Muslim students can face a new challenge in Canada as Quebec’s Education Minister is executing a political maneuver against congregational prayer in public schools.
Quebec’s Education Minister, Bernard Drainville, has recently announced that prayer rooms in public schools would soon be prohibited in the province.
The announcement came after reports that at least three Montreal-area schools had permitted students to gather for prayer.
Drainville has stated that prayer rooms in schools are not compatible with Quebec’s policy of official secularism. However, the minister clarified that he is not prohibiting prayer altogether, but rather students who want to pray should do…
A report created by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission was brought forward on Thursday and delved into concerns of racism and discrimination at the College of Medicine after outcry back in 2020.A group of physicians came forward highlighting concerns about racism and inequity in the medical profession, as well as the Saskatchewan medical education system.
Specific recommendations were made through a document created by the physicians called “9 Calls to Action” to address structural racism and create a more equitable learning environment.Read more:
Shaping Saskatchewan: Black in SaskatchewanA letter was then published on Aug. 5, 2020 by…