Tag Archives: Charter of Rights and Freedoms

June 24: Ailsa Watkinson

8 Jun

Sunday, June 24, 2012, 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Venice House, 906 Central Avenue, Saskatoon, SK, side room

Ailsa Watkinson is a social work professor at University of Regina (Saskatoon Campus).  She has been protesting the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast since before CFI Saskatoon existed:

Prayer Breakfast not Path to Unity (PDF download)

Amongst her current research interests is included this item:

  • Faith Based Services and Human Rights Commitments Researching the type and extent of public service delivery provided by faith based organizations in Western Canada to determine if pubic services, delivered by faith-based organizations, are provided consistent with parameters set by Supreme Court rulings concerning religious freedom and equality rights.

She will be speaking to us at our monthly Meet-up about topics in her research.

More details to follow.

October 16: Know your Rights! Constitutional Lawyer Dhugal Whitbread

10 Oct

This Sunday meet up will headline a talk by Dhugal Whitbread, a constitutional lawyer, on topics pertaining to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He will be giving us a brief history of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as a discussion of the Canadian version of Church-State separation, which has its basis in an old court case from Quebec.

Dhugal is also prepared to answer your questions so bring them on!

Things to Look At:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

CBC’s Know Your Rights radio program

CBC TV The Constitution and Charter re-evaluated (audio only)

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