The Equal Justice Initiative, an American organization “… is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic [...]
Maclean’s magazine published a brief article outlining some university courses that get students out of the classroom and into the communities they live in (often called Community Engaged [...]
If you are interested in research into sex work, you have to visit my colleague’s page. Cecilia Benoit is one of the most prolific and dedicated sociologists I know. Her page is available [...]
Miles Taylor, a sociologist teaching at Florida State University, recently published an article, “The Structural Burden of Caregiving: Shared Challenges in the United States and Canada” (The [...]
Have a listen to a good friend of mine, Dr. Tim Haney (Mount Royal University) and his interview on the CBC about the devastation in Fort McMurray. The link to the CBC interview and news story, [...]
Read this Guardian article (here) where they highlight a program offered at the Oaks, a converted hotel in Carlington, a working-class neighbourhood on the west side of Ottawa. Starting at 9:15 [...]
This article from the Ottawa Citizen covers how rising food prices are making it even harder for some families to feed their children. For example, the articles states that 850,000 Canadians rely [...]
For the last 10 years Bruce Ravelli, the inspiration behind this site, had deferred his textbook royalties (from sales at his home university) to sponsor the CW Mills Memorial Speaker’s [...]
The people behind Arts4Choice believe that: “Every woman has the right to a timely abortion on demand, no questions asked. No woman should be made to feel fearful or ashamed for having [...]
The AIDS Activist History project is hosted at Carleton University by Alexis Shotwell and a team of students; Gary Kinsman is the co-researcher. The team works with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay [...]
This is a movement related to the post ‘Out on the Field’. It is a movement of students from universities across Canada who speak to high schools about unlearning homophobia, and [...]
Roots & Shoots is an initiative inspired by the world famous Jane Goodall. Roots & Shoots is the youth-led community action and learning program that builds on the vision of Dr. Goodall [...]
Located in Victoria, Community Micro Lending is Canada’s first online peer to peer lending platform. The organization matches local entrepreneurs without access to traditional financing to [...]
