Politicians

Alabama civil rights movement: Selma to Montgomery march

What "Selma" Can Teach the Canadian Climate Movement

Jan 29 2015 | IN Politicians | BY Cameron Fenton

The civil rights movie is steeped in lessons in organizing and movement strategy – here’s how one group is applying those lessons to the Energy East pipeline.

The A\J Recap: Raj Saini interview

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Noah Jean-Louis

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In this week's episode, Kitchener center MP Raj Saini is at Alternatives Journal speaking about the Canada summer jobs program.

Environment: On Canada’s Agenda Again

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Robert Paehlke

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The 'environment' has surged ahead of the 'economy' as the identified most-important-issue for Canadian voters with a fall election in the offing.

The A\J Recap: Change the debate

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Noah Jean-Louis

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In the third installment of The Recap, we're in Toronto, at a rally calling on the CBC to host a Federal Leaders Climate Debate

The A\J Recap: Urban Sprawl

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Noah Jean-Louis

In the first installment of the A\J Recap, we look into some of the top environmental headlines from this past week and take an in-depth look at the problem of urban sprawl.

Bill C-69: Assessing the impacts

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Nengi Dublin-Green

What’s with the controversy around Bill C-69?

Canada's National Plastic Strategy

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Lauren Lambkin

What a single-use plastic ban could mean for Canada.

Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

Jun 20 2019 | IN Pollution | REVIEWED BY Michael Polanyi

Having an awareness of the worst possible climate change scenarios can be motivating rather than paralyzing, argues David Wallace-Wells. The climate crisis has the potential to bring people together in the massive efforts required to mitigate the disaster.

Jill Pelto’s Landscape of Change uses data about sea level rise, glacier volume

The Long Emergency

Mar 20 2019 | IN Technology | BY Robert Paehlke

Climate action is profoundly urgent precisely because sufficient change is inevitably slow

Elder Manitok Thompson and Nunavut Sivuniksavut college students, who study, Inu

Breaking Down Colonial Barriers Through Education

Mar 04 2019 | IN Welfare | BY A\J Staff

How culturally relevant education can empower Inuit youth

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