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Tue., Sept. 3, 2019 timer 2 min. Based on the years Globe and Mail reporter Robyn Doolittle spent examining how police mishandle sexual assault cases, Had It Coming is an in-depth look at how attitudes around sexual harassment and assault are changing in the #MeToo era. The case, La Rose et al.

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"It's the last 30, 50 years that we should've been doing things differently. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. Ami McKay's family has a history of dying early, thanks to a a genetic disorder called Lynch syndrome. It's his first book. Amanda Jetté Knox supported both her child and her spouse when they came out as trans. Author Richard Wagamese speaks to The Next Chapter host Shelagh Rogers about his novel Indian Horse. He was born near a small Newfoundland village called St. Lawrence, a community that was almost completely wiped out by a tsunami in 1929. "The water comes right up past our porch, it goes by the door of my room, and it's really scary because it's just going to keep on getting worse every year," Edenshaw told Laura Lynch, host of CBC Radio's What on Earth. We Have Always Been Here is on the longlist for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Toronto joined other Canadian cities, such as Halifax and Vancouver, as well as cities around the world in the movement's return. ", Living with lice for a decade became a metaphor for the shame of poverty, says writer Alicia Elliott. Activist Greta Thunberg Leads the Youth Climate Strike on September 20, 2019 in New York City. She was chosen by Tanya Talaga as the recipient for the 2018 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Check this segment and find out more about famous Canadian activists.

Environmental lawyer Chris Tollefson speaks with Stephen Quinn about the unprecedented lawsuit. 01/15/2019. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Jean Teillet is a lawyer, Métis expert and the great-grandniece of Louis Riel. On that day, major demonstrations and marches are planned across the country, including ones in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, where Thunberg will be in attendance. She has co-edited two academic books. The Canadian youth, comprised of young people from eight provinces and the Northwest Territories, are being represented by high-profile constitutional lawyer Joseph Arvay as well as Tollefson. She also discovers her own family's secrets of working in the industry. Tegan and Sara joined Tom Power to talk about their new book, High School, and their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, which revisits the early demos they wrote as teenagers. Linden MaIntyre talks to Shelagh Rogers about his book, The Wake. the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Reinhart-Smith and the others in the case were brought together by Our Children's Trust, a non-profit public interest law firm based in Oregon that has helped organize similar lawsuits in the United States and elsewhere.

"The plaintiffs ask directly for this court to supervise the development and implementation of policy that would engage matters that would take it so far beyond the limits of its institutional capacities, and directly into the political arena," said Cheng.

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Sustainibiliteens, the teenage rally organizers who have organized previous climate strikes in Vancouver, say they are set to speak about the lawsuit ahead of Friday's rally. The lawsuits, including the Canadian effort, are supported by Our Children's Trust, a nonprofit organization that says it's dedicated to protecting natural systems for present and future generations. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Protest for climate action may be ‘watershed moment’, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star

There is no explicit environmental right in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It comes two days after the Liberal government's throne speech. Fri., Sept. 20, 2019 timer 2 min. "We needed Brown vs. Board of Education — the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated our public schools — and we needed the [Montgomery] bus boycott.".

Canadian activists have worked in various spheres and taken much effort to promote, impede or direct change to make improvement and correct social injustice. We Have Always Been Here is her first book.

But it is also a story of hope and redemption, celebrating the resilience and history of her family. Check this segment and find out more about famous Canadian activists. American-Canadian Actress.

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Tegan and Sara have been performing together for 20 years and have released nine albums.

But when her relationship became abusive, Zafar knew she must leave and build a new life for her children.

the shortlist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Cheng argued the plantiffs' case was not 'justiciable,' meaning that it falls well beyond what the courts can meaningfully adjudicate.

Andrea Rogers, a senior attorney at Our Children's Trust, says lawsuits like these are an important piece in the fight for social change.

Despite having her own dreams and goals, Zafar got married, moved to a new country and started a family.

Pamela Anderson. Thistle is a recipient of the Governor General's Silver Medal in 2016.

Soon, she had spurred an international movement of students striking on behalf of climate change.

The need for a "just recovery" and transition out of the pandemic was also top of mind. After Alexis came out as transgender at the age of 11, Knox dove headlong into trans rights research and advocacy. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. In a new book, she gets real about what she's learned, and the mistakes she made along the way.