Downtown tunnels finally ready to keep sewage out of river From left to right, Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod, Mayor Jim Watson, and Ottawa Centre MP and federal infrastructure minister Catherine McKenna mark the opening of a massive system for storing sewage beneath Ottawa’s downtown on Nov. 20, 2020. (CBC) More than a decade after Ottawa city […]
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Canadá: Consumo de marihuana | Jóvenes canadienses lanzan campaña de sensibilización
América del norte/Canadá/Noviembre 2020/https://www.rcinet.ca/ Con el fin de aprender a vivir en un país donde el cannabis es legal nació en Canadá un nuevo proyecto de sensibilización hecho por jóvenes para jóvenes. En Estudiantes canadienses por una política sensata en materia de drogas creemos que, para ser efectiva, la educación sobre cannabis para la juventud […]

Importante informe sobre Trabajadores Agrícolas Migrantes en Canadá 2020
“Creemos que estos héroes, hombres y mujeres, trabajadores esenciales que sacrifican todo y vienen desde lejos para trabajar la tierra en Canadá, merecen condiciones dignas de trabajo, mejores sueldos y protecciones. La representación sindical es la garantía para lograrlo. El gobierno federal tiene hoy una oportunidad histórica para reformar el programa de trabajadores agrícolas temporales”. – […]

Canadá: Cómo las mujeres indígenas se curan a través del arte
Por: Sabrina Velandia En Canadá, las mujeres indígenas sufren altos índices de violencia. En 2002, quienes paseaban por el barrio de Downtown East Side en Vancouver, pudieron ver que Rebecca Belmore, del pueblo indígena anishinaabe, había clavado su largo vestido rojo a un poste de teléfono. Luchaba por liberarse, y una vez liberada, con su vestido […]

Canadá: How this teenager feels about going back to school amid a pandemic
How this teenager feels about going back to school amid a pandemic Khayden Carter Dick is a 15-year-old student living in the northern Quebec community of Whapmagoostui. He wrote what it’s like as a student during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as back-to-school season nears. My first impression of the COVID-19 pandemic was confusion. I have […]
Education unions in Toronto call on TDSB to rethink school restart plan
Unions’ letter implores TDSB ‘to take full responsibility’ for reopening schools safely América del Norte/Canada/cbc.ca A playground at a public school in Toronto’s east end sits empty as the Toronto District School Board continues work on its plan to restart schools this September. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) Unions that represent teachers and staff are putting pressure on […]

Canadá: Montreal high school student builds coronavirus care package business to help grandfather
Montreal high school student builds coronavirus care package business to help grandfather When the coronavirus pandemic hit in March and students suddenly stopped going to school, many lost their social networks, motivation and essentially ended up wasting a lot of time online, at least according to their parents. But over time, some brilliant ideas also […]