Op-Ed – Catalyst

India vs. China: Two Nations’ Struggle For Better Vaccine Diplomacy

July 9, 2021July 9, 20216 min read Ruolan Ma

The Sino-Indian border dispute being at a standstill, the two rising nations are now competing not through violence, but by asserting their power through international influence, such as through vaccine diplomacy. While there are humanitarian and altruistic purposes involved, the political ambition behind the campaign of exporting COVID-19 vaccines to neighbouring countries is worth discussing.

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

June 18, 2021June 21, 20214 min read 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.

Tackling Period Poverty in Canada

June 9, 2021June 8, 20216 min read Jemima Maycock

In Canada, 1/3 of menstruators under 25 have struggled to pay for period products. Along with many other countries, the Canadian government has not recognized these fundamental necessities as such. This is evident through the federal government's luxury of 1991, also known as the “pink tax” which treated sanitary products as luxury items rather than necessities. This tax points to the gender inequality at play; through this tax, not only were period products made inaccessible, but Canada racked in $37 million from menstruators. It was not until 2015, which is when the #notaxontampons campaigns occured, that it was removed.

Indigenous Women, The Fastest Growing Prison Population in Canada

June 2, 2021May 29, 20215 min read Riyana Karim

Canada’s justice system has a standing crisis that is the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples that are incarcerated. However, for Indigenous women, this problem is a unique one. Indigenous women are the fastest-growing prison demographic in Canada, surpassing rates of Indigenous … Continue reading

The UAE, a Pioneer in Women’s Empowerment – But the Struggle Is Far from Over

May 4, 2021May 6, 20215 min read Aakanksha Mathur

Through a developmental lens, the UAE’s forward-thinking leadership subverts orientalist depictions of the Middle East, bound by the West’s artificially constructed binary between the "rational" West (us) versus the "irrational" East (them).

The Ethics of Randomized Experiments in International Development

May 2, 2021May 1, 20216 min read Sofia Mikton

While RCTs certainly can be useful tools for informing development research, researchers should take more time to consider the ethical concerns associated with such experiments and ask whether an RCT is always the best way to learn something.

Vaccine Passports

April 30, 2021April 29, 20217 min read Maeve Williams

Vaccine passports will exacerbate existing inequalities caused by globalization: allowing the rich to accelerate a return to their accustomed freedom of movement while the poor are physically and economically restricted, with limited access to the COVID-19 vaccine

Category: Op-Ed

India vs. China: Two Nations’ Struggle For Better Vaccine Diplomacy

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

Tackling Period Poverty in Canada

Indigenous Women, The Fastest Growing Prison Population in Canada

The UAE, a Pioneer in Women’s Empowerment – But the Struggle Is Far from Over

The Ethics of Randomized Experiments in International Development

Vaccine Passports

The Global Community’s Response to Japan’s Fukushima Water Release Plan

Canada’s Trivial Attack on International Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bolsonaro and Brazil’s Health Crisis

Buddhism: At the Crossroads between Philosophy and Religion

African Values and LGBTQ+ Rights: What is “Un-African” about Homosexuality?

The Unity of Lebanon’s October Revolution: Art, Protest, and Social Media

Buying a Blind Eye: The Abuse of Liberty in Saudi Arabia

The Indian Migrant Labour Crisis and Its Implications

India vs. China: Two Nations’ Struggle For Better Vaccine Diplomacy

From The Sick Man of Asia To Economic Miracle: China’s Poverty Alleviation Program

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

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

Tackling Period Poverty in Canada