photo: Linda Chamberlain in the foodbank that services her supportive housing complex Human rights only become meaningful when they gain political content…they are rights that require active participation from those who hold them. Lynn Hunt, human rights historian Canada Without Poverty is pleased to issue this inaugural invitation for up to 40 interested persons to [...]

The Six Nations: Oldest Living Participatory Democracy on Earth The Tree of Peace by John Kahionhes Fadden The people of the Six Nations, also known by the French term, Iroquois [1] Confederacy, call themselves the Hau de no sau nee (ho dee noe sho nee) meaning People Building a Long House. Located in the northeastern [...]

The Options Paper from the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario has been released. You can find the paper, entitled “Approaches for Reform”, here: http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/commission-publications. A message from the Commissioners is here: http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/a-message-from-the-commissioners. You will also be interested to review “What We Heard”, which is the summary of discussions that took place [...]