Banning student-initiated prayer in school spaces is unconstitutional, and unjust

the right to pray openly, and with others, is a fundamental human right.
This is not to say that authorities can’t implement certain rules surrounding student activities on school premises, including those related to group prayer. However, any limitations on students’ religious freedom must be “demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society,” according to the Canadian Charter.
In the words of the Supreme Court, “Freedom means that, subject to such limitations as are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, no one is to be forced to act in a way contrary to his beliefs or his conscience.”
A policy prohibiting students from praying in school spaces (other than “silently”) does not meet this standard. Nor does it advance religious neutrality. True neutrality is achieved not by silencing prayer, but by accommodating students of all faiths, and none, to participate fully and equally in our public education …