Opinion

Muslim youth get a much-needed sense of belonging through activism. It keeps them in touch with mentors and friends who can help nourish their mental well-being.

Canada's emissions have surged to their highest level in more than a decade. The U.K. offers an alternative climate tool kit we could adopt to try to reverse our multi-decade climate failure.

The pandemic has presented an opportunity for Canada to become the climate leader it claims to be on the world stage.

As we plan for a rapidly warming climate, we must guard against the temptation to assume that in a cold country a warming climate might do a bit of good.

Who are the Bitoves and Rivetts and what are their plans for Torstar?

From the wings, Stephen Harper may still control his chastened party, but Canadians have moved on. 

We need a digital vaccination scar for the 21st century — an effective system in place to identify those who are immunized.

Canada’s workforce needs more insightful data to navigate the transition to the post COVID-19 job market.

Investing in energy efficiency post pandemic will deliver robust environmental and economic returns and stimulate job creation in the trades and manufacturing sector while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Canadians are more likely to say the country is heading in the right direction than they were only a few months ago. But asked about the rest of the world, they see more going wrong than going right.  

A nationwide, citizen-led petition proposing to protect people in in long-term care homes has now garnered 57,000-plus signatures.

COVID-19 offers humanity a golden opportunity to restructure our relationship with our planet.

The coronavirus pandemic is being used as a cover for the increased persecution of women human-rights defenders and adding to their already-heavy burden.

The coronavirus crisis boils down to a crisis of inequality and it has exposed the chronic underfunding of public health.  

If we want real change for LGBTQ2+ communities, we need real action from our provincial and municipal governments.