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Melaina Sheldon speaks at the Glassco Fellowship meeting in 2017/Pat Kane

Keeping Aboriginal Youth out of the Correctional System

Dec 10 2018 | IN First Nations | BY A\J Staff

“There is a need to prevent Indigenous youth from entering the correctional system from the starting point.”

OPINION: A Business Case for Keeping Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner

Dec 04 2018 | IN Regulation | BY Ellen Schwartzel

Who will suffer most when Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is silenced? It's not who you might think.

Thomsen D'Hont addresses a Glassco Fellowship meeting in Yellowknife/Pat Kane

Recruiting Indigenous Physicians in the Northwest Territories

Dec 03 2018 | IN Health | BY A\J Staff

What will it take to get more Indigenous doctors practicing medicine in the North? Thomsen D'Hont, a Metis medical student from Yellowknife, has a few ideas.

Queen's Park in Toronto/Photo by Benson Kua

Scrapping environmental watchdog is like shooting the messenger

Nov 27 2018 | IN Politicians | BY Faisal Moola, Mark Winfield, Sheila R. Colla

The Ontario government's decision to weaken the office of Environmental Commissioner is bad news for the province's environment and the health of its people.

Environmental watchdog warns Ontario to wake up to source water pollution

Nov 14 2018 | IN Water | BY Andrew Reeves

"If we pollute our water," asks ECO Dianne Saxe, "what are we going to drink?"

Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. Where do we go from here?

Nov 08 2018 | IN Wildlife | BY Braydon Black

WWF reports that, on average, animal populations have dropped by more than half since 1970.

Cracked earth/Photo by Victor Benard on Unsplash

Can your portfolio weather climate risk?

Oct 29 2018 | IN Economics | BY Lauryn Drainie

What comes to mind when you think about the impacts of climate change? Forest fires? Floods? How about your finances?

Bull Boreal Woodland Caribou by J.H. on Flickr

Why Canada is Failing to Protect Species At Risk

Mar 09 2015 | IN Environmental Law | BY Anne Bell, Rachel Plotkin

The driving principle behind species-at-risk management in Canada has shifted from protection to mitigation – and it shows.

$Stephen Harper on trial, in Alternatives Journal A\J. By Ted Heeley.$

Crimes Against Ecology

Nov 2013 | IN Heroes 39.6 | BY Laura McDonald

Full article available online

Is the Harper government guilty? You be the judge.

$The former Madden farm, old broken-down barn. A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Web Exclusive: The Plunder of Brant County's Foodland

Mar 2013 | IN Greenbelts 39.2 | BY Ella Haley

Full article available online

Just outside of the Ontario Greenbelt, thousands of hectares of prime farmland have been bought up in land banking schemes.

Why Environmentalists Should Promote a Guaranteed Basic Income

Dec 23 2014 | IN Mining | BY Cameron Roberts

A basic income would remove the tension between saving the planet and supporting the working classes.

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What's on the Environmental Agenda for 2015

Dec 31 2014 | IN Wildlife | BY Andrew Reeves

A look back at the major environmental challenges of 2014, from endangered species to pipelines and dying pollinators, and where we’re headed in the new year.

Queen's Park, Ontario parliament building at night.

Where Do Ontario Political Parties Stand on Environmental Issues?

Jun 10 2014 | IN Politicians | BY Andrew Reeves

Environmental issues have been absent from the Ontario election, but someone's paying attention: here's a tally of the four main parties' support (or lack thereof) for environmental initiatives.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Protest at Tufts University

Why Divestment Won't Succeed

Aug 21 2014 | IN Energy Policy | BY Stephen Bocking

Only engaging – not shaming – will cut us loose from carbon.

Can Elizabeth May Unmuzzle Canada’s Scientists?

Evidence for Democracy Launches the "Science Pledge" Campaign

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