The Canadian Association of University Teachers and my own employer, Redeemer University College, are in the local and national news here in Canada and are the subject of two editorials, one in the local Hamilton Spectator: Academic witch hunt?; and another in the National Post: Stop the anti-Christian witchhunt on campus. Meanwhile the numbers of academics signing the Faculty Statement on CAUT is growing by the day. Remarkably, one of the signers is a “Former Secretary to the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee of CAUT.”
Friday, February 11, 2011, 10:54 AM
February 11th, 2011 | 1:44 pm | #1
Is it illegal in Canada for a Christian school to hire Christian staff? It seems to me there is not much point in having a Christian school if it is viewed as a crime to deliberately cultivate a “Christian” environment.
February 11th, 2011 | 3:22 pm | #2
Not at all illegal. In fact, Redeemer’s provincially-granted charter back in 1980 mandates that we teach from a Reformed Christian perspective.
February 11th, 2011 | 5:32 pm | #3
Great to see the scholars aren’t backing down on this.
February 13th, 2011 | 12:15 am | #4
The documents your article linked to suggested that these schools are being targeted because they are hiring Christians specifically and cultivating a (specifically) Christian environment.
I am not sure what the actual infringement is, or is supposed to be (since one assumes cultivating a Christian environment is rather the point of having a Christian school).
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