Pope Francis calls for response to the climate crisis in his new October 2023 Apostolic Exhortation, building on his 2015 Laudato Si'.

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For September 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we listen to the voice of Phyllis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Day, as she is interviewed on CBC Kids News.

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SURJ Toronto (Showing Up for Racial Justice) shared their list of recommended news outlets in Canada that cover Indigenous rights, racial justice, social justice and climate justice.  

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An Auditor General’s investigation has found: the Government of Ontario removed 7,400 acres of protected land from the Greenbelt for a group of developers who stand to make $8.3 billion in profit.

Please consider contacting your MPP and request that they support an OPP investigation into this matter.

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Is Canada achieving the Sustainable Development Goals regarding poverty, health, education, equality, work and housing in its 2030 Agenda? We offer an intersectional analysis with an on the ground perspective.

This report is a collaboration between the CSJ Ministry of Social Justice, The Mary Ward Centre and the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada.

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Kiffer George Card and Kalysha Closson write in The Conversation:

" ... climate change isn’t just about greenhouse gas emissions. At its core, it is both a symptom and a cause for the centuries-long trend in declining social connection and community cohesion."

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Brittany Koteles writes in Earthbeat:

"The Vatican's recent repudiation of the doctrine is a significant step in healing and reconciliation, but it will only be truly powerful if it changes our beliefs — and actions — about property."

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Martin Andressen writes in The Tyee:

"Over the past 40 years, conservative governments have defunded social programs and social services. A result of these changes has been a decrease in social welfare and increases in social ills."

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