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Donna Lindquist with two other students

Photograph of Donna Lindquist, education student, standing with two other individuals - possibly also Trinity students - at the Supreme Court of Canada building during the Legal Challenge / Education court case. Above and behind them is the Statue Veritas

Guy Saffold and Harro Van Brummelen

Photograph of Guy Saffold, Executive Vice President, and Harro Van Brummelen, Dean and education professor, standing on the steps of the Supreme Court of Canada building during the Legal Challenge / Education court case

Joy McCullough and Guy Saffold

Photograph of Joy McCullough, education professor, and Guy Saffod, Executive Vice President, standing in front of the Supreme Court of Canada building during the Legal Challenge / Education court case. Above and behind them is the Statue Veritas

Legal Challenge Collection

  • CA TWU Coll. 05
  • Collection
  • 1996-2002

In 1985, the four-year teacher education degree program was launched at Trinity Western University (TWU); graduates from TWU's program had to attend Simon Fraser University for their fifth and final year. TWU applied to the British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT) to offer the required certification year in its own right in January of 1995. In June, 1996, the BCCT ignored the recommendation of its own committee and rejected TWU's application, citing the TWU community standards, which require students to refrain from extramarital sex, including homosexual behavior. The BCCT argued that students graduating from TWU's teacher education program would introduce an unwelcome bias to the public school classroom. TWU challenged the BCCT's decision by filing suit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in May 1997. On September 12th of that year, the Court ordered that the BCCT approve TWU's teacher education program, stating that there was no evidence of intolerance amongst TWU-trained teachers. The BCCT appealed the decision, but on December 30th, 1998, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the earlier decision. The BCCT appealed this ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada, which agreed on December 9th, 1999, to hear the case. In November of 2000, both sides presented their arguments before the Court, and on May 17th, 2001, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of Trinity Western University.

This Collection consists of records created or acquired by TWU administrators, faculty and staff, documenting the court case between the BCCT and TWU pertaining to the University's teacher education program. Types of records included in the collection include minutes of meetings, correspondence, news releases and newspaper clippings, reports, and copies of official court documents.
Series within the collection include:
Neil Snider (01)
Guy Saffold (02)
Glen Forrester (03)
Joy McCullough (04)
Media and Publications Department (05)
Court Documents (06)
Newspaper Clippings (07)
Development Department (08)
Harro Van Brummelen (09)

TWU Archives

OttawaWatch 111: Two intriguing court challenges.

Article synopsis: Discusses two court challenges by faith-related organizations, the first case is Alliance for Marriage and Family (AMF) appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to revisit the the “three parent decision” reached by the Ontario Appeal Court. The second case involves B’nai Brith (BB), a Jewish human rights group, and calls for Canada to take a lead position in getting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicted for inciting genocide.

OttawaWatch 112: Examining affinity fraud.

Article synopsis: Discusses two topics, the first is the Alliance for Marriage and Family appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to revisit the “three parent decision” reached by the Ontario Appeal Court. The second topic is on affinity fraud allegations and cases in the evangelical Christian world.

TWU at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2017

Photograph of President Bob Kuhn, Legal Counsel and Dean Kevin Sawatsky, and Legal Counsel Kevin Boonstra posing together on the steps of the SCC building in late November, when the case regarding TWU's proposed Law School went before the court. (These three served as TWU's legal counsel during the Legal Challenge case, in 2001)

TWU at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2017

Photograph of members of TWU's legal team, during the 2017 hearings at the SCC regarding TWU's proposed School of Law; pictured are Jessica Stark, Kevin Sawatsky, Robert Staley, Kevin Boonstra, Jonathan Maryniuk, and Ranjan Agarwal

TWU at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2017

Photograph of representatives of TWU on the steps of the SCC building in late November, when the case regarding TWU's proposed Law School went before the court. Pictured are student Jerry Birkenstock; affiant in the case, lawyer and alumna Jesse Legaree; Janet Epp Buckingham, Director of the Laurentian Leadership Centre; President Bob Kuhn; Executive Director of the proposed school, Earl Phillips; student Jennah Dohms; Special Assistant to the President, Carson Pue

TWU at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2017

Photograph of Carson Pue, Special Assistant to the President, with President Bob Kuhn and Board of Governors member Lorne Jacobson in Ottawa, in late November. The case regarding TWU's ability to establish a Law School went before the SCC

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