Conferences

Spirited Citizenship Research Conference: Care, Conflict, and Virtue

In November 2017, Spirited Citizenship held a major research conference, joining academics and practitioners at the Cardus Ottawa office.

“Spirited Citizenship: Care, Conflict, and Virtue” convened academics, policy and opinion shapers, and faith-based organization leaders to discuss how Canadians’ changing relationship with faith and the role of faith communities in society will shape Canada’s future.

Below are both an introduction to the Care, Conflict, and Virtue conference, as well as the presentation “Opinions on Religion in Canada” given by Shachi Kurl (of the Angus Reid Institute). A centrepiece of the day, this presentation showed the findings of a year-long series of public opinion polls conducted by the Angus Reid Institute and Faith in Canada 150 during Canada’s sesquicentennial year.

Following this conference, the following pieces were published in Policy Options:

• Religion, multiculturalism and the public square
• Giving voice to religion might create a better Canada
• We must include religion in the dialogue about diversity
• Faith-based care and medical assistance in dying
• Policy-makers and social capital research