EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Communications Assistant
The Justice Centre is hiring a communications assistant! This position can be full-time or part-time, depending on the applicant’s interest and qualifications. The successful candidate can work from anywhere in Canada, and need not be based in Calgary. About the Role The Justice Centre is searching for a detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and driven Communications Assistant with strong writing skills, careful and impeccable judgment, and media savvy to assist with various outward-facing initiatives in support of the Justice Centre’s mission to promote and defend the constitutional...
Read MoreEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is seeking a part-time administrative assistant who would be required to perform administrative duties assigned by the office manager. The successful applicant’s skills and qualifications must include working with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and database software. The Administrative Assistant’s main job duties and responsibilities include: creating, maintaining, editing, and updating spreadsheets, mailing lists, contact lists, and donor information on a database, prepare outgoing mail for distribution, maintaining the...
Read MoreVictory for Charter freedoms as federal government abandons compelled speech in Canada Summer Jobs attestation
On December 7, the federal government abandoned its 2018 requirement that applicants for Canada Summer Jobs funding express their support for the Government’s position on “reproductive rights” by attesting to the following statement:Both the job and my organization’s core mandate respect individual human rights in Canada, and the values underlying the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as other rights. These include reproductive rights and the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, colour, mental or...
Read MoreAfter agreeing not to censor the Bible, Alberta school board terminates agreement with Christian school
CAMROSE, AB: The Battle River School Division (BRSD) in Camrose has decided to terminate its agreement with the Cornerstone Christian Academy Society (CCA), after BRSD tried unsuccessfully to impose a confidentiality agreement on the Society. This June 29 decision came just days after BRSD and CCA developed a joint statement in which BRSD agreed to not censor the use of the Bible at CCA. On May 27, 2017, the BRSD confirmed its directive to CCA that “any scripture that could be considered offensive to particular individuals should not be read or studied in school,” and suggested...
Read MoreRELEASE: University of Alberta in court to defend mob censorship, June 8 and 9
Edmonton: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF.ca) will appear before the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton today and tomorrow on behalf of Amberlee Nicol, Cameron Wilson, and the student club UAlberta Pro-Life. Their court application challenges the University of Alberta decision to impose a $17,500 “security fee” as a condition for the campus club to set up a stationary display on campus. This court application, UAlberta Pro-Life v. University of Alberta, also challenges the University’s decision to condone violations of the Code of Student Behaviour directed...
Read MoreJohn Carpay discusses parental rights in education in Calgary, April 21
John Carpay spoke to more than 100 Albertans in Calgary April 21, to discuss parental rights in education in the context of issues of sexual identity. In this presentation, John explains the legal, constitutional and philosophical basis for parental rights, and provides information on the actions parents can take to defend their rightful role as the caregivers and educators of their children. Click here to watch John’s...
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- September 16, 2019
Justice Centre urges UBC Board of Governors to better protect free speech on campus as it reconsiders UBC’s space booking policy - September 11, 2019
Court hearing today over Ottawa Public Library’s censorship of documentary film - September 9, 2019 Court application filed against Ontario school board for refusing to let a grandmother speak at a public board meeting
- September 3, 2019 BC Court of Appeal hears father who objects to state interference with child's puberty
- August 29, 2019
Second victim of James Cyrynowski’s Human Rights Complaints steps forward - August 20, 2019
Single dad facing Human Rights Complaint for asking the age and gender of a potential babysitter - August 1, 2019
Free speech victory as City of Calgary drops ticket for “distributing printed material” without the City’s “consent” - July 24, 2019
Justice Centre applies to intervene in appeal of BC ruling ordering hormone treatment on child without parent’s consent - July 3, 2019
UBC commended for allowing Jenn Smith presentation but warned that security fees illegally undermine free speech on campus - July 2, 2019 Justice Centre representing three more BC aestheticians facing Human Rights complaints over refusal to perform waxing service