From The Catalyst, Summer 2016
âThe Reason You Walk: A Memoir
By Wab Kinew
Viking Canada, 2015
Reviewed by Danielle Rowaan
âIt is hard to hate someone after you take them as a brother or sister,â writes Wab Kinew in one of the most moving scenes in The Reason You Walk. Kinewâs father, a residential school survivor, is adopting a Catholic archbishop as a brother.
From The Catalyst, Summer 2016
The Illegal
By Lawrence Hill
HarperCollins, 2015
Reviewed by Trixie Ling
In The Illegal, Lawrence Hill brings to light the plight, struggles, and resilience of undocumented refugees. The author of The Book of Negroes uncovers the prejudice, racism, discrimination, and corruption in the immigration and political systems.
From The Catalyst, Summer 2016
Flight and Freedom: Stories of Escape to Canada
By Ratna Omidvar and Dana Wagner
Between the Lines, 2015
Reviewed by Kathryn Teeluck
In Flight and Freedom, Ratna Omidvar and Dana Wagner give a human voice to what has become a political issue. An issue that has been lost in a barrage of incomprehensible statistics and photos of faceless crowds crammed into boats. They weave together a narrative of the common themes faced by many refugees. But the authors still maintain the distinctiveness and uniqueness of each individualâs experience.
From The Catalyst, Summer 2016
Disarming Conflict: Why Peace Cannot Be Won on the Battlefield
By Ernie Regehr
Between the Lines, 2015
Reviewed by Jennifer Wiebe
âPeace, no less than politics, is the art of the possible,â writes Ernie Regehr (O.C.). Regehr is widely respected as a peace researcher, security and disarmament specialist, and co-founder of Project Ploughshares. In this book, he unravels our deeply-entrenched assumptions about both the inevitability and efficacy of military force in resolving conflict.
From The Catalyst, Summer 2016
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and One Girl’s Dream
By Charlie Angus
University of Regina Press, 2015
Reviewed by Will Postma
Children of the Broken Treaty is a highly readable account of the indigenous young people of James Bay. Angus outlines their struggle for an education equal in quality and funding to that of other Canadian youth.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ottawa, ON: June 28, 2016 â Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, is meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts this week. Before the meetings, Duclos announced his plans to develop a National Housing Strategy over the next year.
by Danielle RowaanÂ
âWhen you hear about all the assimilation policies one after the other, you sit back and think âwhoa,ââ says Shannon Perez. Shannon has experienced and led the Blanket Exercise, an interactive workshop developed by KAIROS that walks participants through the history of Canada from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, dozens of times.
June 2016
Read the Letter
CPJ has joined 26 other Canadian environmental, faith, and international development organizations to write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for Canada to re-join the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Closing the International Accountability Gap
June 2016
Read the Statement
CPJ calls on the Government of Canada to ensure that people harmed by the overseas operations of Canadian mining, oil and gas companies are able to access justice in Canada.
Submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada
June 2016
Download the brief
CPJ is calling for a Canadian climate action plan that establishes a new emissions reduction target based on scientific estimates of the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions budget, and contributes equitably towards the 1.5°C limit on global warming aspired to in the Paris Agreement. To achieve this target, CPJ calling for the implementation of clear, quantifiable, time-bound measures to (1) reduce GHG emissions, (2) develop a low-carbon economy, and (3) provide justice for those most directly impacted by climate change.
