Only 13 T&R Calls to Action achieved over seven years: report
Jan 26, 2023 · The 49-page report noted that 13 Calls have been completed. At this rate, it will take 42 years, or until 2065, to complete all the Calls to Action. When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released their findings in 2015, they characterized the legacy of the residential school system as “cultural genocide,” a term that became the ...
Moving on up: Gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Feb 24, 2012 · In the poorest urban neighbourhood in Canada, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), gentrification has been on the move for decades. Plotting these new developments on a map of the DTES and walking along the now unfamiliar streets reveals gentrification for what it is: a form of structural violence. Gentrification is the social, economic, and ...
Bill 21: the Charter, the challenge, and the controversy
Dec 23, 2021 · The National Assembly of Quebec passed the law on June 16, 2019, with considerable opposition. It has been clear from the beginning that Bill 21 likely violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including section 2 (a), the freedom of conscience and religion. Anticipating a challenge to the law, the government of Quebec invoked the ...
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Nov 4, 2024 · by Nick Seebruch November 8, 2024. Donald Trump was just re-elected as president of the United States…. Now what? rabble editor Nick Seebruch sits down with parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg to discuss the results from this week’s presidential election in the States and how this will all inevitably influence Canada.
IJV, Solidarity with Palestine: All forms of oppression are connected
Oct 11, 2024 · Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) is a grassroots organization grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism and advocates for justice and peace for all in Israel-Palestine. IJV has active chapters in cities and on university campuses across Canada. Learn more about IJV here. Louise Smith grew up in and lives in Toronto, on ...
EdTech, AI and platform capitalism in the classroom - rabble.ca
Oct 8, 2024 · Surveillance capitalism is becoming the classroom. Data is being aggregated about all of the users of these services, teachers, learners, administrators, everyone.”. Describing the interminable cycle of EdTech and AI, Kumar says: “Imagine a triangle where we have pedagogy, privacy and privatization. … pedagogy, we need to teach these things.
Take Back Alberta completes take over of UCP board - rabble.ca
Nov 6, 2023 · Take Back Alberta completes take over of UCP board. David Parker, TBA’s founder, chief ideologist and chief executive, tweeted “Veni, vedi, vici” last night. Just remember, Caesar said it first, and it sounded like “Weenie, Weedy, Weakie.”. Take Back Alberta founder, chief ideologist and chief executive David Parker.
11 Indigenous resistance movements you need to know
Nov 13, 2014 · 11 Indigenous resistance movements you need to know. The IPCC report confirms what Indigenous people have been warning for years: if we don’t respect the relationship between humans and the natural world, catastrophic impacts will result. “Time is not on our side…leaders must act,” Fortunately, Indigenous people have been organizing ...
Black Lives Matter in Canada too: Inside the movement
Aug 10, 2015 · Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.. Donate to Black Lives Matter – Toronto through Interac at [email protected] question: what chapter answer: toronto. The #BlackLivesMatter movement, originally created in 2012 when 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, now spans across the ...
Author Archives: Bahija Réghaï - rabble.ca
Jul 29, 2014 · Bahija Réghaï is a human rights activist, former president of the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR).