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A New Era for Persons with Disabilities and International Development?
- 13 mai 2016
by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo
Momentum behind the disability-inclusive development agenda is at an all-time high — and growing. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the key international document, now has 163 States-Parties. Additionally, the Addis Ababa …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDespite the “Never Again” Attitude of Chernobyl Commemorations, Nuclear Gets Boost from Unlikely Source
- 10 mai 2016
This spring has marked two painful anniversaries. April 26 was the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history. Chernobyl was a complete disaster, from planning and design to emergency preparedness and response …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTPP, TTIP, and CETA: Just Stalled or at a Dead-end?
- 3 mai 2016
The acronyms are confusing enough to outsiders. TPP is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, sponsored by the US, bringing together 12 Pacific-rim countries representing 40% of the global economy. TTIP is the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, potentially linking the …
EN SAVOIR PLUSGardaWorld and Former Child Soldiers: The Price of Global Success?
- 28 avril 2016
by Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams
Many Canadians will know GardaWorld from airport security, the routine removal of shoes, belts, and “any gels or liquids.” Fewer will know that the Montreal-based company is also a global security provider with …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIntersectionality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development
- 28 avril 2016
by Julianne Acker-Verney, Pamela Johnson, and Susan Manning
Intersectionality is a tool that can guide researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to learn about and respond to the diverse experiences of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities and the …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCentral Banks Facing Credibility Trap
- 27 avril 2016
When the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz, insisted in New York this week, “the idea that monetary policy just isn’t working any more [is] one myth I’d like to dispel right off the top,” he was right …
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EU or Commonwealth: Where Does Canada Fit in Britain’s Plans?
- 27 avril 2016
In 2009, George Monbiot wrote a much-trafficked op-ed in The Guardian on the Canadian tar sands political-industrial complex, blaming it for the “astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state.” The author blamed the government …
EN SAVOIR PLUSArms to the Saudis: Wrong Decision, Right Result?
- 23 avril 2016
Those defending human rights are used to the many contradictions involved. They demand of the same governments responsible for torture and discrimination that they uphold international prohibitions on such abuse. Their impartial reporting is seized on at politically opportune moments …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanadian Forces Reality Check: Time to do Less with Less
- 22 avril 2016
The Liberal government announced on April 6 that it is launching public consultations to inform the drafting of its new defence policy. In launching the review, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan emphasized that defence policy must be shaped by the defence …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDisability and Development in Africa: What Role for Canada? (Anglais seulement)
- 21 avril 2016
by David Black
It has become widely accepted that the previous Conservative government sharply diminished Canada’s focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Against this backdrop, the new Liberal government has signalled its intent to re-engage.
There are several problems with …
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Les personnes handicapées et la coopération Canado–Haïtienne
- 15 avril 2016
Par Stephen Baranyi et Ilionor Louis
Lorsqu’Haïti apparaît dans les médias canadiens, ces jours-ci, c’est généralement la crise électorale qui attire notre attention. La gestion problématique et la contestation des élections en août et octobre 2015, ainsi que les difficultés …
EN SAVOIR PLUSW.E.B. Du Bois: From Global to Transnational Justice
- 7 avril 2016
By Inés Valdez
Theories of global justice spring from a genealogy of internationalism that includes the Parliament at The Hague, the League of Nations, and the United Nations. These theories rely on a conceptualization of the West as homogeneously affluent, …
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