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  • February 2005: Putting “Pizza Party” Math to Rest

    Using social justice issues to teach math engages, stimulates students A snail is climbing a tree 10 m high. Every day, the snail climbs 3 m. Each night, it slides back 2 m. How many days will it take the snail to reach the top of the tree? *                   *…

  • Fast Facts: Investment in Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Needed

    Doctors are demonstrating their ethical duty to patients by working towards a society in which everyone has an opportunity to lead a healthy life. Last winter, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and MacLean’s magazine hosted a series of town hall meetings, including one at the Winnipeg Art Gallery specifically focused…

  • A Response to Saskatchewan’s Climate Change White Paper

    Download 1.46 MB20 pages The Saskatchewan government’s recent Climate Change White Paper presents an incomplete analysis of the impact of carbon pricing on Saskatchewan. That is the conclusion of Environmental Economist Dr. Brett Dolter in A Response to Saskatchewan’s Climate Change White Paper. A joint publication of the Saskatchewan Environmental Society…

  • When Bush comes to town

    John Hamm has asked us to welcome George Bush in a Nova Scotian manner.  But being polite is frankly going to be difficult and it is not in our best interests. For the most part Bush has himself to blame for the less than warm reception he has been receiving…

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    Why is the CEO of a big Canadian bank giving speeches about climate change and pipelines?

    Royal Bank of Canada CEO David McKay made a few headlines last week when he offered his thoughts to the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce on the energy and climate challenges facing Canada. In his speech he called on the federal government to help get fossil fuel resources to market by…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Does Premier Clark, the great petro pretender, have a Plan B?

    In January, one of the world’s most sophisticated deep-sea drilling vessels, the $540-million Chikyu, left the Japanese Port of Shimizu destined for a distant point in the Phillippine Sea. The voyage marked a milestone in what by then was an 18-year, $700-million research and development effort aimed at one day…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Manitoba Researach Alliance wins international award

    Community Campus Partnerships of Health (CCPH) is delighted to announce the 12th recipient of the CCPH annual award, the Manitoba Research Alliance in Winnipeg. The award highlights the power and potential of partnerships between communities and academic institutions as a strategy for health equity and social justice. Selected from a…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    Women paying price of legal services cutbacks

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) As a result of legal aid cuts women are losing custody of their children, giving up valid legal rights to support, and being subjected to litigation harassment, according to a new report. It finds that women are paying a greater price for…

  • Home Truths

    Why the Housing System Matters to All Canadians Download 90.7 KB80 pages While far from a failure, Canada’s housing system is falling short on too many fronts. Housing assets are very unequally distributed, and contribute to a disturbingly high level of overall wealth inequality. We face serious and growing affordability…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Oil Industry Influence in Saskatchewan public schools: Report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT REGINA⁠—With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the question of how and what students learn about these issues in our public schools has become an increasingly contentious issue. This is especially the case in Western Canada, where recent comments…

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    Fracking, earthquakes and hydro dams? Don’t worry. We have an understanding.

    This is the second of two posts. Read the first here. Efforts by BC Hydro to ban potentially destructive natural gas company fracking operations in the vicinity of its biggest dams fall well short of what an Alberta hydro provider has achieved, raising questions about why British Columbia isn’t doing…

  • The wrong direction: A presentation on the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion

    Presentation to the federal Ministerial Panel holding consultations on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Proposal Presented in Burnaby, August 10, 2016 Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Seth Klein, and I am the BC Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Our office has spent…