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Special Presentation – Growing Spiritually in the 21st Century Presenter – Grace Mackintosh
SDACC
Education Summit
Achieving Excellence: The Renewed Vision for Canadian Adventist Education
1148 King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 1H8 Phone: 905-441-0361 Fax: 905-433-0982 E-Mail: [email protected]
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Summary of Presentation for Grace Mackintosh
My presentation will flow from the principles of Education as found in the book
Education by Mrs. E. G. White. I believe that our educators in the front lines with
respect to its mission in reaching our youth for salvation.
I Prior Challenges versus Emerging Challenges
A brief juxtaposition of challenges such as gum chewing and talking in class
versus drugs, early exposure to sexual experiences, violence and pornography.
Exposure to these dangers is augmented, facilitated and expedited through the
use of social media and the Internet.
II Emerging Challenges
Emerging Challenges are emergent. The exposure of our youth to the serious
challenges listed above will most likely cause irreparable damage to their minds
and souls. Indeed, will it sear their consciences?
Education is a ministry
Prior Challenges
Contributing Factors
Emergent
ChallengesMeeting the Challenges
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III Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors will be listed as concisely as possible. I will elaborate
briefly. Some primary sources used in this research will be the following as well
as peer-reviewed articles:
1. Sutherland, E. A., “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns”
2. Grossman. Miriam, M.D., “Unprotected” A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals
How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student”
3. Hunt, Arthur W. III, “The Vanishing Word” The Veneration of Visual
Imagery in the Postmodern Word”
4. Grossman, Lt. Col. Dave, and DeGaetano, Gloria, “Stop Teaching Our Kids
to Kill” A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence
5. Roberston, Brian C., “Day Care Deception” What The Child Care
Establishment I’snt Telling Us
6.
7. Brzezinski, Zbigniew, “Between Two Ages: America's Role in the
Technetronic Era”
8. Owens Eric, W., - West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester,
Pennsylvania, Behun, Richard J., - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Manning, Jill, C., - Private Practice, Westminster, Colorado,
Reid, Rory, C., - University of California, Los Angeles, California, From the
Journal: “Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity” , 19:99–122, 2012, Copyright
© Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, ISSN: 1072-0162 print / 1532-5318
online, DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2012.660431, Article: The Impact of
Internet Pornography on Adolescents: A Review of the Research
9. Fairbairn, Jordan, PhD Candidate, Carleton University, Bivens, Dr. Rena,
Carleton University, Dr. Myrna Dawson, University of Guelph, Sexual
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Violence and Social Media: Building a Framework for Prevention, August
2013
10. Strasburger, Victor C. , MDa, Jordan, Amy B. , PhDb, Donnerstein, Ed,
PhD, Journal: Official Journal of American Pediatrics Article: Health Effects
of Media on Children and Adolescents Published online March 1, 2010
Pediatrics Vol. 125 No. 4 April 1, 2010 pp. 756 -767 (doi:
10.1542/peds.2009-2563)
IV Meeting the Challenges
The conclusion will canvas the legal responsibilities and our deferred liabilities if
we do not meet these matters seriously. Further, I will briefly suggest that our
vision for Seventh-day Adventist Education include a plan for meeting the needs
of our youth who are caught in the very real and present dangers of our modern
day culture.
1985 Supreme Court of Canada says ‐ Sunday laws in Canada are unconstitutional
The same court said a year later that Sunday laws were not in violation of the constitution
if they were drafted for secular purposes.
Canada’s only evangelical university was floundering financially ‐ its only income was
through its education degree ‐ in 2000, the province of British Columbia Ministry of
Education threatened to deny TWU graduates a license to teach because of the TWU code
of conduct that requires that students cannot have sex outside a marriage between a man
and woman. Every student signs this code of conduct.
The Supreme Court of Canada sided with TWU and stated that there was no nexus
between a discriminatory held belief and oppression ‐ or discriminatory practice. The
focus of the case was on the graduates. In the years since there have been persistent
inquiries as to whether there has ever been discriminatory practices. There is not even
one reported instance.
BUT the legislation provided religious exemptions…
Almost two years ago Trinity Western submitted a proposal for a law school. The Ministry
of Education approved the application… although it took over a year to do so. It could not
find any legal reason to deny the request.
In the spring of 2014, the British Columbia law society voted to license graduates of the
TWU proposed law school… However, Ontario voted to deny licensing as well as Nova
Scotia. The reason given is the TWU code of conduct that requires students to agree to no
sex outside of a marriage between a man sand woman. This amounts to a religious test ‐ in
order to practice law. Albeit in a narrow context… one that involves a little known
evangelical university in British Columbia. However, in the 2001 Trinity decision it was
stated that an attempt to bind an institution would lead to repercussions for individuals
and in particular individuals wishing to express their collective rights. In other words, an
attempt to restrict an institution would lead to the restriction of individual conscience.
There are presently two legal actions. One is brought against the BC Ministry of Education
by a gay man appealing the decision to approve the TWU law school as discrimination
against his rights as a gay man. The second is an appeal with respect to the revocation of
the BC law society decision to license TWU law graduates.
Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms begins by stating "Whereas Canada is
founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law". The
Bank of Montreal has decided to turn its back on these principles with a campaign against
Christians. BMO's opening salvo was to attack the Christian standards of Trinity Western
University. BMO has now expanded their war by attacking Christian legal suppliers doing
business with the bank. On March 26th, 2014 the Bank of Montreal wrote a scathing letter
to the Law Society of Upper Canada entitled "RE: Accreditation of Trinity Western
University's ("TCU") proposed law school program". The missive states "The purpose of this
letter is to request the Law Society deny the accreditation of any legal educational
programs, recognized for the admission of the bar of Ontario, that are discriminatory."
