(CBC) Lisa Starr’s job is to find internships for prospective teachers. Her task for next fall just got more complicated, now that Quebec’s ban on religious symbols has been passed into law.
“I think there’s a lot of confusion and a lot of questions,” said Starr, a professor in McGill University’s faculty of education.
While classes are finished for the summer, Starr said several university students who wear religious symbols have contacted her to find out whether their school placement will still go ahead next fall.
She said it’s not clear if the ban applies to student teachers, who aren’t yet public employees.
To avoid any problems, one of them has already found an alternative placement at a private school.
