On issues pertaining to women and girls, Stephen Harper's federal government positioned Canada as a "beacon of light" in the world. Programs were developed in relation to women's maternal health and the protection of the girl child, but other actions point to an ambiguous and even contradictory approach that failed to address gender inequality. In Obligations and Omissions, contributors examine Canada's equivocal - and diminished - role in working toward gender equality in the period between 2006 and 2015. Using a critical feminist lens to document, analyze, and challenge Canada's relations...
On issues pertaining to women and girls, Stephen Harper's federal government positioned Canada as a "beacon of light" in the world. Programs were deve...
Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building and cooperative development, but there are also significant structural challenges and inequality of opportunity issues that result from these partnerships between host organizations in the Global South and learning/volunteer abroad for development (LVA4D) participants from the Global North. Learningand Volunteering Abroad for Development aims to unpack the complex benefits and disadvantages of learning/volunteer abroad programmes, using insights from the...
Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building and cooperative development, but ...
Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building and cooperative development, but there are also significant structural challenges and inequality of opportunity issues that result from these partnerships between host organizations in the Global South and learning/volunteer abroad for development (LVA4D) participants from the Global North. Learningand Volunteering Abroad for Development aims to unpack the complex benefits and disadvantages of learning/volunteer abroad programmes, using insights from the...
Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building and cooperative development, but ...
