Envisioning «a healthy society without an expanding economy » was the central theme of the Conference on degrowth held in Vancouver from April 29 to May 2nd.  Three hundred (300) people attended the Conference which is said to be the first in North-America.  However the search for responsible and respectful approaches of development has expressed [...]

Françoise Wautiez from the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and Solidarity Economy
The economic crash of 2008 revealed not only the frailty and vulnerability of the economic system, it also showed the false basis that the growth economy is built on – the financial bubble grows bigger and crashes bigger, but we don’t seem to be getting [...]

Commentary by Cécile Sabourin, coordinator of the Q/C Committee, Charter of Human Responsibilities, Professor at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and former president of the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU)
Preston Manning, well known in Canada for his active participation in the foundation of the Reform party and more recently founder of [...]

Published in October 2009, the report Science and the corporate agenda – The detrimental effects of commercial influence on science and technology by Chris Langley and Stuart Parkinson alerts to the dangerous links between science, technology and business.  Investigating in five industrial sectors: pharmaceuticals; tobacco; military/defense; oil and gas; and biotechnology, the Scientists for Global [...]

Commentary from Cécile Sabourin, coordinator, Québec/Canada Committee, Charter of Human Responsibilities

On October 2, College and University Workers United (CU WU) *received Gabi et Haifa Baramki to discuss the initiative of the academic and cultural boycott they are promoting during their visit to Montreal.  It is related to the global campaign Boycott Divestment and [...]

An experience of dialogue among Muslin, Jewish and Christian students
’While the evening started on a calm note, the actual dialogue session began rather tensely. Almost immediately a controversial conversation was instigated. Voices were raised, fists were clenched, and students shouted across the classroom… An inside look at conflicts on some Montréal campuses and at attempts [...]

Audra Williams talks about the Gap in the movement and much more!
Third wavers might not have an abortion caravan, but we’ve got record labels. Maybe we don’t attend candidate’s school, but we’re running feminist businesses.
by Audra Williams March 8, 2006
If you’ve spent more than 45 minutes in my company, you have likely heard me say [...]

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A 20 min movie, written by Annie Leonard
www.storyofstuff The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable [...]

The Invisible Nation – A documentary
A shameful part of Quebec’s history- it’s dealings with the Algonquin First Nation people’s is the subject of Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie’s most recent documentary The Invisible Nation www.onf.ca
As we find out in the film the Algonquin Nation goes back over 5,000 years; but their horrendous living conditions [...]