John Stackhouse
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From Multiculturalism to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Multiculturalism was pronounced dead a decade ago. Say the word “diversity,” however, and little explosions detonate in everyone's mind.
John Stackhouse
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Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict
The Coalition Avenir Québec continues its remarkable record of concentrating power in the provincial government on behalf of its pure...
John Stackhouse
19 min read
Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues
how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec
John Stackhouse
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Another Adolescent Decision in a Time of Grown-Up Challenges
The Baby Boomers strike again. This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal—the highest-level court in the country to consider a case of...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?
The recent synagogue shooting in Poway, California, has focused attention on an abiding question regarding Christians and Jews: Is...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Reasonable Accommodation Is a Two-Way Street
There’s a lot to dislike in the Quebecois government’s recent bill that would outlaw the wearing of religious symbols by public...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Learning from Rwanda
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the massacre in Rwanda, a quarter-century since 800,000 people died at the hands of their...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Is Yoga Dangerous?
Still, is yoga in public schools something Canadian Christians should protest? Should anyone? Should everyone?
It depends.
John Stackhouse
20 min read
Is Canada a Secular State?
Some have asked about getting hold of a hard-to-obtain article of mine: “Of Course Canada Is a ‘Secular’ State—Just not Secularist and...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust
The word out of Alberta about Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) hasn’t been good of late. According to the Calgary Herald, the Alberta...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation
It seems like a headline from The Onion, the American satirical website that daily tests our credulity, but it’s real: “U.K. student...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Troubled in Toronto?
Did the Middle Ages just appear on the streets of Toronto? Last week, Muslims around the world observed the day (“Yom”) of Ashura, the...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Dangerous Dreaming
Religion doesn’t matter. At least, it doesn’t seem to matter much in Canada. Canada’s cultural magazine, The Walrus, devoted its June...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Different Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law School
No political issue in Canadian history has been more important, contentious, and complex than schooling, and particularly the question of...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Are Christians in Exile? Not Yet
The end of the school year nears. The disastrous decision by the Prime Minister to attach the Canada Summer Jobs program to his personal...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Will Canadian Christians Have to Stop Practicing Medicine?
I admit that the title of this column seems clickbait-y. But it is among the serious questions being asked in the wake of the recent...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Why Dig in? Clues to the Liberals’ Stubbornness over the Summer Jobs Program
There’s a lot not to like about the Summer Jobs Program fiasco. The Liberal government’s insistence that employers conform with its...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Religious Violence in Canada: Will It Happen Again?
The recent shooting in a Quebec City mosque has prompted shocked Canadians to wonder whether we will see more religiously motivated...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Liberals Acting Illiberally
The Liberal government of Canada recently announced new terms for the Canada Summer Jobs program (CSJ), and they are alarming. Along with...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
The Governor-General and Good Government
The furore continues over Governor-General Julie Payette’s attempt to solve several outstanding problems in one speech. She’s only one...