The Americas

Alberta Tar Sands

Fort McMurray is a boomtown located in northeastern Alberta. Fort McMurray is seen as a place of wealth, opportunity, and great energy potential through the development of bitumen sands commonly referred to ... Read More →

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Today’s Canadian Aboriginal Children: The Origin of Tomorrow’s Government Apology

Canada: a nation based on principles of equality and fairness for all its inhabitants. A land where any child, rich or poor, male or female, is granted equal opportunity to realize ... Read More →

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Canada’s Aboriginal Children

Prime Minister Steven Harper had the rapt attention of the nation last June as he issued an official apology for the abuse of the Residential School system : The government now recognizes that ... Read More →

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Asia

An Uncharted Territory

A country occupying the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea stands prosperous and remote from the rest of the globe. The people of this country have been reported to have ... Read More →

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International

The Inalienable Rights of Children

Fifty years ago the inalienable rights of the child were declared. The world recognized the conflicting identity of children as the world’s prospects, but also as the most vulnerable members of ... Read More →

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The Middle-East & Africa

Ambiguities of Innocence

Before World War II, Neville Chamberlain assured “peace of Europe” in that Germany and the United Kingdom would “never go to war with one another again”. During the Khmer Rouge period in ... Read More →

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Education for All

Education is a right I believe all children should have. It is the key to the future and an escape from the past. Children should be offered an unbiased education ... Read More →

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Europe