The Americas - Catalyst

The True Price of Gold: The Implications of Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon

December 3, 2021December 4, 2021 Emily Duecker

In early October, two young Indigenous boys drowned while playing on the banks of a river in the Amazon River Basin. At face value, this story stands as a tragic accident. Nonetheless, it is representative of a much darker reality: the impacts illegal gold mining has had on the Indigenous people and their land.

The Release of Huawei’s Executive: Thaw of Diplomatic Tensions?

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Ruolan Ma

Finally, after three years of negotiation impasse, Meng Wanzhou was released after she reached a deal with US prosecutors. Many optimists interpret this compromise as a thaw of the diplomatic tension among China, Canada, and the US. However, warning signs should be drawn from this incident.

The American Childcare System: Does Anyone Care?

November 22, 2021November 21, 2021 Laurie Chan

Childcare in the United States has long fallen disproportionately onto the shoulders of low-income women of colour. As long as women of colour’s work is viewed as disposable and they are expected to carry the burden of childcare, they will continue to be undervalued, burnt out, and be barred from socioeconomic mobility.

Canada’s Indigenous Women Seek Answers Amidst Water Crisis in Iqaluit

November 13, 2021November 7, 2021 Madalena Monteiro

The contamination of Canada’s water systems is a direct consequence of settler-colonialism; the water crisis unfolding in Native communities would not exist if Indigenous groups had not been forcibly removed from their traditional roles as custodians of the land.

“Government-Sponsored Outing”?: Understanding Quebec’s Bill 2

November 12, 2021November 11, 2021 Maria Lima Fernandes

A bill proposal by the Quebec provincial government has sparked concern from transgender and LGBTQ+ activists. Bill 2, a potential amendment to the Civil Code, promotes change in family law and, according to activists, is a direct infringement … Continue reading

Medical Internationalism: The Cuban Response to the Pandemic

November 11, 2021November 7, 2021 Alexander Morris-Schwarz

Rather than reaching out to massive pharmaceutical companies, the Cuban biotechnology sector set to work on developing its own vaccine.

COVID-19 Sheds Light on Economic Barriers in Canadian Healthcare

November 2, 2021November 1, 2021 Katie Pallett-Wiesel

As the pandemic wages on, it has become clear that while we may all be in this together, we are not all in this equally. Emerging statistics on COVID-19 transmission, infection, and death rates have shown that individuals from low-income communities are at a higher risk of both catching the disease and developing fatal complications.

An HIV Epidemic Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

September 18, 2021 Riyana Karim

What is clear is that while the Canadian health care system has been successful on some fronts such as vaccinating citizens, it is far from a model – it fails to protect those most socially vulnerable.

‘Canada’s’ Ongoing Colonial Violence Brings Death to Indigenous Peoples

June 18, 2021November 10, 2021 Penni Tenzin

These discoveries stand as a stark reminder to non-Indigenous people that the country known as ‘Canada’ is not only built upon the genocide of Indigenous peoples, but that this extends to Indigenous children in these residential schools.

Haiti’s Political Crisis: How Constitutional Dispute is Fueling Conflict and Instability

June 11, 2021November 10, 2021 Joel Sawmadal

President Moïse’s declaration of a state of emergency on March 16th marked the first official recognition of the political crisis which swept over Haiti at the start of the year. Escalation of the crisis over recent months has led to widespread civilian protests, increasingly violent repression by the Haitian National Police (PNH), a surge in crime rates across the country, and a destabilisation of authority.

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