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When Splitting the Sky, a Mohawk activist from Six Nations, was arrested for obstruction of justice while attempting a citizen's arrest of George W. Bush, in Calgary on March 17th 2009, he was acting as part of a global phenomenon, according to Anthony Hall, professor of Globalization Studies at the University of Lethbridge.
There have been rallies in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and London England, in addition to Montreal, Halifax and Toronto. It started with four women in Saskatoon Jessica Gordon, Sheelah McLean, Sylvia McAdams and Nina Wilson. Their twitter and facebook promotion grew "Idle no More" into an international movement.
On November 5, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) imposed a two year moratorium on new applications to sponsor parents or grandparents. A new option was provided where parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents could apply for the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa in order to visit Canada. This procedure would allow parents and grandparents to visit Canada for up to two years and the visa would be valid for ten years.[1]
The first indication that there was something fundamentally wrong with the level of the playing field at the 2011 World Rugby Cup currently unfolding throughout New Zealand was a seemingly innocuous complaint about the scheduling from the coach of the Canadian national team, former All Black back Kieran Crowley.
Fundraising Dinners for The Canadian Charger
Unplanned uprisings, like other forms of what sociologists call collective behavior, do not just happen. They happen when the social conditions are ripe for them. The sociologist Neil Smelser proposed a value-added theory of collective behavior which we can apply to the crises shaking the Arab world.
Despite detailed warnings the Sri Lankan government did nothing to prevent more than 320 people being killed in Easter Sunday bombings. Many Sri Lankans feel their government essentially allowed more than 320 lives to be needlessly wasted.
The Harper government is quietly seizing greater control of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, while a public advocacy group accuses the Tories of stacking the CBC's board with political allies.
Murray Dobbin writes that Harper "is the only prime minister in Canadian history to openly detest his own country: its efforts at egalitarianism, its social programs, its wealth redistribution, its peacekeeping history internationally, and its attempts at promoting and preserving its unique culture."
Austerity as public policy is not good. It is not good for people and it is not good for the economy.
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Today’s topic is the Origins of Islamic History Month in Canada In this show, we are interviewing Dr. Mohamed El-Masry a professor at the University of Waterloo