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Work & Economics
Policy Brief

Conscientious Objection and Labour Law in Canada

Conscientious Objection and Labour Law in Canada

Brian Dijkema

June 1, 2024

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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

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Faith Communities
Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Protecting Conscience Rights for Ontario Healthcare Workers

Members of regulated health professions in Ontario lack protection for freedom of conscience.

Andreae Sennyah

April 19, 2022

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Faith Communities
Policy Brief

Keeping Ontario’s Places of Worship Open During Emergencies

Restrictions imposed on places of worship were often more stringent than those applied to retail businesses, despite the fact that freedom of conscience and religion are fundamental freedoms.

Andrew P.W. Bennett Andreae Sennyah

April 12, 2022

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Faith Communities
Policy Memo

Memo: Evaluating Reasonable Limits on Religious Freedom

Canadian legislators have faced questions about what constitutes “reasonable limits” on the rights and freedoms set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Andreae Sennyah

March 14, 2022

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Faith Communities
Perspectives Paper

Our Inner Guide

Protecting Freedom of Conscience

September 27, 2021

Woman sitting, text The Imperative of Conscience Rights
Faith Communities
Research Report

The Imperative of Conscience Rights

Grappling with the relevance of freedom of conscience and its robust protection.

December 4, 2018