As the saying goes: has justice been denied? As court hearings will finally begin this spring for the persecution of criminals from over three decades ago, I speculate Cambodians have come to know mixed justices all too well. When it comes to international proceedings this is often the case, and sadly, the Khmer Rouge tribunal is no exception.

After his first papal visit to the African continent, Pope Benedict XVI was the center of criticisms for his comments related to condom use and its role in fighting sexually transmitted infections in Africa. “HIV/AIDS is a tragedy that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which can even increase the problem” [1], he said.

It was a humbling and empowering feeling, I recall, stepping onto the school grounds each morning to begin my day of work. My job was simple: I was a teaching assistant for a fifth grade math class in Zona Trio of Guatemala City.

As the world has begun to focus on the atrocities of Sudan, neighboring Uganda has become all but forgotten.

L’Afrique. Face à ce continent oublié, notre esprit occidental ne sait que penser. Nous vacillons entre le désir d’y changer quelque chose et le sentiment terrible de l’impuissance.

This year, the world is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On April 4th, 1949, it began with merely twelve countries — Belgium, Denmark, France, Canada, Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Luxembourg, Portugal, Great Britain and the United States of America.

Monday March 23, Tim Geithner, the United States Secretary of Treasury, went before Congress and presented a one trillion dollar plan to aid struggling banks.

I’m not an economist. I don’t know much about balance sheets, corporate mergers, bankruptcy, or the stock market. I generally glean my economic information from newspapers, magazines, CBC and CNN, which are not always the most reliable sources, I know…. However, they do send the clear message that the world’s economy has gone to crap.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “elitism” as 1: leadership or rule by an elite; 2: the selectivity of the elite; and 3: consciousness of being or belonging to an elite. Remark that none of the above definitions suggests an inherently negative attribute associated with elitism, nor does the term belong to one specific ideological or partisan camp.

As a student with a minor in Women’s Studies, I often hear people talking about how out-dated and unnecessary feminism has become in Canada— women have won the right to vote and the right to work, are recognized as persons and protected from discrimination in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Lorsqu’il est question de la réforme de notre Chambre haute, la question n’est pas de savoir si la réforme est désirable, mais plutôt de savoir quel modèle de réforme devrait être accepté.

By the time you read this article, most of it will probably be heavily outdated. That is not some make believe nonsense, but rather a reflection of the quickly changing face of copyrights and the internet. Since mid February, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has hosted discussions on the future of new media in Canada.