How do we become civil again?

TDF's Ethics Scholar, Dr. Julie Ponesse, looks at what incivility is costing us, its close relationship to fear and how we can become civil again.


Click here to read Dr. Julie Ponesse's full essay on incivility.

To learn more about fear and incivility, please click here to watch Dr. Julie Ponesse's discussion with former politician and leader of the Canadian Alliance, Stockwell Day, about the current state of affairs in Canada, including a crisis of people no longer willing to discuss their differences without the fear of being cancelled and a gradual decline over the past thirty years of open, public debate on topics like religion and science.

Julie Ponesse

Julie Ponesse


Dr. Julie Ponesse was the Ethics Scholar for The Democracy Fund where she authored the book: My Choice: The Ethical Case Against Covid19 Vaccine Mandates. Dr. Ponesse's focus was on educating Canadians about civil liberties.

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