May 29, 2014 Parliamentary Forum Discusses Religious Freedom in Canada Ottawa, ON – The 4th Annual Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom was held in Ottawa on May 26, 2014.  Organized by Colin Mayes, MP for Okanagan-Shuswap and David ... Full Article

Recognizing and Responding to the Seeds of Religious Intolerance Natasha Bakht May 26, 2014 I am going to be talking today about recognizing and responding to the seeds of religious intolerance in Canada, but I’d like to do this by using a ... Full Article

The Canadian Legal System: Friend or Foe of Religious Freedom Don Hutchinson, B.A., J.D.May 26, 2014 Introduction The Canadian legal system is composed of several levels of courts, a multiplicity of tribunals, and tens of thousands of lawyers, ... Full Article

A Legal and Political History of Religious Freedom in Canada Janet Epp BuckinghamMay 26, 2014 Religious freedom has been highly contentious in Canada of late. I will let you in on a secret; it always has been. One of my motivations in writing ... Full Article

Misunderstood and Mischaracterized: Canada’s four models of religion-state relations Dr. James C. (Jim) WallaceMay 26, 2014 Introduction On the drive north from Seattle to Vancouver on Highway 5, travelers encounter at the border crossing an ... Full Article

Natasha Bakht B.A., M.A., LL.B, LL.M Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Natasha Bakht is an associate professor of law at the University of Ottawa. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2003. She clerked with Louise Arbour at the ... Full Article

Don Hutchinson B.A., J.D. Past Vice President and General Legal Counsel, EFC Don Hutchinson is a husband, father and grandfather who graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law a long ... Full Article

Dr. Janet Epp Buckingham B.A., LL.B., LL.D.Associate Professor, Trinity Western University Janet Epp Buckingham is an associate professor at Trinity Western University and the Director of the Laurentian Leadership Centre, an Ottawa-based, ... Full Article

Dr. James C. (Jim) Wallace B.Mus., M.Div., D.Min., M.A., Ph.D. candidate (ABD) Lecturer in the Dept. of International Relations at Boston University Jim is an international relations expert, scholar, religious leader, author and businessman. ... Full Article

Colin Mayes, Member of Parliament for Okanagan – Shuswap will be hosting the 4th Annual Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom on May 26, 2014.  While the three previous Forums  examined various challenges facing religious freedom ... Full Article