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Blog

Oct 24, 2019

Splash pads and swimming pools are not a response to climate change for vulnerable populations

Cathy Crowe

Toronto city council's recent declaration of a climate emergency is meaningless without measures to protect its most vulnerable citizens.

Blog

Oct 18, 2019

New food insecurity research says it's black and white and not pretty

Paul Taylor

The research identifies that the higher prevalence of food insecurity among households with Black respondents is simply because they are Black. It's not caused by anything else.

Blog

Oct 16, 2019

Ending poverty is more than an election talking point

Alexandra Zannis

What does it mean to say we want to end poverty in Canada? More than an act of charity, this is a question of basic rights.

Blog

Oct 4, 2019

This election, ask representatives where they stand on universal basic income

Doreen Nicoll

Feedback from participants in UBI pilot projects in Manitoba and Ontario demonstrates that this program lifts people out of poverty and enables them to change their lives.

Podcast

Jul 31, 2019

New film 'Push' explores the housing crisis and capitalism run amok

face2face

Leilani Farha and Fredrik Gertten explore gentrification and the right to housing in today's Face2Face podcast with David Peck.

Columnists

Jun 20, 2019

U.S. Congress marks Juneteenth with historic hearings on reparations and poverty

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

The real-world impacts of slavery were front and centre in Washington, D.C., this week, as hearings and public gatherings convened to address long-overdue racial and economic justice.

Podcast

Jun 19, 2019

'Clean Hands' -- a film about family life and Central America

face2face

Michael Dominic talks about the ethics of cinéma vérité filmmaking, different versions of truth, poverty and white western development, empathy, curiosity and why the little things matter.

News

May 10, 2019

Maude Barlow speaks on poverty, populism and envisioning economic justice on our shared planet

Resh Budhu

We need a true vision of social solidarity and economic justice that can sustain our shared humanity and planet. Keynote speaker Maude Barlow will speak at the seventh annual Tommy Douglas Institute.

Columnists

Apr 24, 2019

UN decade of family farming puts spotlight on food insecurity

Lois Ross

The United Nations has declared the years 2019 to 2028 as the UN Decade of Family Farming, citing the need to stem hunger and work toward food security.

Columnists

Mar 14, 2019

Billionaire claims about capitalism's benefits are wrong

Linda McQuaig

Claims by billionaires like Bill Gates about capitalism heroically lifting humankind out of poverty turn out to be easily debunked. Imagine if that news got out.

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