Religious Symbol

• Bill 21: Hijabs disappearing from view in Quebec classrooms as teachers retire

  The retiring teacher is the only staff member at Carlyle Elementary School who wears a religious symbol. She was allowed to keep her job because of Bill 21's grandfather clause.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2022
  
• Quebec organization creates pamphlet to educate Muslim women about their rights

  The tool, they say, is to assist Muslim women in dealing with threats, inform them of their rights and how to protect them.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2019
  
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• Teachers removing religious symbols proves Bill 21 is a ‘good law’: education minister

  Quebec's education minister says the fact that at least three teachers have agreed to remove their religious symbols at work is proof that his religious neutrality law is "a good law."

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2019
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• Aspiring teachers denied employment as Montreal school boards apply religious symbols ban

  A francophone school board in Montreal (CSPI) admits to turning down two aspiring teachers, after they refused to remove their visible religious symbols.

  Education

  Sep 9, 2019
• New teacher leaves Quebec for British Columbia over Bill 21

  The religious neutrality legislation forbids certain public sector employees from wearing religious symbols.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2019
• Quebec religious symbols bill to be challenged in court

  A national Muslim organization is joining civil liberties advocates to launch a court challenge of Quebec's secularism law less than 24 hours after the legislation was adopted.

  Politics

  Jun 17, 2019
• Quebec immigration minister defines ‘religious symbol’ in proposed amendment to Bill 21

  The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government has made an about-face by finally providing a definition for "religious symbol" in its secularism bill.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2019
• EMSB commissioners unite to fight pending legislation on religious neutrality

  The council is building a united front to fight the Quebec government's plans to ban religious symbols for all state employees in positions of power, including teachers.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2018