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Dickinson, Greg M. – School Business Affairs, 1997
In Ontario, Canada, the 19th-century educational imperative of indoctrinating public school students in a common Christianity became intolerable, given the province's increasingly pluralistic population. Most vestiges of religious practice and instruction have been swept from public schools. Religious minorities' preference for a unitary,…
Descriptors: Catholics, Constitutional Law, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
Pizante, Gary – 1985
The new and immense task that awaits the judiciary of Canada is to decide what limitations, if any, ought to be imposed upon freedom of expression as protected in the new Canadian Constitution with an entrenched Charter of Rights. The area of civil libel law provides special problems related to free speech and press. One source of help for…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Democracy
Magsino, Romulo F. – Interchange, 1977
The author examines the constitutional bases of claims for student rights in Canada, presents various aspects of rights, including "option" and "welfare" rights, and suggests the embodiment of students' welfare rights and of a Bill of Rights affecting all of society, within the Canadian constitution. (MJB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Due Process
Adams, Karen L., Ed.; Brink, Daniel T., Ed. – 1990
Essays on the campaign to establish English as the United States' official language include: "Official Languages and Language Planning" (Richard Ruiz); "Una lingua, una patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity?" (David F. Marshall and Roseann D. Gonzalez); "Canadian Perspectives on Official…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication