9IÖĆ×÷ł§Ăâ·Ń News - bill 21 /channels/news_feeds/all/term/bill%2021/rss en Pearl Eliadis on the Supreme Court of Canada Taking on Legal Challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21 | CBC /channels/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-supreme-court-canada-taking-legal-challenge-quebecs-bill-21-cbc-362964 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 23rd, 2025 | In an interview on <em>Let’s Go with Sabrina Marandola</em> on CBC, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> discussed the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to hear a legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 21. Eliadis emphasized the significance of the Court’s move, stating, “It’s the Supreme Court saying that it’s important and an issue of national significance.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/01232025_cbc_listen.png?itok=XplRCn3M" width="160" height="55" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:18:59 +0000 webfull 206380 at /channels Pearl Eliadis on Supreme Court of Canada hearing legal challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 | iHeart /channels/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-supreme-court-canada-hearing-legal-challenge-quebecs-bill-21-iheart-362938 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 23, 2025 | On the Montreal Now with Aaron Rand podcast,<strong> <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a></strong> discussed Quebec’s Bill 21 and its Supreme Court challenge. She highlighted the months-long legal process ahead, with both sides submitting extensive documentation before a decision is reached. Eliadis called the case a key opportunity for Canada to reflect on how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is applied.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/iheart_banner.png?itok=CM2Zncp-" width="160" height="37" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:36:04 +0000 webfull 206348 at /channels Pearl Eliadis on Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols | The New York Times /channels/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-quebecs-ban-religious-symbols-new-york-times-362936 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 25, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights. Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis </a>said that while one of the main tenets of Quebec’s secularism was the idea that the state should be a neutral actor, she thought the law had imposed the government’s viewpoint of what nonreligion ought to look like in the public service.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/1080x464_pearl_harms_conf.png?itok=AO6f2f8H" width="160" height="69" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:59:13 +0000 webfull 206347 at /channels Pearl Eliadis: Top court hearing challenge on Quebec's secularism law 'not unexpected' | CBC /channels/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-top-court-hearing-challenge-quebecs-secularism-law-not-unexpected-cbc-362932 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law that prohibits certain public workers from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties. Professor<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis"> Pearl Eliadis</a> joined for an interview with the CBC to discuss the nature of the issues at stake, by the very fact that the court has agreed to hear the case. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pearl_cbc_bill21.png?itok=bWE7Yodw" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:13:25 +0000 webfull 206343 at /channels Pearl Eliadis on Bill 21 | La Presse /channels/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-bill-21-la-presse-362931 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to grant permission to appeal in the Bill 21, Quebec’s controversial secularism law. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle, which has raised concerns among minority communities over religious freedoms and equality in the province.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pearl_2.png?itok=7x1uLCQU" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:36:41 +0000 webfull 206342 at /channels Quebec's Court of Appeal upholds Bill 21, with a few exceptions | CBC /channels/channels/news/quebecs-court-appeal-upholds-bill-21-few-exceptions-cbc-356191 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>February 29, 2024 | <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> speaks on "Breakaway with Alison Brunette" and "Let's Go with Sabrina Marandola" on the upholding of Bill 21 and what the ruling means. The law bans certain employees in the public sector from wearing religious symbols while on the job.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pearl_eliadis_cbc_radio_feb_2024.png?itok=oFrNXaGp" width="160" height="182" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:52:31 +0000 webfull 198666 at /channels Experts: 2022 Quebec election results /channels/channels/news/experts-2022-quebec-election-results-341037 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>François Legault has been elected for a second mandate as Quebec premier with a majority government. Addressing supporters at his campaign headquarters, Legault told a large crowd that some of his key priorities will be the economy and tackling inflation. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/more-proud-more-rich-legault-wins-2022-quebec-election-with-a-majority-government-1.6094461">CTV News</a>). </p> <p>Here are some experts from 9IÖĆ×÷ł§Ăâ·Ń that can provide comment on this issue:</p> <p> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/quebec-election.jpg?itok=_n0gW9YH" width="160" height="109" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:11:21 +0000 webfull 183454 at /channels Experts: Does Quebec's secularism law speak to the younger generation? /channels/channels/news/experts-does-quebecs-secularism-law-speak-younger-generation-338520 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers from 9IÖĆ×÷ł§Ăâ·Ń and Concordia universities have <a href="https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/research/law-21.html?utm_source=vanity&amp;utm_campaign=law21">teamed up</a> to examine how Quebec's secularism law, Law 21, is affecting the career choices and experiences of discrimination of students, particularly in the province's faculties of law and education. The law, which bans some public servants, including teachers in the public system and prosecutors, from wearing religious symbols at work, was implemented in June 2019.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:57:27 +0000 webfull 178862 at /channels More than half of students who took part in survey on Law 21 say they will leave Quebec to find work /channels/channels/news/more-half-students-who-took-part-survey-law-21-say-they-will-leave-quebec-find-work-338442 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers from 9IÖĆ×÷ł§Ăâ·Ń and Concordia universities have teamed up to examine how Quebec's secularism law, Law 21, is affecting the career choices and experiences of discrimination of students, particularly in the province's faculties of law and education. The law, which bans some public servants, including teachers in the public system and prosecutors, from wearing religious symbols at work, was implemented in June 2019.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/microsoftteams-image.png?itok=jj0Wk1DA" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:28:53 +0000 webfull 178776 at /channels Group representing hijab-wearing teachers launches appeal against Bill 21 decision | Global News /channels/channels/news/group-representing-hijab-wearing-teachers-launches-appeal-against-bill-21-decision-global-news-330589 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>April 21, 2021 | “The decision touches on virtually every aspect of the Canadian political landscape as it affects fundamental human rights. I cannot think that this will not go to the Supreme Court of Canada.” <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a>, human rights lawyer and professor at the Max Bell School, is quoted in this article concerning the recent ruling by the Quebec Court of Appeal to uphold Bill 21.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/zibik-shvnofp3opk-unsplash.jpg?itok=aNs0-TyZ" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 22 Apr 2021 17:51:12 +0000 webfull 170064 at /channels