Marriage

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  Missing Marriages, Empty Baby Carriages

  Peter Jon Mitchell

  June 28, 2021

  Peter Jon Mitchell, Cardus Family Program Director, reports on the link between Canada’s severe baby-making problem and young Canadians increasingly choosing to delay or reject marriage.

  Wedding industry vendors are reporting a boom in bookings – or at least south of the border according to the Associated Press. Couples who waited out the pandemic are booking their big day, as are those who married during the pandemic but are now p...

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  10 Highlights of the Year for Cardus

  Daniel Proussalidis and Monica Ratra

  December 28, 2020

  Daniel Proussalidis and Monica Ratra write that while 2020 was a forgettable year for many reasons, Cardus initiatives throughout the year provided memorable highlights for the organization and our supporters.

  It’s cliché at this point, but 2020 is surely a year most of us would like to forget. And not just because of the pandemic or the brutally polarized political rhetoric of the past year. But, as we think back on the past year at Cardus, there’s actually a lo...

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  Marriage Made Simply Sacred

  Rebecca Darwent

  July 17, 2019

  Convivium’s Rebecca Darwent finds comfort that her wedding this spring wasn’t about saying “yes” to the dress. It was about affirming before God a faithful life with her husband-to-be.

  An audible sigh of relief overwhelms me as I tuck my feet under a handmade quilt my godmother made as a wedding gift, still crisp and barely used, looking over at my husband who is eating breakfast from a shiny new bowl and spoon. 

  I am acutely aware...

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  Saying "I Do" Does Matter

  Peter Jon Mitchell

  March 15, 2019

  Peter Jon Mitchell, acting director of think tank Cardus’ family program, reports on new global and Canadian data showing marriage brings significantly higher family life satisfaction than does cohabiting.

  As surely as spring arrives later this month, wedding season won’t be far behind. But the peal of wedding bells signifies more than just the formalization of a relationship, according to new data from ...

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  Last Kiss

  Hannah Marazzi with Joshua Harris

  February 7, 2019

  Convivium has been following the journey of writer and documentary-maker Joshua Harris as he unpacks the effects of his generation-changing book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Hannah Marazzi caught up with him as he moves on to the next chapter in his life and work.

  Convivium: Last time we spoke, you were in a race to secure funding through a Kickstarter campaign to launch a more public inquiry into the impact of your best-selling book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye. What was it like to appeal to th...

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  Late To Find Love

  Peter Stockland with Peter Jon Mitchell

  November 14, 2018

  Senior researcher Peter Jon Mitchell talks with Convivium Publisher Peter Stockland about a Cardus Family study released yesterday showing a steep decline in young Canadians tying the knot or even living together.

  Peter Stockland: Your latest research paper is called “Living La Vida Lonely.” Who is lonely and why?

  Peter Jon Mitchell: It comes ou...

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  The Graying Of Cohabitation

  Peter Stockland with Peter Jon Mitchell

  June 21, 2018

  Senior Researcher Peter Jon Mitchell talks with Convivium about a new report from Cardus Family on data showing a doubling of the number of middle-aged Canadians choosing to cohabitate rather than marry. There are risks, Mitchell says, for the couples and for society.

  Convivium: There’s fascinating data from Statistics Canada about shifts in marriage among middle-aged Canadians. What’s happening, and what drew your attention as a researcher? 

  Peter Jon Mitchell: There's been a dra...

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  Speaking Up for Marriage

  Peter Jon Mitchell and Andrea Mrozek

  May 14, 2018

  New poll numbers show more than half of Canadians no longer believe marriage is necessary. But as Cardus Family’s Peter Jon Mitchell and Andrea Mrozek point out, leading Canadian voices backed by impeccable social science research are debunking that destructive myth.

  Canadian supporters of marriage are speaking up, and not a moment too soon. In a recent survey done by the Angus Reid Institute, about 56 percent of Canadians said “marriage is simply not necessary” to form a lifelong relationship. They went on to say when ...

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  A Familiar Tune

  Hannah Martin

  November 3, 2017

  Wedding photographer, Hannah Martin captures this simple response of love from a wife to her husband's song, a tune she knows so well. 

  The way she listens—head bowed, leaning in—shows a love for the music and for its humble maestro. She has likely heard the song before, but not like this. Not here with the night sky overhead, the crackling fire, the sea breeze on her shoulders. This is new...

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  Poverty Needs More Than Just Policies

  Peter Stockland

  October 18, 2017

  Peter Stockland sits down with Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell to discuss Cardus research showing that exclusively pursuing policy options misses critical elements in combating poverty.

  Canada’s premier policy publication has shone the spotlight on Cardus research showing that exclusively pursuing policy options misses critical elements in combatting poverty.

  “The default assumption of many, (seems to be) that only more tax dollars ...

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  Revisiting 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye'

  Hannah Marazzi, with Joshua Harris, Jessica Van Der Wyngaard

  July 21, 2017

  Author Joshua Harris influenced how a generation of young Christians approached relationships. He and filmmaker Jessica Van Der Wyngaard talk to Convivium's Hannah Marazzi about their new documentary on whether Harris was too hasty in bidding dating adieu.

  Convivium: Originally published in 2003, I Kissed Dating Goodbye became something of a generational “bible” for young evangelicals. Take us through your decision to publish it.

  Joshua Harris:...

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  Look of Love

  Jamie Delaine Watson

  May 15, 2017

  Photographer Jamie Delaine Watson reminds Sacred Spaces viewers that wherever love is so too is there holy ground. 

  A look, a moment of love. The joining of two in marriage - holy ground. It is author Alice Munro who said, "In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, wher something happened, and then there are all the other places." How beautiful th...

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