myexemption.com.
One School System ‘s Facebook site has reposted this useful website from the Ontario Education Act for students who want an exemption from religion classes. This exemption has been available for 25 years.
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Catholic schools: Ontario parents fighting to have children exempt from religious studies | Toronto Star. Brampton father has won a partial exemption from religious studies for his son but may still take a Catholic school board to court to win a full pass, as other parents across the province fight for a basic right outlined [...] BBC News – Teaching evolution key to free school funding deal. Teaching evolution key to free school funding deal By Judith Burns BBC News education reporter Pupils in classroom Scientists have raised concerns that rules on teaching evolution “are not tight enough” Continue reading the main story Related Stories Q&A: Academies and free schools [...] Hamilton Mountain | Your online community newspaper for Hamilton, Ontario and area. (send to our OHS facebook page) go vote, quick! This letter has been sent to OHS via HAO, and can be read in it’s entirety at RThainLTEOneSchoolSystem, where you may also contact the author. This letter was sent to the Ottawa Citizen & Montreal Gazette. Received July 21 2012. When the Quiet Revolution broke the Roman Catholic Church’s stranglehold on Quebec society, many advances [...] Bluewater District School Board Ban On Gideon Bible Handout Sparks Torrent Of Hate Mail. [Perhaps we should have a statement of support for them? M] TORONTO – A public school board’s decision to ban distribution of Gideon Bibles to its young students has unleashed a torrent of threatening calls and hateful emails directed at trustees. [...] Religions taking advantage of children | Terahertz. the Vancouver Sun mistakenly takes the view that science and Christian lobby groups deserve equal weight when presenting research. Their article titled “Research mixed on whether parents should be banned from spanking” does a solid job of presenting the scientific evidence of the harms of corporal punishment of [...] Funding for Ontario’s Catholic schools under fire in court challenge – Parentcentral.ca. Ontario should claw back funding to Catholic elementary schools and eliminate all financial support for Catholic secondary schools, says a court challenge launched by a Toronto woman. Reva Landau, who filed the case in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice in December, says in [...] Challenging publicly funded Catholic education in Ontario. (thanks to Kevin for posting this on FB!) Lawyer files new case arguing current structure is discriminatory, by Andrea Houston Ontario Catholic students fighting for equality in schools are closely watching a constitutional challenge against the publicly funded Catholic education system that was recently launched by a Toronto [...] Regina adds funding for religious schools | Holy Post | National Post. Saskatchewan is extending public education funding to independent schools, including private, religious-based schools, highlighting divergence in what “public education” means across Canada. The move puts it alongside British Columbia and Alberta, but far from Atlantic Canada and Ontario, where the idea sank the [...] Rally Supporting Gay/Straight Alliances Attracts Attention and Support Rick Mercer Comes Out In Support Of GSA’s TORONTO, ONTARIO – The Canadian Secular Alliance rally at Queen’s Park this Sunday to support gay/straight alliances in publicly funded Catholic schools has received endorsements from comedians Rick Mercer, Gavin Crawford, and Elvira Kurt. “This rally is about supporting [...] Religion or equality? – thestar.com. by Joe Killoran (Missed this – but Kevin S caught it for us!) School’s out for summer but the role of religion in schools remains a hot topic. The latest controversies revolve around a Toronto school allowing Muslim prayer services while another involves the refusal of Catholic school [...] Petition: Don’t Segregate Menstruating Girls in Public Schools. A school should be a safe space for all children. Not a place where 12-year-old girls are treated as second class citizens, and certainly not a place where menstruating girls are ostracized as “unclean” and sent to the back of the “prayer-cafeteria” as third class citizens! Yes, [...] Hypocrisy on discrimination – thestar.com. (cross posted from HC Canada Facebook page) Embrace the rainbow, Editorial June 11 The editorial about Roman Catholic school boards banning gay-straight alliances in schools stated that “the province has ordered an end to discrimination.” How ironic. The province of Ontario currently funds Roman Catholic school boards to the exclusion [...] Time to abolish separate Catholic school boards : This MagazinE. The propriety of the Catholic school system was up for debate recently when the Halton Catholic District School Board banned gay-straight alliances because, as the chair Alice Anne LeMay said, such student groups are “not within the teachings of the Catholic Church.” An investigation by [...] Humanist Toronto: Conference: One School System Network | End public funding of religious schools in Ontario. An important conference will take place at the end of May. This conference is of prime interest to the public, teachers, teacher’s unions, school boards and all those involved with education in Ontario. TEAR DOWN THE WALL – ONE [...] Get Involved | One School System Network. Here is the new website for ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM, and information on how individuals, groups, and humanist organizations can get involved. They also advocate contacting Public School Trustees, and groups affected by public school closings and cut-backs and job-losses. (this story sent in by Board Member Bob) Globe and Mail: “…The anti-abortion message her schoolmates wore inspired Alexandria Szeglet to don her opinion too. Instead of the word “life” written along strips of red tape, the 15-year-old Thunder Bay resident wore the word “choice” written on strips of green tape stuck to her Catholic [...] [note: this article was recommended by an OHS member] Globe and Mail: Albertans fight for a secular education “…It wasn’t until her seven-year-old son asked her if he’d burn in hell that Marjorie Kirsop became concerned. A Catholic education is the only local option for the Kirsop family and everyone else in Morinville, Alta., a [...] Here is an article from Xtra magazine on Catholic School funding, Gay-Straight Alliances, and Freedom of Religion conflicts with Human Rights, brought to our attention by a member. The article mentions that only the Green Party has been willing to make a statement or talk to Xtra about the issue. “ …But while politicians are [...] |
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