Archive - Nov 2005

Masala and the Rainforest

Kim Petersen looks at the prospects for survival of the the Spirit bear, which has particular significance for west-coast First Nations

Future of Kermode bear and rainforest "uncertain"

McOrganic?

Hillary Lindsay investigates the new corporate organic landscape and its impact on Canadian farmers.

Is corporate organic changing the organic landscape in Canada?

Reconstructing Disaster

Rob Maguire looks at who is benefitting from federal reconstruction contracts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

Profiteers and Pink Slips Ravage the Gulf Coast

The Project of a New Canadian University Begins...

Wilma van der Veen attends a founding meeting for a new university in Canada.

What would a university based on principles of ecology and social justice look like?

Card Carriers

Max Liboiron looks at the issues raised by creative currency of Artist's Trading Cards.

Artist's Trading Cards (ATCs) are art for everyone

Beautiful -- Privatized -- British Columbia?

Why does BC's Liberal government keep picking major fights with trade unions? Dru Oja Jay asks around.

Health care workers, teachers, fight government over policy

What makes a scandal scandalous?

Dru Oja Jay asks why the Canadian media, despite pestering the Pierre Pettigrew about questionable trips, have yet to ask about Haiti

The media and Pierre Pettigrew's apartment on rue Aristide Bruant

Protest Burn Out

Nourrir la fleur ou couper la tige ?

Le système d'inscription sur les listes électorales en Haïti n'est vraiment pas destiné à plaire aux défenseurs des libertés publiques. Par Justin Podur

La démocratie en Haïti promue par le Canada

C'est à cela que ressemble la « responsabilité de protéger » ?

Justin Podur se rend à l'ambassade du Canada, un immeuble neuf et brillant avec un terrain de tennis et une piscine, construit par SNC-Lavalin.

Statut, élections et le Canada en Haïti

War Makes Terrorists

Carey Jernigan marches for peace in Washington

Hundreds of thousands march for peace in D.C.

Settler Acculturation

Wilma van der Veen attends a workshop confronting myths and misconceptions of Indigenous culture and history.

Confronting myths and misconceptions about Indigenous culture, spirituality, and worldview