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.

ICC Sentences Islamist to 9 Years for Destroying Mali Shrines

In an unprecedented decision, the International Criminal Court Tuesday convicted a Muslim extremist of destroying centuries-old religious shrines in Mali. It is the first time the Hague court has treated such destruction as a war crime, sentencing Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi to nine years in prison. Al-Mahdi faced as much as 30 years in prison. But the court said it took into account his admission of guilt and regret, along with his plea to other Muslims not to do what he did. Al-Mahdi...

Read complete article

~	As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

~	The National Aboriginal Hockey Championship celebrates the strength of Indigenous sporting communities

~	An outsider on the inside: how Ans Westra created New Zealand’s ‘national photo album’

~	Controversial ‘Steal from Loblaws Day’ is not just illegal — it won’t foster meaningful change

~	A ‘conservation conundrum’ – when rat control to conserve one species threatens another

~	Yes, adults can develop food allergies. Here are 4 types you need to know about

~	Martha isn’t Baby Reindeer’s biggest villain. So why is she painted as such?

~	First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse

~	War games risk stirring up troubled waters as Philippines − emboldened by US − squares up to Beijing at sea

~	Guatemala: Amnesty International condemns yet another unjustified delay in trial of prisoner of conscience Virginia Laparra