Social Movements That Shaped Our Lives
Social Movements That Shaped Our Lives
10 Movements. 21 Voices. Infinite Lives Changed
The Canadian History of Social Change
Social movements that shaped our lives
Published by SEE Change Magazine
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What’s New on the Project
Why We Spent a Year Documenting Social Change & What It Taught Us About Changemakers
June 1, 2016I believe that a country is largely defined by the rights, freedoms and social circumstances of the people who live within its borders. It’s defined as much by the achievements as the struggles, by the dark times as by the light and as much by the activists who fought for change as the naysayers whoRead MoreIn Convo with Tom Axworthy
October 27, 2015Former senior policy advisor and principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Tom Axworthy shares the story of the Charter of Rights – why it impassioned Trudeau so deeply, the fight to achieve consensus and ratification and the compromises along the way.In Convo with Clayton Ruby
October 26, 2015Having dedicated his career to defending the accused and upholding human rights, Clayton Ruby talks about the Charter of Rights and it how it has impacted his practice of constitutional and criminal law and civil rights.In Convo with Nancy Neamtan
October 26, 2015CEO of the Chantier de l’economie sociale (Task Force on the Social Economy) and a long-time activist in the nonprofit sector, Nancy Neamtan defines the “Social Economy” and explains its unique and longstanding history in Quebec.In Convo with Joel Solomon
October 25, 2015Chairman of Renewal Funds, Canada’s largest social venture capital fund and board chair of learning centre Hollyhock, Joel Solomon shares his life story, one that led him from Tennessee to B.C. and a dedication to investing in social change.
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