Give it up for the Earth! – CPJ’s Lenten climate campaign – has prompted me to think seriously about my personal Lenten journey. In 2017, I decided to “give up” overpackaged goods, and, as much as possible to purchase food in bulk, using reusable jars and bins.
The way we spend our money reflects what we deem important. And the same […]
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On May 12, 60 Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto, along with their associates and partners, gathered to illustrate the faces of poverty and offer solutions. At the Sisters’ residence, they hosted Meeting the Needs of the Dear Neighbour, a story -telling event in response to the federal government’s poverty reduction strategy consultation process.
[…] The last 15 months in Canada has exposed the fragility of many of our supply chains, including that of our clothes and textiles. By moving textile manufacturing offshore we have become dependent on wasteful, destructive practices over which we have little control. The global textile industry is responsible for significant GHG emissions, water pollution […]
Gerda Kits reviews The Economics of Happiness: Building genuine wealth by Mark Anielski.
Mike Bulthuis’s review of The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier by Richard Wilkinson.
[…] vastly disproportionate number of Indigenous youth dying by suicide, and a disproportionate number of Indigenous adults in prison (31 per cent of the incarcerated population in 2018 -2019 compared to 4.5 per cent of the adult population). A Canada we can celebrate would stop fighting residential school survivors in costly legal battles and stop […]
Ezrom Mokgakala was imprisoned along with Nelson Mandela at the height of the apartheid struggle in South Africa. He shared with me his lingering doubts about his ability to fully forgive. But I was utterly convinced that he surely survived the ordeal with unparalleled moral courage, dignity, resilience, and grace.
A Christian response to Idle No More A reflection on what we can learn from Theresa Spence and the Idle No More movement about living faithfully together as “treaty people” in a covenant relationship.
[…] to meet Canada’s workforce demands. The Syrian crisis and travel loan repayments When the Syrian crisis was brought to the world’s attention by the drowning of three -year–old Alan Kurdi, whose family has connections to Canada, Canada pledged to give sanctuary to 25,000 Syrians within one year. Canadians welcomed refugees at our airports with […]
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Ottawa, ON: November 22, 2017 – To mark National Housing Day, the federal government unveiled the details of its National Housing Strategy (NHS), a national plan to address housing and homelessness in Canada. The Dignity for All campaign, co -led by Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) and Canada Without Poverty (CWP), […]
