Current Policy Affairs
In 2021, the municipal Council in this city created the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) Task Force in partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, and Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
What is Vancouver?
Besides the US, which has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, this is the largest country yet to ratify the Paris Climate Accord signed by 187 nations.
What is Russia?
This member of the 2025 cohort is a Registered Social Worker and strategic public sector leader who serves as Vice-Chair of the Board at Toronto Lands Corporation.
Who is Aleem Punja?
This province was the first to grant most women the right to vote in 1916.
What is Manitoba?
This Canadian rock legend created a series of lyrical sentiments against genetically modified food production. His album The Monsanto Years is themed both in support of sustainable farming, and to protest the biotechnology company Monsanto.
Who is Neil Young?
When Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canada, Premier Doug Ford threatened to retaliate by ending exports of this.
What is electricity?
In 1991 this politician won the Nobel Peace Prize. In December 2019 they appeared in the International Court of Justice to fight charges of genocide.
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
They served as a senior advisor to the Ontario Minister for Advanced Education and Skills Development and as the Minister’s lead on the co-creation and introduction of legislation recognizing Indigenous Institutes and on the transformation of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).
Who is Lisa Rae?
She was the first female premier in Quebec, and the only politician in Quebec history to hold the Finance, Education, and Health portfolios.
Who is Pauline Marois?
On March 24, 2018, this singer known for songs like “Basement Apartment” and “Silver Road,” joined the demonstration at Kinder Morgan's Burnaby Terminal to protest against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Who is Sarah Harmer?
Introduced in 2018 to offset the cost of pollution pricing, this federal income support is only available in some parts of Canada, and it could soon be “axed”.
What is the Canada Carbon Rebate (formerly the Climate Action Incentive)?
In 2018 this proposed change sparked the yellow vest / gilet jaunes protest that led to a wider anti-government movement across France.
What is a fuel tax hike?
Prior to joining her current organization she honed their advocacy skills as a litigator at a national law firm with a focus on administrative, privacy, and health law. She also enjoys taking ballet lessons.
Who is Amanda Arella?
She is the longest serving female Member of Parliament, where she represents Vancouver Centre, and the first immigrant woman to run for leadership of the Liberal party.
Who is Hedy Fry?
The lead singer of this Canadian rock band has been intimately involved with War Child and other charities since 2003, and was an outspoken critic of the Iraq War and former U.S. president George W. Bush.
Who is Our Lady Peace? Singer: Raine Maida
In addition to being a statutory holiday for federally-regulated workers, this day is also a statutory holiday in British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
What is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day)?
This declaration of rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, but Canada did not withdraw its objector status until 2016.
What is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
Deeply committed to ensuring equitable, timely, and comprehensive mental health and addiction care for all Ontarians, especially youth and women with children, this leader is co-founder and Chair of the Black Creek Youth Initiative (BCYI), a youth-led organization in Toronto's Black Creek area.
Who is Dalubuhle Ndlovu?
She was the first woman to become leader of a national Canadian political party and the first member of the New Democratic Party to represent the Yukon in parliament.
Who is Audrey McLaughlin?
This Nunavut artist earned a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2016 for her artistic achievement and activism for the people and communities of Canada’s North.
Who is Susan Aglukark?
Families that spend more than 30% of their income on housing, live somewhere requiring major repairs, or live in overcrowded housing, are considered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to be in this.
What is Core Housing Need?
The transition period returning Hong Kong to China began in 1997. This is the year the region will fully revert to Chinese sovereignty.
What is 2047?
This member of the 2025 cohort has consulted with the World Health Organization on community engagement strategies and spent time working and learning in primary care settings in Brazil, Guatemala, Malawi, and Zambia.
Who is Dr. Vanessa Redditt?
This Maliseet woman from the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick is best known for her fight against gender discrimination that was written into the Indian Act. Her efforts led to a shift in policy that addresses gender discrimination towards Aboriginal women.
Who is Sandra Lovelace?
These Canadian sister songwriters have spent more than 20 years in the music industry. In 2017 they launched a foundation benefiting LGBTQ women and girls.
Who are Tegan & Sara? Foundation is: Tegan and Sara Foundation