Episodios

  • In BC Why Protest SOGI part 2

    In BC Why Protest SOGI part 2
    Sep 26 2024
    School staff

    Gender inclusive classrooms

    Including sexual orientation and gender diversity in school codes of conduct and anti-bullying policies improves the school climate for 2SLGBTQIA+ students by reducing discrimination and harassment.

    Teachers may include the B.C. Human Rights Code, sexual orientation, and gender diversity in classroom discussions.

    Being gender inclusive in the classroom means:

    Speaking about gender identity in a way that makes every student feel like they belong
    Not limiting a person's potential based on their biological sex and how they understand or express their gender
    Welcoming everyone without discrimination, regardless of their gender identit

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  • United Nations General Debate, 79th Session edit

    United Nations General Debate, 79th Session edit
    Sep 26 2024
    António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, addresses the General Debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 24 - 30 September 2024).

    World leaders gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Unity and diversity for advancing peace, sustainable development, and human dignity, everywhere and for all." Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.

    The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.

    General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/

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  • NDP calls for peace and justice for Israel and Palestine

    NDP calls for peace and justice for Israel and Palestine
    Sep 24 2024
    conference on Parliament Hill, NDP Foreign Affairs critic Heather McPherson and deputy leader Alexandre Boulerice reiterate their party’s call for peace and justice amid the Israel-Hamas war. The NDP is urging the federal government to recognize Palestinian statehood, impose sanctions on the Netanyahu government, and impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel.

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    1 h y 16 m
  • In BC Why Protest SOGI

    In BC Why Protest SOGI
    Sep 23 2024
    What is gender identity?

    Gender Identity is the internal and psychological sense of oneself as a woman, a man, both, in between, or neither. Gender identity is unique to each individual and is not determined by sex or defined by sexual orientation. For many people, their gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. This is referred to as cisgender. For others, their gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

    Gender-diverse is an inclusive term used to refer to multiple types of gender identities that fall outside cisgender and/or binary understandings of gender.

    When you are transgender, also known as trans, your gender identity doesn't match the sex that you were assigned at birth (usually male or female).

    Non-binary is an umbrella term referring to people whose gender does not fall within the binary gender system of woman/girl or man/boy. Some individuals identify as non-binary while others may use terms such a gender non-conforming, genderqueer, or agender.

    For people who are trans or non-binary, some may know from a young age that the gender they have been assigned doesn’t fit with who they really are. Other people come to this realization later in life.

    Sexual orientation and gender identity are not the same thing. Everyone has both a gender identity and a sexual orientation. Like anybody, trans people may identify as straight, pansexual, queer, asexual, bisexual, lesbian, gay or something else.

    Human rights

    All people have the right to be free from discrimination based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. This right is protected by Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Human Rights Acts, and the B.C. Human Rights Code.

    The B.C. Human Rights Code protects B.C. students from discrimination based on Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.

    Every school in B.C. should be a place where every student feels welcome, safe and included.

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    39 m
  • United Nation Forming Global Unity With a Summit For the Future

    United Nation Forming Global Unity With a Summit For the Future
    Sep 20 2024
    UN Under Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder said that “The idea” of the Summit of the Future “is to render the United Nations a multilateral system more effective in the fulfillment of its mandate, to make it more participatory, more networked, this in the face of the very clear global challenges that we face.”

    Briefing the press today (11 Sep) on the programme and objectives of the UN’s Summit of the Future, Ryder said, “The summit will be adopting 3 outcome documents: A Pact for the Future to which will be annexed 2 other documents, a global digital compact and a declaration on future generations.”

    The Summit of the Future (22-23 Sep) will produce an inter-governmentally negotiated, action-oriented Pact for the Future with chapters on Sustainable development and financing for development; International peace and security; Science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation; Youth and future generations; and transforming global governance.

    The Summit of the Future Action Days (20-21 Sep.) will focus on multistakeholder partnerships and action paving a way towards the next chapter of multilateralism that is more inclusive and networked.

    Ryder said, “Part of the objective of this summit is to complete and to improve our business around the 2030 agenda. This is an accelerator for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

    He added, “Secondly, we have a section on peace and security - designed in accordance with proposals presented by the Secretary General, under the title of ‘A new agenda for peace’ - to address the whole spectrum, the whole continuum of peace.”

    He said, “The objective of the global digital compact is to make technology work for humanity equitably. We are aiming at closing digital divides, expanding inclusion in the digital economy, creating an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space, working on equitable data governance and also, and this has perhaps attracted more attention anything else, creating the systems of governance of artificial intelligence that will benefit humanity.”

    He continued, “A declaration on future generations is intended to codify what is happening in many of our member states, the need to ensure that decisions we take today take into full account the needs and interests of future generations.”

    He concluded, “And the last chapter, and it captures a lot of different issues, is around the transformation of global governance. This is a very wide-ranging area of the pact. It addresses Security Council reform, and we have the potential to take important steps forward on Security Council reform. It addresses the revitalization of the General Assembly and ECOSOC. Critically, it contains extensive language of the current state of negotiations on reform of the international financial architecture.”

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    53 m
  • Bloc Party Backs Justin Trudeau final

    Bloc Party Backs Justin Trudeau final
    Sep 19 2024
    Federal ministers Steven Guilbeault (environment) and Randy Boissonnault (employment) hold a news conference in Ottawa to discuss the introduction of legislation in the House of Commons to amend the Canada National Parks Act. The proposed changes would enable the transfer of land use planning and development authorities from Parks Canada to the Municipality of Jasper, which will help rebuild the 30% of the town that was destroyed by fire.

