Alberta’s education minister has said changes to education legislation are designed to uphold neutrality, and make it clear that “politics and ideology have no place in Alberta classrooms.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward August 23, 2026 Alberta wants neutrality in classrooms, but what if ‘viewpoints’ are lived experience? Kevin Lopuck, University of Manitoba and Izzeddin Hawamda, Canadian Mennonite University Difficult stories are not obstacles to democratic education. Learning how to communicate about them are conditions for it.
