Tag: United Nations
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The Elimination of Violence Against Women
This article focuses on the 16-day United Nations campaign focusing on the elimination of violence against women and Canada’s December 6th National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women. Within, you can find information on the campaign, initiatives, and the recent increase in violence against women. UNiTE to End Violence Against Women Campaign…
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A Breakdown of the 2021 Federal Election
The aim of the article is to help Canadians understand the federal election process and to better understand the platforms of each of the candidates for the election. Key Terms The Federal Election Process During a federal election, all Canadian citizens that are at least 18 years of age on election day can vote in…
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The Ecological Irresponsibility of Highway 413: Part 2
The development of Highway 413 is a highly controversial subject in Ontario, with the provincial government and developers pushing for its approval, while municipalities and environmentalists strongly oppose it. Due to the number of factors involved in the project, this article has been broken up into 2 parts. Part 1 discusses what the proposed project…
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
On December 23, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided in resolution 49/214 that on August 9th each year, International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples would be celebrated. This date marks the day of the first meeting in 1982 of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Watch the brief video below created by the…
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The Impacts & Benefits of Tourism: Greening an Industry (Part 1)
In November 2020 when we first officially launched The Sustainable Switch, our owner, Saige Friedman wrote a series on the impacts and benefits of tourism for Canadian adventure company Peak Adventure. These articles will now be available via our website and Peak Adventure’s Journal. Part 1 provides some background on the tourism industry and explores…
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Business & Sustainable Development: Businesses Role in Society
This article explores why it is so crucial for businesses to invest in sustainable development and address sustainability changes. Sustainable development is a crucial step toward progress for businesses to make. In 2005, an article was published in the journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, in which an encapsulating definition of sustainable development…
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Development & The World Bank: A Nigerian Case Study
This article focuses on displacement in Nigeria specific to the World Bank. Introduction The modern world is made up of developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries. Some developed countries have been known to try and help those less developed, by assisting/funding their development. The World Bank is one organization that was established for this exact reason…
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The Sustainable Development Goals & Canada: Are We on Track?
This article focuses on Canada’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals pre-pandemic. In 2015 when the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were first established and agreed upon by many world leaders, the decided deadline was the year 2030. This timeline allowed for 15 years worth of dedicated action by the number of governments involved, to…
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The Sustainable Development Goals: Global Setbacks
How was global progress on the goals pre-COVID? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted this progress? The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic will be hard-hitting and long-lasting, according to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020. The 2020 Report includes data on each of the 17 goals before the outbreak of the pandemic, and how the outbreak has irreversibly…
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The Sustainable Development Goals: What Are They? Why Do They Matter?
What Are They? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio in 2012. The aim of the conference was to produce a set of universal goals that would meet the urgent environmental, political, and socio-economic challenges facing our communities (UNDP, 2015). The Conference included 193 member…
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