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Person-centred health care means ensuring that affected communities are leaders and partners in research

Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Studies show that people often do not have opportunities to engage in health-related decision-making with their...

Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants

Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com One year after the federal government closed Roxham Road, refugee claims in Canada continue to increase:...

Canada deporting highest level of migrants in a decade, despite promises to let more stay

Click here to view original web page at breachmedia.ca Despite pledging a pathway to status for more migrants, Canada spent ...

A socio-ecological contract for a Europe in transition

Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The decarbonisation of Europe must be accelerated—which requires a new European social model. Last month, the European...

Building the democratic local economy

Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org The magazine Stir to Action, and the project that sits behind it, has been one of...

The pathway to doubling public transit use by 2035

Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com Taking the bus in Halifax for Douglas Wetmore often means long wait times, crowded routes and...

In Canada, a wealth tax could raise $400 billion over the next ten years

Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com After the City of Edmonton and its taxpayers gave him hundreds of millions of dollars to...

UN Tax Convention: Is Historic Opportunity at Risk of Failing?

Click here to view original web page at www.ipsnews.net In late November, the UN General Assembly passed a landmark resolution signaling ...

Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence

Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org Victims of domestic violence often can’t afford to leave. Strategies need ...

Six ways to strengthen the circular economy

Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Mutually-reinforcing measures, plus finance and labour, are needed to bend a linear economy into a circle. The...

The Eco-Civilization Framework

Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Originally published as part of the forum “What’s Next for the Global Movement” by the Great...

Lessons from Finland’s attempt to transition to a circular economy

Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com Eight years ago, Finland became the first country to adopt a national circular economy road...

Foundations for degrowth

Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org There was an article in Nature from late 2022 on degrowth that got some sudden ...

How sleepy Quebec City became an economic tiger

Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org (Version française disponible ici) Strong social capital and astute local governance have made Quebec City the fastest-growing...

It only took 11 people and 60 days to build this 96 unit Lego-like apartment complex in Florida

Click here to view original web page at www.fastcompany.com With little more than a mallet, a glue gun, and a color-coded instruction manual, a team...

How Canadian courts are taking on climate change

Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Courts around the world are increasingly being asked to determine whether governments and Crown corporations are...

As the world swims in plastic, here’s a place to start: Ban the two most toxic

Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com Anti-plastic campaigners have achieved limited initial success in passing bans based on the toxic health effects...

Geothermal is an overlooked climate solution that could be about to take off

Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com It's clean, renewable, and right there below our feet, but geothermal energy has largely remained undeveloped...

A decade of stopping deforestation: How the palm oil industry did the seemingly impossible (commentary)

Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com Wilmar International’s No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation policy, announced ten years ago, marked a significant...

Canada must expand diplomatic horizon to Global South: Melanie Joly

Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said this fall that Canada needs to better reflect the needs...

Critical Thinking: Vital For Creating Sustainable And Democratic Societies

Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Book Update #1 – Critical Thinking Chapter Editor's Note: Author Aaron Karp shares a chapter on critical...

Federal and provincial housing supply efforts shouldn’t jeopardize either affordability or climate resilience

Click here to view original web page at www.pembina.org It’s time for homes and buildings to emit less carbon and ...

Vast new Marine Protected Areas are PNG’s first to be co-managed by Indigenous communities

Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com On Nov. 12, the government of Papua New Guinea declared two large new marine protected areas...

How broad is support for post-growth and post-capitalist ideas: Recent data would suggest its substantial

Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Here is a list of studies, surveys and polling results that shed some light on popular...

COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100

Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com In a recent review of more than 180 peer-reviewed articles — which I conducted with fellow...

For equality and the climate, a European wealth tax

Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The richest 10 per cent in the world are responsible for the same carbon emissions as...

COP28 must focus on the climate-fuelled health crisis

Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The data show we are heading toward catastrophe, yet world leaders ...

“Affordable housing” isn’t affordable unless it’s energy efficient

Click here to view original web page at www.pembina.org As governments across Canada commit to building thousands of new homes, they also must...

Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises

Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Two years after devastating wildfires razed 90 per cent of Lytton, B.C., reconstruction is slow and...

How sustainable, livable and resilient housing can help us adapt to a changing future

Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com This summer, Canada experienced wildfires, extreme heat, drought and flooding. Other regions of the world faced...

Tax fairness and the path to a green economy

Click here to view original web page at in-sights.ca Economist DT Cochrane and Katrina Miller, executive director of Canadians For Tax Fairness, authored a report...

Imagining the future: How to build in place sustainably

Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org This article was originally published by The Raven. Preface: The seminal power of imagination Ursula K. LeGuin, who...

Good data is key to addressing economic disparities in Canada

Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org What do Dalhousie, N.B., Ponass Lake, Sask., and Rainbow Lake, Alta., have in common? According to...

Fostering public research or boosting Big Tech?

Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The European Health Data Space should serve ...

Addressing the climate crisis requires a diplomatic and global finance overhaul

Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org When considering security crises in 2023, the top item on the list of most Canadian policymakers...

Air quality critical for social justice and the environment

Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu New European air laws can save lives and help the climate. A key vote takes ...
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