[…] Systems Paul Taylor & Harsha Walia Watch the recording Opening Keynote (Western) Lessons from First Nations Communities in Seeking Justice for People and the Planet Melina Laboucan -Massimo & Chief Dana Tizya–Tramm Watch the recording Tuesday, May 18 Daytime Workshops Racism in Canada â Heather Picart Watch the recording Download the Participant Handout (PDF) […]
Poverty is an unnecessary injustice, for God created a world with abundant resources to use for sustaining healthy and dignified lives. The cause of poverty does not lie in the availability of resources and capital, but in the scarcity of practices such as stewardship and neighbourly love.
This award–winning article looks at the values that make us see oil as a necessity, with devastating impacts on the enviroment and vulnerable peoples.
[…] been more challenging or more important. Unlike preceding generations, the majority of us no longer live among those who grow our food. Much of the food sold in Canadian grocery stores has travelled long distances. And most eaters know remarkably little about their daily meals: Where was the food grown? By whom? Under what conditions?
[…] 2018 a group of people gathered in a small community meeting room in the Peopleâs Place Library in Antigonish, Nova Scotia to celebrate the launch of Journeys to Justice, and to hear reflections from Joe Gunn and several folks who, for many years, have committed their lives to a pursuit of social justice.
In early October 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a much -anticipated report about the implications of allowing global temperatures to rise 1.5 C over pre–industrial levels. The global community has just 12 years to dramatically change course and avoid serious climate consequences.
Now, […]
This report delves into the implications and effects of the Safe Third Country Agreement for Canada, the legal challenges to the STCA, and the overall US–Canada diplomatic relations which deter Canada from rescinding the STCA.
[…] more than the new Liberal government must spend to meet its own election promises. As well, âThe Alternative Federal Budget raises the bar on transÂparency by providing an accounting of the distribuÂtional impacts on Canadian families of all proposed changes in taxation, transfers, and program spendÂingâsomething no government budget, federal or provincial, has ever undertaken.â
âWe are here because people we work with in the South told us climate change is affecting them. Iâm not here speaking on behalf of people in the Global South, but with them.â â GeneviĂšve Talbot
From -2016″>The Catalyst, Summer 2016
Itâs been just over a year since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) published its 94 calls to action. They appeal to all sectors of society to change, to improve, and to educate. The Commission calls on us to reconcile with this nationsâ Indigenous Peoples so […]
