By Wendy Moss February 21, 2022 Canada is a good country to live in for most people, relative to the quality of life available in most countries around the world. Numerous global indexes measuring well-being and governance support this. At the same time, Canadians have displayed blind spots respecting entrenched human rights failures impacting Indigenous peoples […]
Continue readingJuly 26, 2021 Many Canadians feel ambivalent about whether we even need a Governor General. Nevertheless, we now have a new one, and she is the first Indigenous person and the first Indigenous language speaker to hold the office — among her many qualities and qualifications. Should we ever have a national dialogue on the […]
Continue readingWhen it comes to addressing global inequality, humanity has created many tools to assess progress. Unfortunately, we are not as good at meeting our own targets for reducing poverty and suffering, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Continue readingOur age is now defined by daunting twin challenges – the global coronavirus pandemic and a human-generated climate crisis. These forces present a new, unpredictable phase in the battle for market share between oil and renewables.
Continue readingIndigenous peoples have shaped many critical moments of this country’s history. That history begins with nation-to-nation Treaties which are a foundational element of our constitutional landscape. In the early 1980’s, Brian Slattery spoke of Canada‘s “hidden constitution”. He was referring to the constitutional principles upholding Indigenous peoples’ rights rooted in Treaties and the Royal Proclamation of 1763 — […]
Continue readingSupport for passage of a bill to advance respect of Indigenous peoples human rights in Canada is strong and growing despite recent efforts by un-elected Conservative Senators to block its passage.
Bill C-262, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act is a short Bill with four operative paragraphs. Its passage would represent a very positive step to advance reconciliation and ensure respect of the human rights of Indigenous peoples.
Continue readingMonitoring of hate speech on social media is a challenging area of human rights action. Partners in the human rights community will continue to collectively challenge hate narratives that violate fundamental rights to live free of discrimination and its harms.
Continue readingWe are past debating the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples because Canada is being measured by it by on a regular basis within the international human rights system.
Continue readingValuing freedom of speech doesn’t mean we must accept the harms of hate speech.
Continue readingThe goal of social justice advocacy is to shape government decision-making to improve the well-being of people.
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