Indigenous Women Await End to Indian Act Discrimination
UPDATE: Canada’s federal government has brought the outstanding provisions of Bill S-3 into force, as of Aug. 15, 2019. This means the long standing sex discrimination in the Indian Act […]
Palestine Needs Our Help, Says Human Rights Lawyer
The 25-year-old Oslo Peace Accords are long dead. A two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is no longer viable. The Trump administration recently cut all US funding to the United Nations Relief […]
A Biography of Lynn Gehl
Lynn Gehl, who resides in Peterborough, Ontario, is known across Canada as an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe who is an advocate, artist, writer, and an outspoken critic of colonial law and policies […]
The Tree of Peace Saves the Earth
By Lynn Gehl, Algonquin Anishinaabkwe … the 1847 report on Indian Affairs recommended shifting from the provisions of ready-made clothes to the provisions of material with which to make clothes. […]
Find a Little Joy Each Day: Lessons From A Cancer Warrior
“Every day find that little piece of joy” – it’s a daily motto that keeps Barb Mills going strong, and it’s also her advice for anyone struggling. Barb fought the […]
DON’T RAPE . . . And Other Things Your Kids Need to Hear As The School Year Begins
(Originally Published September, 2016 — Still Relevant!) Are you sending your child off to a post-secondary school? Do you know that it is during the first eight weeks of classes […]
Stepping Up To The Plate: ‘The Right To Food’, Not Just Hand-Outs
Food corporations donate millions of dollars each year to food banks. At the same time, they pay their employees such low wages that a great number of them need to use those very […]
Chatability – Check It Out!
Tessa Smith has accomplished so many things in her young life that you could not blame her for taking life easy for once. But, no, the disability activist and Trent […]
The Lost and Sometimes Forgotten: LGBTQ2S Offenders
” . . . it makes me proud and gives me hope for the future that maybe, even in prison, we can end the stigma against those who are different; […]
Patrick. Bill. Charlie. Three Indigenous Boys and How Canada Mistreated Them
Once upon a time there were ten Indigenous boys who could run like the wind. They proved to themselves and Canada they were capable of achieving greatness. They represented their […]
Peer Mediation at Kenner: The Third Side
By Emma Jane JOURNEY Magazine Ptbo Co-Op Student While almost everyone can expect to experience conflict throughout their teenage years, not everyone has access to resources that help resolve […]
