Let this crisis teach us that we must be prepared for the next
It may seem like the climate change emergency is too far off to worry about now, but it’s coming, and it can’t be avoided.
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COVID-19 puts the human right to water front and centre
Pandemic exacerbated by the fact that more half the global population lacks access to somewhere to wash with soap and warm water
Let’s flatten the curve on climate change
As we start to plan for the reopening of our economy, we should think about what will sustain us in the future and what is best left in the past.
COVID-19 is creating a food crisis and Canada needs to respond
Canada must take action to prevent the mass suffering of food insecure women and girls and to support their critical work as farmers.
COVID-19 lessons for the media covering the climate crisis
We can draw hope from the fact that we can learn from the coronavirus crisis, and that it can provide a roadmap for stories that will matter about the climate crisis and, crucially, its solutions.
Canada’s murky bailout deal for oil and gas will cost us all
Oil and gas bailouts are forcing young people to subsidize fossil fuel producers in creating the climate crisis that will darken their entire lives.
Shaming 'covidiots' won't protect communities from COVID-19
Time and again, we’ve seen that when citizens turn on one another, it tears our societies apart — just when we need each other the most.
Laboratory workers are essential workers — and not just during a pandemic
With National Medical Laboratory Week this month, let us keep in mind that while COVID-19 brought to light shortages of laboratory staff in Canada, we must not forget the important work the lab does every day.
Essential or exception: Whose rights matter in a pandemic?
Big energy companies need to play by the same COVID 19 rules as the rest of us
10 lessons from COVID-19 that could help us save the planet
Is it possible that COVID’s influence could shift our culture in a way that benefits climate action and nature?
Concerns about food supply grows as pandemic crisis deepens
An open letter to the Prime Minister calling for immediate transformative change to Canada’s food, agriculture, and fisheries systems from an industrial to an agroecological model
COVID-19 is leaving refugees and asylum seekers trapped between borders
When countries close their borders to non-citizens, including to those fleeing persecution, what happens to those trapped in between?
Time to bail out Alberta workers, not billionaire oil company CEOs
The most effective way to support oilpatch workers and their families is not by giving their former employers government handouts, but by supporting workers directly.
Keeping our moral compass through the COVID-19 pandemic
In the case of public health, private rights simply do not trump the common good. And people's lives and well-being should never be reduced exclusively to the parameters of a cost-benefit analysis.
