The distinction between student activism and behaviour considered disruptive under the McGill Student Code of Conduct (SCOC) has been much debated this year on campus. In the wake of the […]
It has been a year of protests. From the Arab Spring, to political turmoil in Russia, to Occupy Wall Street, and back to Québec’s campaign against tuition hikes, it is […]
In October 2011, African Barrick Gold (ABG) began construction on a 14-kilometre long concrete wall that will stretch around its North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. The mine has been […]
Earlier this year, The Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin and photographer Remi Ochlik died while covering the conflict in Syria. The Colvin and Ochlik case is not an isolated event. […]
The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof wrote in his blog, “Microcredit is undoubtedly the most visible innovation in anti-poverty policy in the last half century.” According to the World Bank, […]
Social activism is becoming an increasingly large part of modern culture. A variety of development efforts have sprung up in response, ranging from child-sposorship to livestock donation to building wells […]
Whether through “hashtag activism,” Facebook “likes” or viral video campaigns, it is undeniable that social networking technology is transforming the face of advocacy as everyone knows it. With the invasion […]
The Social Justice Committee (SJC) is a Montreal-based non-governmental organization that was founded in a church basement in 1975. It has since evolved into a secular organization, with its headquarters […]
Television, film and news media have all changed drastically due to the dawn of the Internet. But so has another industry: pornography. The rise of the World Wide Web has […]
The significance of social media and bloggers was arguably realized most influentially in the events surrounding the Arab Spring. Twitter was widely used to create awareness of social issues and contexts, […]