    They are joined by Harjit Sajjan (federal emergency pr

    eparedness minister), Richard Ireland (mayor of Jasper) and Andrew Campbell (senior vice-president of operations, Parks Canada).

    In Ottawa, federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault announce changes to Canada’s temporary resident programs. In 2025, the government will lower the cap on international student study permits by 10 per cent of its 2024 goal. Employers will also be subject to a 10-per-cent cap on low-wage temporary foreign workers, with some industries exempted.

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    1 h y 21 m
  • Priorities at UNGA According to the United States

    Priorities at UNGA According to the United States
    Sep 18 2024
    Occupied Palestinian Territory
    The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that today its team was able to reach northern Gaza for the first time in four weeks. OCHA was leading an inter-agency assessment mission to Gaza City. However, they were only able to reach the north after being forced to wait for more than five hours before and at the Israeli checkpoint on the Coastal Road.
    OCHA warns that access to the north remains extremely limited for aid workers from the UN and other organizations. During the first half of this month, out of nearly 50 missions led by seven different UN agencies – all of which had been fully coordinated with the Israeli authorities – only a quarter could cross into the north through the Israeli checkpoints along Wadi Gaza.
    Even when these missions could cross, they often faced impediments along the way.
    Some convoys were stopped at gunpoint, shot at, or forced to wait for hours in the middle of a war zone. These incidents posed unacceptable risks to our staff’s safety and prevented these missions from completing their work. OCHA stresses that when humanitarian missions are not facilitated, it deprives Palestinians in Gaza of the food, the water, the shelter, health and other services essential for their survival. People in Gaza need more supplies, including basic items such as soap, to enter the Strip. It is also critical that these humanitarian goods and services reach all parts of Gaza, wherever needed. Without exception, security assurances provided to aid organizations and humanitarian missions must be reliable and fully respected.

    Haiti
    Turning to Haiti, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that violence continues to displace families in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.
    The latest clashes between armed groups in the neighbourhoods of Cité Soleil and Delmas displaced more than 2,000 people last week – and that is just in two days, between September 11 and 13.
    More than 170,000 people are now displaced in the capital. While most of them are staying with host families, three new temporary sites have sprung up.
    We and our partners in Haiti continue to support people in need across the country, including by providing food, water and sanitation as well as health care support.
    The International Organization for Migration also continues to distribute blankets, solar lamps and kitchen kits to displaced people.
    And as the new school year is approaching, the World Food Programme plans to provide school meals to 495,000 children. Many of these meals will be sourced from local smallholder farmers.
    The $674 million Humanitarian Response Plan for Haiti is currently only 39 per cent funded with $263 million actually received in our bank account. We continue to call for increased support for the humanitarian response to help the Haitian people.

    Ukraine
    In Ukraine, we are told by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that overnight attacks have left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the Sumy region in the north of the country. According to local authorities and the regional power company, 280,000 consumers – which include households, public facilities and businesses – were left without power. Water supply and critical services were also impacted. Water facilities and hospitals, and other civilian infrastructure, are right now running on backup systems.
    Despite the challenging circumstances, humanitarian organizations continue to provide assistance across the country. In the first seven months of the year we, along with our partners, provided aid to 6.2 million people.
    Nearly 2.9 million people received food aid; 1.4 million received health services, and 1 million benefitted from winter energy support and the distribution of emergency shelter materials and essential items.
    The $3 billion Humanitarian Response Plan is currently only 44 per cent funded with $1.37 billion received, leaving a significant gap in addressing the urgently emergency needs and the preparations for winter.

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  • Call for deeper intl cooperation to tackle global challenges final

    Call for deeper intl cooperation to tackle global challenges final
    Sep 15 2024
    The 79th session of the UN General Assembly opened on September 10 in New York, with incoming President Philemon Yang outlining a vision of unity in diversity and calling for deeper international cooperation to tackle a host of global challenges, including climate change, escalating conflict, and a slowdown in sustainable development.

    Mr. Yang underscored the need for equitable economic growth driven by innovation and green economies, ensuring that “the benefits of economic development are accessible to all nations, large and small.”

    Peace and security, he added, will also be key priorities, as he urged nations to resolve ongoing conflicts, including in the Gaza Strip, Haiti, Ukraine, and the Great Lakes region of Africa.

    “We must invest in all efforts to decrease tensions and instead build trust around the world,” he said.

    Human rights, together with strengthening international law and justice frameworks, will remain high on the agenda, with the Assembly working to enhance the coordination of humanitarian efforts.

    This will help ensure its response to crises is timely and efficient, and that aid reaches those most in need, Mr. Yang said.

    “Lastly, we will address the pervasive challenges of international terrorism, drug and human trafficking and modern slavery,” he continued, stressing the need to uphold human dignity.

    “As President of the General Assembly, I am committed to facilitating these discussions and harnessing our collective will and expertise to deliver significant solutions,” he added.
    Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner announces her party will table new legislation to address online harms when Parliament returns.


    Minister Joly discusses a planned U.S. sale of Canadian-made weapons to Israel. She also comments on Mark Carney’s new position as chair of the Liberal Party's task force on economic growth.

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    1 h y 22 m