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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Not sure what social studies course you took, but in Alberta public schools SS 03-30 had nothing to do with religion at all at least in the late 90's. The only thing that comes close are when we went through the history of Japan/ww2 and briefly went over how the emperor was considered a living god.
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I went through the public education system in New Brunswick; we spent half a year in grade 9 social studies learning about different world religions. My wife was educated in the Catholic (!!) system in Saskatchewan, and she also learned about the beliefs of other religions in school.
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not provide knowledge about such an important part of global culture in the public education system is a massive disservice to the students.
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While I dont know alot of the specifics of Canadian law - there should be a separation of church and state. No province should be shoving religion down the throats of students - I dont care in what form or for what purpose.
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Teaching about different religions is not at all the same thing as "shoving religion down the throats of students". Even as an atheist, I recognize the value of this curriculum.