In Nov. 2017, Chloé Pronovost-Morgan, Med 2, and Julia Coste, BA ‘19, launched Monthly Dignity, a non-profit organization that distributes menstrual hygiene products to unhoused people in Montreal. After founding the initiative, the duo realized that “period poverty” affects many diverse communities, including unhoused people, people living under the poverty[Read More…]
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Evaluating inequality and poverty through Oxfam’s lens
Oxfam, a non-profit organization that seeks to combat global poverty, recently released a report decrying the growth in global wealth inequality. In the report, Oxfam claimed that the 62 wealthiest people in the world own more wealth than the rest of the global population combined. While the conclusions of Oxfam’s[Read More…]
Towards a new system of social security
The Canadian government has a wide array of programs in place to alleviate poverty. At the federal level alone, the government spends 10 per cent of GDP on a multitude of cash transfer programs. Despite this, around nine per cent of Canadians still live in poverty. The solution could be[Read More…]
Waiting for August a tender portrait, but not much else
Waiting for August, directed by Teodora Ana Mihai, tells the story of 15-year-old Georgiana and her six siblings, who live together in a Romanian housing project. The pack of children must adjust to life when their mother goes to Italy to find work and Georgiana takes on the role of[Read More…]
