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New Parliament should put best foot forward to address climate change

  • The health and wellbeing of Canadians is irrevocably tied to the health and wellbeing of the planet. Our newly elected government needs to demonstrate
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | October 23, 2019
Climate strike protestors pictured on Parliament Hill on Sept. 27. As a new Parliament convenes, let us insist that Canada offer the world our best—the best of our diplomacy, the best of our science and research, and the best of our policy analysis, writes IISD's Sophia Murphy. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

New Parliament should put best foot forward to address climate change

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | October 23, 2019
  • The health and wellbeing of Canadians is irrevocably tied to the health and wellbeing of the planet. Our newly elected government needs to demonstrate

New Parliament should put best foot forward to address climate change

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | October 23, 2019
  • The health and wellbeing of Canadians is irrevocably tied to the health and wellbeing of the planet. Our newly elected government needs to demonstrate
Climate strike protestors pictured on Parliament Hill on Sept. 27. As a new Parliament convenes, let us insist that Canada offer the world our best—the best of our diplomacy, the best of our science and research, and the best of our policy analysis, writes IISD's Sophia Murphy. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Time for a global Canadian food policy

  • The government is soon to release a new food policy for Canada. With six departments actively engaged, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Canada grows 1.5 per cent of the world’s food—pretty significant for a country that has just 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, writes Sophia Murphy. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Cheney

Time for a global Canadian food policy

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
  • The government is soon to release a new food policy for Canada. With six departments actively engaged, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the

Time for a global Canadian food policy

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
  • The government is soon to release a new food policy for Canada. With six departments actively engaged, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the
Canada grows 1.5 per cent of the world’s food—pretty significant for a country that has just 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, writes Sophia Murphy. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Cheney

Trade rules for food security: a Canadian contribution

  • When it comes to food security, international trade matters. An estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population depends on traded staple foods; in
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | May 17, 2017
Agriculture has long been a sticking point in global efforts to write the rules of free trade. The Hill Times file photograph

Trade rules for food security: a Canadian contribution

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | May 17, 2017
  • When it comes to food security, international trade matters. An estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population depends on traded staple foods; in

Trade rules for food security: a Canadian contribution

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | May 17, 2017
  • When it comes to food security, international trade matters. An estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population depends on traded staple foods; in
Agriculture has long been a sticking point in global efforts to write the rules of free trade. The Hill Times file photograph

Making good on food promises

  • In 2012, the then-United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, visited Canada at the government’s request. It was the first
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | December 14, 2016
In 2012, the then-United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, pictured in 2011, highlighted ‘deep and severe’ food insecurity Canada’s indigenous peoples face. Ryan Brown photograph courtesy of the UN

Making good on food promises

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | December 14, 2016
  • In 2012, the then-United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, visited Canada at the government’s request. It was the first

Making good on food promises

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | December 14, 2016
  • In 2012, the then-United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, visited Canada at the government’s request. It was the first
In 2012, the then-United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, pictured in 2011, highlighted ‘deep and severe’ food insecurity Canada’s indigenous peoples face. Ryan Brown photograph courtesy of the UN

Food insecurity: Not just a poor country’s problem

  • We are accustomed to thinking of food security as a poor country’s problem, something for national governments and the United Nations to solve. But a week-long
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | June 29, 2016
Haskap berries have been bred at the University of Saskatchewan to withstand cold temperatures and short growing seasons. Flickr photograph by Karen Hine

Food insecurity: Not just a poor country’s problem

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | June 29, 2016
  • We are accustomed to thinking of food security as a poor country’s problem, something for national governments and the United Nations to solve. But a week-long

Food insecurity: Not just a poor country’s problem

Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | June 29, 2016
  • We are accustomed to thinking of food security as a poor country’s problem, something for national governments and the United Nations to solve. But a week-long
Haskap berries have been bred at the University of Saskatchewan to withstand cold temperatures and short growing seasons. Flickr photograph by Karen Hine
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