Equal Times

30 November 2023

Activists and refugee rights groups demand Canada’s withdrawal from the Safe Third Country Agreement with the US

Opposition is rising against the Safe Third Country Agreement between the US and Canada. Activists say the pact undermines refugee rights, fails to deter irregular border crossing, and results in tragic consequences for people on the [...]Read the full article

Indigenous land stewardship is furthering reconciliation, heralding a new era for conservation in Canada

5 June 2023

Environment

Indigenous land stewardship is furthering reconciliation, heralding a new era for conservation in Canada

Across Canada, a thriving movement of Indigenous peoples reconnecting with their land and culture and stewarding their Nation’s traditional territories are heralding a new era for conservation.Read the full article

Around the world in seven public libraries, or, how to be out of tune with the capitalist logic of our time

6 March 2023

Development

Around the world in seven public libraries, or, how to be out of tune with the capitalist logic of our time

The guiding principle of the public library is that everyone deserves free and open access to our common cultural heritage. This places the institution at fundamental odds with capitalist consumer ideals. From New Delhi to Los Angeles, we visit seven ‘palaces for the [...]Read the full article

In Canada, a historic move towards a nationwide childcare system draws praise, and criticism

16 November 2022

Development

In Canada, a historic move towards a nationwide childcare system draws praise, and criticism

Experts have applauded the Canadian government’s decision to move toward a universal childcare system, but are also warning that it will exacerbate geographic disparities and create long waiting lists for subsidised childcare.Read the full article

Tara Peel and John Mark Mwanika on the effects of climate change on workers in Canada and Uganda

27 May 2022

Environment

Tara Peel and John Mark Mwanika on the effects of climate change on workers in Canada and Uganda

Tara Peel, political advisor at the Canadian Labour Congress, and John Mark Mwanika, programmes officer at Uganda’s Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union, discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on workers in Uganda and [...]Read the full article

8 April 2022

Human rights

The 2026 World Cup is our chance to show why democratic values are better

Cathy Feingold: As players from the US and around the world prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA must improve its track record of turning a blind eye to authoritarians and ‘sportswashing’ human rights violations.Read the full article

Covid-19 makes a bad situation worse for agricultural migrant workers in Canada

23 April 2021

Labour

Covid-19 makes a bad situation worse for agricultural migrant workers in Canada

Canada ties migrant workers to their employers through specific visas, which facilitates exploitative conditions on farms, greenhouses and food factories.Read the full article

Democracy and health: how citizen participation can also contribute to better health care

18 January 2021

Politics & economy

Democracy and health: how citizen participation can also contribute to better health care

In many countries, decisions on the response to Covid-19 were largely made without involving civil society or patients. And yet, listening to those who may not necessarily have the scientific knowledge but do have first-hand experience can contribute to the better management of health [...]Read the full article

From Canada to Brazil to Australia, the pandemic is threatening the survival of Indigenous peoples

13 May 2020

Human rights

From Canada to Brazil to Australia, the pandemic is threatening the survival of Indigenous peoples

Living in conditions that are often more precarious than the rest of the population and with much higher health risk factors, Indigenous peoples around the world know that their very survival is on the line if the coronavirus reaches their [...]Read the full article

What will it take for Canada to confront its femicide crisis?

21 February 2020

Human rights

What will it take for Canada to confront its femicide crisis?

“Given that we have a federal government that has labelled itself as ‘feminist’, we’ve been hoping that this will be the period in which a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women happens. We’re still waiting.”Read the full article

Government support for Trans Mountain Expansion Project brings Canada face to face with its contradictions

6 September 2019

Environment

Government support for Trans Mountain Expansion Project brings Canada face to face with its contradictions

The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is raising tensions and pushing the country even further away from its climate commitments.Read the full article

“We will continue until we win,” say the Turkish protesters taking on a major Canadian mining project

23 August 2019

Environment

“We will continue until we win,” say the Turkish protesters taking on a major Canadian mining project

“An ecosystem is the relationship between animals, plants and non-living elements in a region. Deforestation is about much more than just losing trees.”Read the full article

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