BMO was successful as the Law Society denied Trinity Western.
This isn't the end of the story… almost all Canadian Banks are now demanding diversity
numbers from the law firms they retain. I can assure you that banks as clients are coveted
and mean a lot of money. However, if a firm cannot substantiate that it hires and retains
LGBTQ that firm will be terminated from any retainer.
Thinking back to TWU 2001 and the concern that restrictions with respect to
institutions will spread to oppression against individuals ‐ how long will this evolution take
to spread in Canada if we lose TWU in the courts
An invitation to this workshop popped into my email a few weeks ago. I was turned away
with my first phone call but I persisted. After all, I was invited because I retain the firm
putting the workshop on and I represent 800 students in Ontario alone. Finally, I was given
permission to attend.
It was a blatant brainwashing. The accompanying adults were not allowed near the
students when they were sequestered off with the judges and lawyers. We were
subjected to three dramas, all which involved crass language ‐ acted out by lawyers ‐ and
were all same ‐sex or lgbtq in nature. The most inflammatory was the scenario set out
below. Sex change operations are irreversible ‐ there is conflicting research with respect to
the satisfaction of recipients and the students at the workshop were given ‐ none ‐ of this
information, except to say that the Ontario Medical Association is homophobic for making
youth wait until they are 18 for this operation. I pointed out all of this with the sequestered
adults as we waited for the students to finish the private exercises. The leader was a child
lawyer who was very sure that sex changes should be allowed at any age. It was unreal!
Andrea and Dan met when she was in grade 9 and he in grade 11. Andrea is 15 years old,
Dan is 17 years old. They started dating towards the end of that school year. Dan’s a good
student, not especially athletic, working hard to be accepted at universities of his first
choice. Andrea is quite athletic, good enough to be a member of the girl’s school soccer
team in her first year of high school. The school team made the OFSAA soccer quarter
finals, with Andrea having been a part of the team. The OFSAA is the Ontario Federation of
School Athletic Associations. It is a federation of 18 regional school athletic associations
geographically spread across the province, comprised of student athletes, teacher coaches,
principals, and sport administrators.
Andrea was born a male, as Andrew. She transitioned when she was in grade 8 in the school year,
attending a different school than her present one. She attends her present high school as a female
student, and none of the students know that she was born a male. She has transitioned from male to
female, except for transgender surgery. She is going through hormone replacement therapy, and
looks completely female as a result of this treatment. She wants to have sex reassignment surgery
immediately, but has been asked to wait until she is of age by her treating doctor.
One evening in November of her grade 10 year, when Dan is in grade 12, he is over at her home.
While Andrea is in the kitchen making them some snacks, he discovers a yearbook from her old
school. He sees Andrea in a class picture as “Andrew”. He is shocked to find out about Andrea’s past,
and the fact that she used to be a boy; that Andrea used to be Andrew. When Andrea comes upstairs,
he questions her about it. Andrea gets flustered and their attempt at a discussion ends up becoming a
loud, tearful confrontation with Dan becoming very angry, Andrea very apologetic. It ends with Dan
leaving by slamming the front door, with no understanding being reached.
The next morning Andrea meets with Michelle. Michelle is Andrea’s good friend since Andrea started
attending her present high school. Michelle also knows Dan. Her older brother is a friend of Dan’s
and he has spent time at Michelle’s home. Andrea is starting to tell Michelle what happened between
Dan and her when Michelle tells Andrea that Dan just posted something unbelievable on Facebook.
She starts to read the explicit post to Michelle.
Once on the internet, this becomes a serious problem at the school. For example, Dan is attacked by
a group of male students who physically push him around and make fun of him
for having dated Andrea. They laugh at him, saying that he slept with a guy. As Dan is picked on, he
reacts by increasing the amount of blame on Andrea, saying he wouldn’t have dated her if he had
known. Andrea, meanwhile, stops attending school. She locks herself in her room at home and is
speaking of committing suicide. Some parents have become involved. They want to know how it was
that Andrea was admitted into the school as a girl, and why the school condoned Andrea behaving
like a girl. One such parent organizes a petition to have Andrea’s school disqualified from the OFSAA
tournament. Andrea continues to not attend school for the time being, but the situation is escalating
with students taking sides and some parents lobbying the school to take all kinds of remedial action.
The principal of the school speaks to the superintendent about the situation. The superintendent
refers the principal to the school board’s lawyer. As a result, the principal serves a notice of
suspension of 20 days on Dan and a notice of exclusion on Andrea. A student can be suspended or
expelled as a disciplinary measure. A student can be excluded when the school is unable to provide
the student with an appropriate education for reasons usually to do with other than discipline issues,
but which may include that as a consideration as well. More typically, exclusion occurs due to a
student’s physical or emotional challenges that prevent the school from being able to safely and
appropriately accommodate the student. Both sets of parents appeal.
We are constantly being pommelled with legislation that will enforce gay straight alliances.
Or courses that teach religion in a secular worldview and in which the teachers may not
give the worldview of the denomination for which the school operates. The constant attack
is fuelled by the lgbtq groups. They threaten schools, businesses, churches and individuals
with biblical standards. We are constantly spending vast amounts of resources to meet
these attacks in the courts and in the court of public opinion.