada.
When: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Room 280, J. G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities, University of Waterloo
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