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#CanadaCommit: Canadian Law Students & Professors Call for Climate Action
Climate science is abundantly clear: we have a very small window of time left to radically reduce our emissions. The United Nations...
Dec 3, 2019
Gender “X”: Manitoba to Add Third Gender Option to Official Documents
Manitoba to Add Non-Binary Gender OptionThe Manitoba Human Rights Commission tribunal recently ruled that it is a violation of the...
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 24, 2019
Asylum Claims 101: How They Work, Challenges Involved, and a New Pilot Program
Canada’s refugee system The refugee system in Canada was developed based on international agreements and Canadian law. There are...
Mar 1, 2019
Why You Should Care About the Supreme Court of Canada's Nevsun Case
BackgroundNevsun Resources Ltd. is a base metals mining company that, until recently, was headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia....
Feb 21, 2019
50 Years of Festivities: A Milestone for the Festival du Voyageur
The History of Festival du VoyageurThe first Festival du Voyageur was held in 1970 after a small group of citizens from St. Boniface...
Feb 15, 2019
Voices of Winnipeg: The Biggest Human Rights Issues of 2019
Indigenous Rights Many people responded to my question with a persistent Canadian human rights issue: Indigenous rights. Winnipeggers...
Feb 6, 2019
Let’s Talk About It: Mental Health Resources
Let’s Talk About It Stigma relating to mental health can be separated into two categories: social-stigma and self-stigma. Social-stigma...
Jan 30, 2019
10 Local Human Rights Books to Read in 2019
Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Healthcare Historical & Contemporary Lens Poetry & Autobiographyriver woman by Katherena Vermette...
Jan 19, 2019
Wet'suwet'en Pipeline Conflict - Consent? Rule of Law?
Access Granted But Opposition RemainsIn the interest of protecting their community from further conflicts with the RCMP, the Wet’suwet’en...
Jan 14, 2019
10 Winnipeg Businesses That Give Back to Help Others
1. Parlour Coffee’s Partnership with Main Street Project For most of 2018, Parlour partnered with Main Street Project. After the...
Jan 11, 2019
Low-Income Bus Pass: An Economical Change to Public Transit
The 2017 Fare Hike Winnipeg’s bus fare increased dramatically last January, with the price jumping 25 cents. This major increase, the...
Dec 27, 2018
Non-citizen vote in municipal elections – a possibility for Winnipeg residents?
Newcomers by the numbers What about the presence of non-citizens in Winnipeg, and particularly in the Winnipeg School Division? As...
Dec 14, 2018
Dereliction of Duty: The Province of Manitoba’s Response to the Climate Crisis
Carbon PricingCarbon pricing is not a radical solution- it’s a market-based approach. The 2018 Nobel Prize for economics was jointly...
Dec 3, 2018
“Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays”?
A Kwanzaa celebration held by the Congress of Black Women of Manitoba on December 9th! A Community Chanukah Party at the Jewish Learning...
Dec 1, 2018
Orange the World: Eliminating Violence Against Women
Here are a few events taking place around Winnipeg in the coming weeks:Youth Circle: Violence Against Women (November 25th) 11:00am to...
Nov 24, 2018
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