[…] href=”https://www.commonword.ca/ResourceView/16/18343″>Mennonite Church Canada, 2016
Reviewed by Amie Nault
There has been a lot of discussion lately about how to best respond to the calls to action presented in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report. For many of us, we are left with the desire to do something, but remain unaware of what that something is.
From the Catalyst, Summer 2017
Living on the L and: Indigenous Women’s Understanding of Place
Edited by Nathalie Kermoal and Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
Athabasca University Press, 2016
Reviewed by Michelle Nieviadomy
Living on the Land is a beautiful and complex collection of perspective, story, knowledge, and wisdom. This book captures the traditional role, depth, […]
[…] of Regina Press, 2016
Reviewed by Dennis Gruending
Trevor Herriot is a gifted Saskatchewan writer who has published five acclaimed books within the past 16 years. His gr andparents were European settlers on land just north of the Qu’Appelle River, which flows through Southern Saskatchewan into Manitoba. Herriot has staked his literary claim on that region. […]
May 2018 Read the letter CPJ wrote to Minister Morneau to urge him to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry starting by working with his Cabinet colleagues to develop an implementation plan and clear timelines for action. The oil and gas sector is the largest single contributor to Canada’s GHG emissions, and by extension, the main Canadian driver of climate change.
August 14, 2018 Read the letter CPJ welcomes Minister Sohi on his new natural resources portfolio and urges support for immediate action to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.
[…] Nation’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), explores the issue of GBV in the Northern Triangle of Central America. Prominent leaders in civil society, academia and government will explore Canada’s role in supporting initiatives to strengthen justice systems for victims of GBV in the region. Their contributions will elaborate on refugee protection […]
[…] investment in a new national dental program, a key condition of the Liberal-NDP Confidence and Supply Agreement. Money will begin to flow to Health Canada in 2023- 2024, with a strong initial investment of $13 billion over five years, and $4.4 billion each year afterwards. Uninsured Canadians with annual family income below $90,000 will […]
August 2018 Read the Letter CPJ signed on to an open letter urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation.
Canada’s largest anti-poverty campaign joins the worldwide movement on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
[…] categorical takedown of the artificial and increasingly indefensible notion of the settler nation-state. Contemporary forces like the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic have irreversibly disrupted the free-market economy and socio-political status quo. Walia speaks to these phenomena and provides alternative ways to imagine our lives beyond the existing state of affairs. Every reader […]
