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 [...]

Enrolling in an adult literacy or education program is one of those actions that people decide to take in the hopes that they can change their lives for the better. On a personal level, they are aiming for positive outcomes!
Accountability looks at the issue of outcomes from a different perspective. «Recent practices have emphasized inputs [...]

“The objectives of Science for Peace are charitable: research and education for peace in the broadest sense. This implies: to sustain life, and to prevent the horrors of armed conflict, especially with weapons of mass destruction, and ultimately to abolish the institution of war…scientific research should be aimed to create basic knowledge and to improve [...]