Sinara, undergrad student assisting the IRCSF this term, summarizes here some key points from Christine Gervais's and Amanda Watson's talk earlier this month titled "Resisting Orders: Catholic Sisters Contest Their Church." To watch Christine's and Amanda’s full webinar, visit: youtu.be/9I3G7KR-t2E
From our very own student fellow Jacob Legault-Leclair, giving us a good view of the current Catholic landscape in Quebec: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj0L...
And to access the article we'll be discussing during this event for free (open-access), please visit: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Join us for our next free hybrid event with authors G. Watts & S. Wilkins-Laflamme on their new article "The Secular Sacred Canopy: A Paradigm Revision in the Study of Secularization” on April 30th, 2-3pm EDT. To attend the event, please register here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Missed our webinar yesterday "Resisting Orders: Catholic Sisters Contest Their Church" with Christine Gervais and Amanda Watson? Watch the recording on our YouTube channel anytime: youtu.be/9I3G7KR-t2E
In this infographic, Sinara, undergrad student assisting the IRCSF this term, summarizes some key points from Anna Strhan's talk earlier this month on growing up godless and nonreligious childhoods. To watch Anna’s full webinar, visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x81m...
Still time to register for this free webinar, taking place on April 2nd @ 2pm EDT
In this paper, Galen and Sarah argue that, in contexts of late-stage secularization, the once-religious sacred canopy has been supplanted by a now-secular “sacred canopy,” replete with its own cultural legitimations, moral imperatives, and plausibility structures.
New article out by our Associate Director Galen Watts & Director Sarah Wilkins Laflamme titled "The Secular Sacred Canopy: A Paradigm Revision in the Study of Secularization." Check it out for free at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Join us and authors C. Gervais, A. D. Watson and S. Kleuskens for an upcoming webinar "Resisting Orders: Catholic Sisters Contest Their Church.” This free event will take place April 2nd @ 2-3pm EDT. To attend the virtual event, please register here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Check out this recent piece by John Longhurst in Canadian Affairs about the role of religion in the Albertan secession movement:
In this infographic, Sinara, undergrad student assisting the IRCSF this term, summarizes some key points from Gary Adler's talk last month on Catholic government officials' views on Church and State in the USA. To watch this webinar, visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7j...
Join us and authors C. Gervais, A. D. Watson and S. Kleuskens for an upcoming webinar "Resisting Orders: Catholic Sisters Contest Their Church.” This free event will take place April 2nd @ 2-3pm EDT. To attend the virtual event, please register here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Missed our webinar yesterday with Anna Strhan on her new co-authored book "Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England?" The recording of the event is now available for free viewing anytime on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/x81mWPtg6ac
Miray highlighted key challenges facing Copts in Egypt and in the diaspora, with emphasis on the authority of the Orthodox Church in managing Coptic affairs in alignment with state authority.
IRCSF research fellow Miray Philips, with REDWORD for Human Rights and Freedom of Expression, participated in the 18th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in November 2025. Read and watch all about it here: redword.ca/redword-disc...
Still time to register for this free upcoming event!
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Check out our Research Fellow Miray Philips' new piece in Public Orthodoxy titled "The Politicization of the 21 Libya Martyrs": publicorthodoxy.org/2026/02/15/t...
We’re looking forward to hosting a webinar with Anna Strhan on her new co-authored book "Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England," 2:30pm-3:30pm EST on March 4th. To attend the free virtual event, please register here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We're partnering with @stjeromesuni.bsky.social for this upcoming webinar titled "How Local Government Officials Manage Interaction between Religion and State" with Gary Adler on Thursday Feb 26 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EST. Register here to attend the Zoom webinar for free: ticketfi.com/event/6841/l...
In this infographic, Sinara, undergrad student assisting the IRCSF this term, summarizes some key points from our “Habits of the Heart” webinar last month. To watch this webinar in full, visit: youtu.be/6E6lnJa0D88
New paper out by our student fellow Jacob Legault-Leclair titled "The effect of family religious socialization on adult religiosity in the context of secular transition in five Western countries": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We’re looking forward to hosting a webinar with Anna Strhan on her new co-authored book "Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England," 2:30pm-3:30pm EST on March 4th. To attend the free virtual event, please register here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
...as an indirect/imperfect indicator of differential fertility levels between (non)religious groups in Canada.
Our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme is currently a visiting researcher at the Centre for Fertility and Health in Oslo, Norway! Below are the average number of children women aged 20-44 in Canada have in their household, by women's religious group
In this infographic, Naz, undergrad assisting the IRCSF last term, summarizes some key points from Joel Thiessen's talk last November "Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem."
To watch Joel's guest lecture from last November: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtMa...
Hunkering down for the snowpocalypse this weekend? Check out the recording from our event yesterday "Habits of the Heart, Then and Now - A 40th Anniversary Retrospective," available now to watch anytime for free on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/6E6lnJa0D88
In this infographic, Joanne, undergrad assisting the IRCSF last term, summarizes some key points from Joel Thiessen's talk last November "Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem."
To watch Joel's guest lecture from last November: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtMa...
Join us for our upcoming webinar "Habits of the Heart, Then and Now - A 40th Anniversary Retrospective." This free event on Zoom will take place from 1-2pm EST on Thursday January 22nd, 2026. To attend, please register here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Just builds the anticipation :)