Today’s youth will be faced with very challenging decisions with regards to social equity and ecological sustainability. The Pembina Institute, a Canadian non-profit environmental think-tank, and Pearson College, an international school focused on peace and sustainability, are collaborating to develop … Lire / Read
The Gender Income Gap
The gender income gap in Canada is wide and persistent. While gender-role attitudes in society have become more egalitarian, and while more women than ever before are pursuing advanced degrees and joining the workforce, the disparity between men’s and women’s … Lire / Read
The Guarani Aquifer: Protecting the Hidden Treasure
The Guarani aquifer – a vast subterranean aquifer located in Southeastern South America– has recently become a contested site for resource management. Lying beneath four countries and holding the possibility to sustain humanity’s basic need for potable water for generations … Lire / Read
The Humourless State
This article examines the political administration of humour in Australian civil society from both an historical and contemporary perspective, as well as a range of cases involving cross-dressing prostitutes, police impersonators, political satirists and rebellious bare-bottomed colonial prisoners. Why are … Lire / Read
Stop! Food Insecurity and Social Injustice
The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto is a unique service that approaches the issue of food security by integrating nutrition, the environment, and social justice. The Stop illustrates the integrated approach necessary for dealing with the problems of rising … Lire / Read
Sex, Lies and Video Games
The video game is decades old and rivals film and music in revenues, yet mainstream reporting on the medium remains sensationalistic and largely uninformed. While Europe and Asia are getting wise to the diversity of this “tenth art,” North American … Lire / Read
Our Hope for Justice: Aristotle, Hobbes, and the War on Terror
The War on Terror presents an interesting if difficult case for applying classic notions of justice to the idea of war. To try and resolve some of these difficulties, it may help to look back to the political philosophy of … Lire / Read
What Happened to the Quantum Computer?
For several decades now, the “quantum computer” has promised to be the next great evolution in technology. Despite intense research by many of the world’s leading scientists, no significant progress has been made towards realizing an actual working device. Recent … Lire / Read
The Popular Resurgence of Jazz?
A new incarnation of popular music singers can be heard playing their craft on popular airwaves. The recent parade of jazz-oriented artists such as Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Jamie Cullum, and others have many adult contemporary listeners thinking … Lire / Read
Nature Matters
At a recent conference in Toronto entitled Nature Matters: Materiality and the More-Than-Human in Cultural Studies of the Environment (Oct. 25-28, 2007), presenters spoke on a wide range of topics, all of which touched in some way on the difficulties … Lire / Read