Opinion

Sujane Kandasamy's Hindu culture taught her that people are all just visitors on this earth and have a duty to leave the planet hospitable for future generations.

Canada's National Observer journalist Morgan Sharp introduces themself and explains why they changed their name.

As Charles Mandel found out, it’s because of those archaic and conservative institutions known as banks. Not one is willing to give a mortgage to an off-grid house.

The act of remembrance is a critical part of resisting racism and Islamophobia in Quebec City, writes Nora Loreto.

Retired Conservative senator Lynn Beyak made residential school denialism a cause célèbre in Canada, writes Sean Carleton.

Appointing a westerner who understands the feelings of Albertans toward Ottawa would help dispel growing western alienation, writes Max Fawcett.

Meet Kehkashan Basu, a 20-year-old who is empowering youth through her foundation, Green Hope.

There is more than enough oil to go around without the TC Energy Corp. pipeline project, writes former oil industry executive Ross Belot.

Financial incentives to recycle spent electric vehicle batteries are eroding. That could spell environmental disaster, writes Perry Gottesfeld.

A Just Transition Act needs to invest first and foremost in those communities bearing the brunt of both climate change and the fossil fuel industry, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.

Despite the extremely low risks that approved COVID-19 vaccines pose to health compared to COVID-19 itself, these concerns need to be treated as valid by health experts and vaccine decision-makers because they are justified, writes PhD candidate Cathy Slavik. 

Democracies are fragile and can fail when power-hungry leaders practise dog-whistle politics, writes Andrea Reimer.

The government of Alberta has invested more than a billion dollars in the Keystone XL pipeline. If the project goes down, the money vanishes with it, writes Max Fawcett.

Human behaviour is finally on the table as a factor in epidemic coronavirus infection, writes family physician Warren Bell.

In 2019, Sebastien Molgat, now 23, created the Arctic Youth Network with an international team of young people. And he has bigger plans for the future.