Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Iraq's Top Shi'ite Cleric Demands Maliki Replacement by Tuesday

Pressure continued to build Friday on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with the country's top Shi'ite cleric calling on political groups to agree on a new leader by Tuesday. Iraq's recently-elected parliament is meeting Tuesday to begin the process of forming what many hope will be a more inclusive government that does not marginalize Iraq's Sunni minority. Maliki is losing some Shi'ite allies. On Friday, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on political blocs...

Read complete article

~	Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding

~	Landscape with healing herbs: An essay by Ukrainian writer Yulia Stakhivska

~	The sentencing of Bahruz Samadov and the rise of post-war paranoia in Azerbaijan

~	Ukraine’s Chernobyl disaster gives birth to new expressions of folklore

~	Serbia: Authorities must end unlawful use of force against protesters and investigate reports of police violence

~	How the myth of ‘Blitz spirit’ defined and divided London after 7/7

~	A surprisingly effective way to save the capercaillie: keep its predators well-fed – new research

~	The NHS ten-year health plan is missing a crucial ingredient: nature

~	The ‘Mind’ diet is good for cognitive health – here’s what foods you should put on your plate

~	Ageing isn’t the same everywhere – why inflammation may be a lifestyle problem