Occasional paper | Community-Based Food Security Systems: Local Solutions for Ending Chronic Hunger and Promoting Rural Development
This policy brief explores community-based food security systems based on examples from India.
Occasional paper | Citizenship and Action: What’s at Stake?
This document was presented as the keynote address to the “Community Forum on Social Action,” hosted by the Concordia University Institute in Management and Community Development in June 2003, and explores what is at stake in social change activism.
Occasional paper | In Our Own Name: Promoting Peace Through Justice
This paper was a contribution to discussions concerning Canada’s role in the world, initiated by the Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his call for a “Dialogue on Foreign Affairs” in January 2003. The reflections in this paper emerge from Inter Pares’ direct international experience over almost thirty years.
Occasional paper | Beyond the Politics of the Possible: Corporations and the pursuit of social justice
This document was presented at “Corporations as a Factor in Social Justice,” a forum organized by Concordia University Institute in Management and Community Development in June 2002, and explores the limits of the concept of corporate social responsibility.
Brief | An Honourable Commitment: Policy coherence in Canada’s relations with the global South
This brief was part of a formal federal government consultation process, in response to then-Canadian International Development Agency’s paper “Towards a Long-term Strategy for Canada’s International Assistance Program, A Framework for Consultation” (CIDA, October 19, 2000). As such, it contributed to discussions within and outside of government concerning Canada’s moral and political role in the world.