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Stephen Harper has played into the hands of a biased media as he fails to tackle the issues faced by young First Nations people, writes Chloe Ferguson.
Filed in: Canada First Nations Reservations (Canada) Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Politics Society Youth
As John Kerry met the G8 in London, activists demanded he says no to dirty oil. Tara Clarke was one of them.
Filed in: Canada Climate Change Environment First Nations Reservations (Canada) Oil United Kingdom United States
Taking action against tar sands in North America and the EU and why Obama must say not to the Keystone XL pipeline.
Filed in: Activism Canada Climate Change Europe European Union First Nations Reservations (Canada) Oil United States
Chloe Ferguson reports from an East London ‘teach-in’ on the relationship between the Canadian government, First Nation rights and the Crown.
Filed in: Activism Canada Colonialism First Nations Reservations (Canada) Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Politics United Kingdom
A First Nations activist will join the UK Tar Sands Network as they hand over a petition to the Canadian government.
Filed in: Activism Canada Environment First Nations Reservations (Canada) Human Rights Oil Pollution United Kingdom
Danny Chivers on how the UK Tar Sands Network got a room of influential delegates to laugh at the Canadian Environment Minister.
Filed in: Activism Canada Climate Change Environment Indigenous Peoples Oil Politics
Richard Swift gives us a round-up of the best offerings at Toronto’s annual film-fest.
Filed in: Canada
Richard Swift says Canada’s wave of pots-and-pans protests signal the first major rupture with the austerity agenda.
Alice Ellwood reports from cacophonous Montréal where pan-protests have sprung up in defiance of a repressive anti-assembly law.
Fed up with being fleeced, North Americans are flocking to co-operative savings societies. Wayne Ellwood reports.
Filed in: Canada Co-operatives Finance
Canadian troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan this month. In theory, at least, reports Wayne Ellwood.
Filed in: Afghanistan Canada
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.
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