(November 4, 2021) Justice Fund Toronto made its position on philanthropic reform clear today as it pulled an 18-wheeler up in front of Toronto City Hall with the unmistakable message "Charitable" Institutions in Canada are Hoarding $85,000,000,000 festooned on its big-rig side, and parked it there for the entire day. The word charitable was in quotation marks. The direct … [Read more...] about #MovetheMoney: Community organizing to protest hoarding by charitable foundations begins
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Top Indigenous Hockey Players in the NHL
(October 12, 2021) With a new season of hockey starting today, we thought we’d give a shout out to the top Indigenous Hockey Players in the NHL. With the help of Trege Wilson who contributes to the The Hockey Writers, we’re featuring the best of the best of Indigenous hockey players in the NHL. Since the beginning of the game in 1917, 7623 players have been on an NHL team, … [Read more...] about Top Indigenous Hockey Players in the NHL
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
(September 30, 2021) Today, as the country commemorates Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are reading the 2015 Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. And we invite readers to join us in taking some time today to think about the legacy of residential schools, Canada's treatment of Indigenous people, the … [Read more...] about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Happy Birthday: ‘I saw rock and roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen’
(September 23, 2021) “I spent most of my life as a musician measuring the distance between the American Dream and American reality,” Bruce Springsteen told at a rally for presidential candidate Barack Obama on November 2, 2008. The Boss had come a long way from music journalist Jon Landau seeing him and the E Street Band opening up for Bonnie Raitt … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday: ‘I saw rock and roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen’
The ugly face of right-wing extremism in Canada
(September 2, 2021) The image of right-wing extremism in Canada that has been dogging the prime minister’s election campaign is angry, ugly, crude, and full of grievance. Men, women and sometimes children making lewd gestures, faces screwed up into gargoyles of anger, twisted by rage and hate. The actions of protestors is not a pretty sight. Some of them, such as the ones in … [Read more...] about The ugly face of right-wing extremism in Canada