Public Talk TODAY - Why We Must Accommodate: Competing Human Rights at York University

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Why We Must Accommodate: Competing Human Rights at York University
David Seljak, PhD
Department of Religious Studies, University of Waterloo
Earlier this year, York University sociology professor Paul Grayson went public with a student’s request for religious accommodation, outlining the case as a conflict between “parochial religious rights” and universal human rights. He later affirmed his support for Quebec’s Charter of Values. This talk looks at the relationship of religion, human rights, secularism, and multiculturalism in Canadian public life.
David Seljak is co-editor of Religion and Ethnicity in Canada and Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada. Recently he has worked on the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s policies on competing rights and protecting religious freedom.
Arts Lecture Hall 113
Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
Sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo
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