EDEC 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Pastoral Care, Lists Of Landmark Court Decisions

• School: McGill University
• Department: Curriculum and Instruction
• Course: EDEC 247
• Professor: Tino Bordonaro

Document Summary

Policy issues in quebec education #19: defining freedom of religion, the proulx report, ethics and religious culture, reasonable accomodations, defining freedom of religion, freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. It does not imply a sole or singular right. Fundamental rights are protected by the 1982 charter of rights: landmark case: dickson helped define freedom of religion in r. vs. big m drug mart (1985, this case put into question freedom of religion. It was a chain of drugstores in western canada. The issue was regarding whether big m drug mart remain open on the lord"s da(cid:455): the proulx report (1999) religion in secular schools: a new. There is reference to it in the erc course. In other words, they were claiming that erc did not provide enough religious instruction or education to their children and therefore claimed that a religious program of studies should be provided to their children.