March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Equality and Human Rights
March 10, 2009
'The income gap has widened to the point that the top 10% of B.C. families now earn more than the entire bottom half of families.' - CCPA.
March 8, 2009
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 3, 2009
OPSEU local honours the first black trade unionist to lead a major Canadian union. Upshaw was president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union from 1990 to 1995.
February 25, 2009
Ben Powless is Mohawk from Six Nations in Ontario. He is currently studying Human Rights, Indigenous and Environmental Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. The National Union sponsored Ben to attend the 2009 World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, January 24 to February 2.
January 29, 2009
With the Harper Conservatives moving in the opposite direction, the contrast between Canada and the new administration in Washington is startling.
December 5, 2008
Canadian arctic indigenous peoples and environmental groups launch a united call for action on climate change at United Nations negotiations.
June 25, 2008
As Brazilian sugar cane feeds the biofuel industry, it takes its toll on its labourers.
October 1, 2007
As in Ontario, Manitoba's social assistance rates are not keeping up with the cost of living. In Manitoba 60,000 people use employment and income assistance (EIA) as their major source of income. This assistance program as well as the shelter assistance has not kept pace with inflation.
September 27, 2007
A broad coalition of community organizations and poverty groups have formed to address the ever-worsening poverty in Ontario.