Global South

As excavators, heavy haulers and chemical treatment plants dig made-in-Canada mines around the world, Ottawa has taken new steps to ease growing criticism of Canada’s extractive sector.

1. General

The COP 17 climate conference in Durban ended as expected, with no real agreement and commitment to reverse the destruction of the planet earth.

Press Release
12 December

A conference titled ‘African Independence and China: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow’, on 10 December 2011 at Tsinghua University, put together by the International Students’ Association for Global Affairs (ISAGA) and the Department of International Relations, was a breath of academic fresh air.