Culture & Society Articles
Age of consent raised to 16
The Senate passed Bill C-2, the Tackling Violent Crime Act, an omnibus crime bill that included a provision for raising Canada’s [...]
Abortion, mental health, and feminism
Britain’s Royal College of Psychiatrists, in a statement released on March 14 urged that women should not be allowed to [...]
What defines us
Sweet Smell of Roses At urbandictionary.com, the definitions of “pro-life” include the following: “An idealistic position acknowledging that from a [...]
Some media take notice of abortion issue
Long-held code of silence broken to mark Supreme Court decision In the past two months, there have been a number [...]
Researchers take another step toward human cloning
For the first time, scientists have created a large batch of cloned embryos from the cells of adult primates, a [...]
UN study examines rules for cloning
United Nations University and the Institute of Advanced Studies, a Tokyo-based UN think tank, have released a paper that examined [...]
Christmas comes under siege again
’Tis the season to call it anything but Christmas. As with each year in the recent past, there seems to [...]
Media-fed rumours of the family’s demise exaggerated
Canadian families as a whole are surviving – although not doing as well as before The headlines in papers and [...]
Philip Pullman and the seduction of children
He is Britain’s second-most popular children’s author. His books are bestsellers, have won numerous awards for literature and have received [...]
An open mind can mean an empty head
Kitchener school board situation serves as a sterling example The elevation of an “open mind” to the status of an [...]
Dynamic weekend experiences planned for women
Women Alive will host tandem conferences in October. While Ontario’s Imagine Women’s Conference and Expo takes place at Toronto’s Crowne [...]
Educational choice: Tory’s approach is wrong
This paper supports the right of parents to educate their own children as they see fit. Whether it is choosing [...]
Canada’s dysfunctional democracy
The principle of separation of powers has been one of the fundamental aspects of federal governance in the Western world [...]
Lessons from The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister:
1. All three were shaped and grounded in a Christian faith tradition that informed how they lived and engaged human [...]
Joseph Farah and the media revolution
Whose fault is it that there is so little Christian ownership of media in North America? Whose fault is it [...]