Category: Featured
At a time when we have only 11 years to slow down the effects of climate change in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, as outlined in the most recent IPCC report, the need for research in the field of sustainability and community-based initiatives has never been more vital.
Breaking Up With Growth: What Mainstream Development Organizations Are Still Getting Wrong
The assumption that growth is the solution is not only incorrect but actively harmful to both the impoverished and the environment. So, how did we get here?
Contesting Food: A Taste of Persia and the issue of Food Ownership
Former lawyer and cookbook author Naomi Duguid writes in the prologue of her book about a map in her office showing the Persian Empire under emperors Cyrus and Darius, which at the time encompassed not only the Iranian plateau but … Continue reading
Top 10 Instagram Accounts to Follow for IDS Students
A list of 10 Instagram accounts recommended for IDS students.
The Recent RCMP Scandal is a Reminder that We Need to Address Indigenous Issues in Canada in International Development
Many issues that local Indigenous communities face are extremely similar to the problems we usually attribute to the “developing world”, and while we care about them abroad, we seem to conveniently forget about those very similar local realities.
African Values and LGBTQ+ Rights: What is “Un-African” about Homosexuality?
This past summer, during my internship at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in Ghana, I was asked to write a report on the state of human rights in the country. I used complaints that the Commission … Continue reading
Welcome Letter
Welcome to Catalyst!