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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 2h

Join us for our next hybrid panel on Christian Nationalism in Canada. This free event will take place from 3:30pm-4:30pm EDT on Monday October 19th, 2026. Please register here to attend: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you missed our webinar yesterday with Jacob Legault-Leclair on immigrant religiosity, here's the recording of the event on our YouTube channel, available for free viewing anytime: youtu.be/K4ygDnK0yQY

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How Religiosity Differs Over Time and Generations Among Immigrants

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Still time to register! Jacob is going to be sharing results from the @nonreligioncf.bsky.social 2023 survey!

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join us for a webinar with Dr. Jacob Legault-Leclair from UCL titled "How Religiosity Differs Over Time and Generations Among Immigrants in Canada, the USA, the UK, and Australia" @ 2pm EDT on Sept. 28, 2026. Please register here to attend the free event: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Check out this new episode of the Rebellion Dogs podcast, featuring our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme following up on her keynote lecture at the World Humanist Congress this past August, with discussions on nonreligion in Canada and the US: rebelliondogspublishing.com/rebellious-r...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Unfortunately, Kraig Beyerlein's talk "Methods Matter: Studying the Urban Religious Landscape in Chicago and Toronto," originally planned for Sept. 17, has been cancelled. We're hoping to bring you his talk in Spring 2027 instead. Stay tuned for more details.

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New research note out now in the journal Studies in Religion by our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme and titled "Building a More Complex and Robust Categorization of Religiosity and Spirituality in Canada." Available here for free (open access): doi.org/10.1177/0008...

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Research note on building a more complex and robust categorization of religiosity and spirituality in Canada - Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, 2026

Religiosity measures are in short supply in most Canadian general population surveys, which often limits our understanding of some of the empirical complexities...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Teaser for our new Maple Spirit Pulse video "Religious Diversity in Waterloo Region and in Canada." Watch the complete video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2We...

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ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Invitation: "Methods Matter: Studying the Urban Religious Landscape in Chicago and Toronto" with Kraig Beyerlein from U. Notre Dame: Sept. 17th @ 7:30 p.m in St. Jerome's Notre Dame Chapel and online. @ircsf.bsky.social Register here to attend for free: heyor.ca/mKG194

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Summer isn’t over yet! One last Maple Spirit Pulse video for the season, this time on the religious landscape in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, as a reflection of religious diversity in the whole of Canada: youtu.be/T2Wegzd7IRI

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Religious Diversity in Waterloo Region and in Canada

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A big congratulations to Jacob Legault-Leclair who successfully defended his PhD dissertation last week titled "Secular Transition and Religious Transmission in Canada, Australia, the United States and Europe: A Quantitative Analysis of Migration and Family Religious Socialization."

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

% in each country who retained their religious tradition from childhood into adulthood; who grew up and are still nonreligious; who disaffiliated from the religion of their childhood; and who converted to a different religion from that of their childhood; based on 2018 ISSP data

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Congrats to our associate director Galen Watts and his research collaborator Milos Brocic on receiving SSHRC IG funding for their project "Culture Wars" in Canada: Romantic Expressivism and the Reconfiguration of Political Conflict!!!

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Next up in our Maple Spirit Pulse series: a discussion of the current Bill 21 (laïçité) case with the Supreme Court of Canada, led by our PhD fellow Jacob Legault-Leclair: youtu.be/vL7QmScR4tw @nonreligioncf.bsky.social @camacgregor.bsky.social @sssreligion.bsky.social @stjeromesuni.bsky.social

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Quebec's Bill 21 and the Supreme Court of Canada

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Been seeing talk of youth religious revival recently? Check out this new video where our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme goes over some tips to fact check the evidence and think critically about such claims: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSlw... @stjeromesuni.bsky.social @nonreligioncf.bsky.social

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Claims of Youth Religious Revival

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Religiosity indicators for young men and young women in Canada, 2013-2023. YOUNG WOMEN NOW LESS RELIGIOUS ON AVERAGE THAN YOUNG MEN for all three indicators, a first in recent Canadian history. Data from Statistics Canada's General Social Surveys.

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In this podcast with Humanist Canada & @danieldacombe.bsky.social, our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme as well as @joelthiessen.bsky.social discuss religion, atheism, refusal, and acceptance in today's society. open.spotify.com/episode/0Nso... podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

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Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme & Joel Thiessen

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Congratulations to our Associate Director Galen Watts, who recently won the 2026 Canadian Sociological Association's Early Investigator Award!!! www.csa-scs.ca/early-invest... @csa-scs.bsky.social

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Claims of Youth Religious Revival

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Nonreligion in a Complex Future @nonreligioncf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Missed our latest webinar on whether a religious revival is taking place? The recording is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgP... @joelthiessen.bsky.social @conradhackett.bsky.social @ircsf.bsky.social @csrs-uvic.bsky.social

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Wishful Thinking? Is There a Religious Revival?

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Statistics Canada released its 2023 GSS PUMF data last month. Here are some 5-year religiosity trends, 2018-2023, among young adults (15-24) and adults more generally in Canada. All religiosity indicators down slightly between 2018-2023, with steeper declines for religious affiliation.

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The Maple Spirit Pulse series is back for another summer, where we do a quick dive into hot topics on Canadian religion, spirituality and secularity! In this video, @joelthiessen.bsky.social from Ambrose University discusses the concept of flourishing congregations: youtu.be/laQ9fThqKuY

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Flourishing Congregations

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme will be part of this panel!

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It's Census Day in Canada! Religion is on the long-form question list in 2026 (in the past, it was only ever asked every 10 years). 25% of households will report on their members' (non)religious affiliations! Statistics Canada is likely to publish the first round of results next year,

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Missed our talk yesterday "The Secular Sacred Canopy: A Paradigm Revision in the Study of Secularization"? Watch the recording of the event for free anytime on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/bZl486gax4A

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The Secular Sacred Canopy: A Paradigm Revision in the Study of Secularization

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

A majority in most countries included in the @nonreligioncf.bsky.social’s 2023 CSVS survey support the principle of freedom of religion, but in most of these same countries (except Brazil + USA) less than 50% of respondents also disagree with potential limits placed on minority religious practices.

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

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...

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Why some Quebec churches are seeing more adult baptisms

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

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_...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

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

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Resisting Orders: Catholic Sisters Contest Their Church

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Still time to register for this free webinar, taking place on April 2nd @ 2pm EDT

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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....

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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_...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Check out this recent piece by John Longhurst in Canadian Affairs about the role of religion in the Albertan secession movement:

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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...

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REDWORD Discusses Coptic Issues at UN Forum – redword.ca

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Still time to register for this free upcoming event! uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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