A summary of findings and recommendations from the OECD on the COVID-19 impact on immigrants and their children. Around the world, immigrants and their children have...
Note: the word L’nu means the people of the same tongue and is the preferred name of the tribe otherwise known as Mi’kmaq. L’nu is singular...
Leishmania is a flesh-eating parasite that affects millions of people each year, in 98 countries and territories — but isn’t native to Canada and the United...
This past summer, many students were not able to fill the suggested 700 farming jobs funded by the federal government due to geographical or transportation barriers,...
In mid-September, the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched a moderate livelihood lobster fishery along the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia. Its fishers set out an estimated 250...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, families have had to adjust to a number of health regulations and restrictions. Much to the dismay of millions...
The recent UNICEF report card exposes Canada for failing its young children. The report, appropriately called “World’s Apart,” examines the status of children from the world’s...
In August, the Fraser Valley Institution for Women federal prison in Abbotsford, B.C., closed the Annex, its minimum security unit. This closure forced the transfer of...
If there’s one group of Canadians that have really taken a hard hit by COVID-19, it’s working parents, especially mothers. If anyone needs a break, it’s...
The number of people doing “gig work” has been rising for decades, and the precarity of gig workers has been underscored by the pandemic. Gig workers...