gender-equality

A colourful long wall is made up of many black-framed squares showing images of people and things.

The missing voices at AI conferences

Le Canada a besoin d’un programme national de repas à l’école.

A national school food program would do more than feed students

Boxing week sales should remind us of garment workers’ fight for a living wage

A closeup of an adult holding a baby while a hand reaches in to hold the baby’s hand.

The limitations of Quebec’s family policy

Hundreds of people stand on a busy city street that has a lot of overhead power lines crisscrossing above. The area in front of them has no traffic. Vendor stalls covered with tarps line the street.

Stop thinking of foreign aid as a tool for global influence

Making life truly affordable requires more than lowering inflation

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AI bias must move to accountability to address inequity

The case for the legislative protection of cash

Attendees sit at a very long and very wide blond-wood table. At least 10 people sit on each side, the Americans on one side; the Canadians on the other. They each have folders, notebooks and individual microphones in front of them. The group is relaxed, with most people smiling. At the far end of the table, a Canadian and American flag hangs on tall posts. On the walls are wooden crests of arms and provincial symbols.

Canada’s core national interests will have to lie in North America

A woman holding her phone walks along a gravel rode with shattered trees and debris from homes and vehicles in the background.

The gender gap in disaster preparedness

The little heart is fashioned out of plywood and is attached to a long piece of plastic with purple ribbons a couple of inches long hanging from it. The wooden piece would fit in the palm of your hand. The woman holding it has wraparound sunglasses and a white shirt. She’s standing in a row of women who are holding similar items. The mood is somber, with shadows and sunlight intermingling across the faces of the group.

Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

In a small room with blue walls, two simple hospital beds, two small windows, and a white sheet tacked to the wall, a woman lies with her eyes closes, head turned sideways, on a bed with a black mattress, her new baby resting on her tummy. She looks exhausted. A patterned cloth with browns, whites and black covers her midriff, with the baby on top of it. Her knees are up and her legs are bare. The midwife, a man, wears white rubber gloves as leans over to clean the baby.

Canada must prioritize midwifery as part of its development assistance

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Who would benefit from the UCP personal income tax proposal in Alberta?

Worsening gender inequality in Waterloo is a warning for all of Canada

Time to ban non-disclosure agreements

Gender-equal cabinets have done little so far for women and girls living with male violence

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