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Faith Communities
Research Report

Polling with the Angus Reid Institute

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Faith Communities
Research Report

Conflicting Rights? Balancing Equality and Fundamental Freedoms

Far from opposing one another, neither fundamental freedoms nor equality can exist without a meaningful guarantee of the other. The paper critiques case law and scholarship that needlessly pits these constitutional guarantees against one another.

Kristopher E. G. Kinsinger

September 12, 2023

Faith Communities
Research Brief

Religion and Belief Among Immigrants to Canada

Immigrants to Canada are significantly more religious and more open to public religious expression than non-immigrant Canadians.

Johanna Lewis

July 6, 2023

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Faith Communities
Policy Brief

Cardus Presentation to Parliamentary Committee on Military Chaplaincy

The essential work of Canadian Armed Forces chaplains of all religious and philosophical traditions must be protected and encouraged.

Andrew P.W. Bennett

June 2, 2023

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Faith Communities
Research Report

The Bible and Us

Canadians and Their Relationship with Scripture

Andrew P.W. Bennett

May 2, 2023

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Faith Communities
Research Brief

Toward a Hopeful Future

Facing Down Religious Hate

Andrew P.W. Bennett Johanna Lewis

March 16, 2023

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Faith Communities
Perspectives Paper

Indigenous Voices of Faith Booklet

Is there something fundamentally incompatible between Indigenous Canadians and Christianity or other faiths? Some might say so, but many Indigenous Canadians would strongly disagree. As part of our Indigenous Voices of Faith project, we’ve interviewed 12 Indigenous Canadians about their religious faith and its interaction with their culture.

Andrew P.W. Bennett

March 9, 2023

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Faith Communities
Perspectives Paper

Indigenous Voices of Faith: Dcn. Gilbert Pitawanakwat

Dcn. Gilbert Pitawanakwat shares his story of becoming a Catholic deacon and how that relates to his Anishinaabe identity.

February 10, 2023

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Faith Communities
Perspectives Paper

Indigenous Voices of Faith: Dcn. Rennie Nahanee

Dcn. Rennie Nahanee’s embrace of Catholicism sees him serving as a deacon in a church in the Squamish Nation where much of the Mass is translated into the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim language.

February 10, 2023