[…] a proud community partner for the 19th Annual Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival free screening of The Last Shelter. Carine Kaneza Nantulya, HRW Africa Advocacy Director, and Warda Shazadi Meighen, Canada Committee Member and Partner at Landings LLP, will be the special guest speakers. The film will be screening in French with English […]
[…] The Boy on the Beach is an intimate retelling of a familyâs tragedy, one that woke up the world to the Syrian refugee crisis. Author and Syrian -Canadian Tima Kurdi brings to life the story of her nephew Alan Kurdi, the two–year–old boy whose poignant photo spurred many to demand action throughout the international […]
October 2016Read the Letter Along with 27 other environmental and faith organizations, and community leaders from across Canada, CPJ has called on Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna to include the voices of Canadians in the federal government’s Climate Action Plan.
[…] missed. Why? Because, as the Commissioner herself said, âEnvironment Canada lacksâŠan effective planning process for how the federal government will contribute to achieving targets.â First, Canadaâs coal -fired electricity regulations, which come into effect in 2015, will only deliver half of Ottawaâs promised reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is because they were […]
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From The Catalyst, Summer 2015 Ecumenical Election Resource CPJ has collaborated with the Canadian Council of Churches, KAIROS, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Project Ploughshares, Womenâs Inter -Church Council of Canada, and the Church Council on Justice and Corrections on an ecumenical Federal Election Resource. This joint bulletin addresses CPJâs core issues of poverty, climate change, […]
[…] us in our love of God and neighbors, including care for the creationâ; âeven when scientific uncertainties are taken into account,â we are compelled to address âhuman -induced climate changeâ as âan ethical, social justice, and religious issueâ; we are therefore called to be âvoices for justice and public examples in the effort to […]
The Summer 2020 edition the Catalyst includes a series of articles outlining the impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic on refugees and migrants, women, and racialized communities as well as Canada’s work towards climate justice. It also features our annual series of summer book reviews.
Justice Tour Visits Eight Cities in Canada by Joe Gunn Time for Churches to Speak as One by Glen Pearson Changing the Climate Debate by Karri Munn–Venn âChurches Well–placed to Advocate for Refugees by Elizabeth Keith âWe Are More Than Taxpayers by Janelle Vandergrift Reflections from Justice Tour 2015 by Bishop Susan Johnson
