Category: Canadian Dimension

An interview with feminist critical race scholar Sherene H. Razack

Half measures haven’t worked. It’s time to beat the virus the way other places have done.

Though nearly completed, the US is thwarting the project. Canada is also against it. Why?

The only person to blame for Alberta’s economic and social woes is Jason Kenney. Image by Canadian Dimension. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is beset with woes—woes he believes are caused … Read More

Protest against Israel’s land confiscation to make way for a separation wall in the Cremisan Valley, located on the seam line between the West Bank and Jerusalem. Photo courtesy the … Read More

Conspiracy theories aren’t the answer, but neither is a carte blanche for power

Three decades on, Jeanne Sauvé’s claims to be unaware of her family’s pro-South African lobbying require revisiting

Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, lifelong friends, comrades, and collaborators. In this wide-ranging interview, members of the Canadian Dimension editorial committee spoke with Sam Gindin, a lifelong friend, comrade, and … Read More

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny marches on Tverskaya Street, Moscow, March 26, 2017. Photo by Evgeny Feldman/Wikimedia Commons. To understand Aleksei Naval’nyi’s significance for Russia, one needs some idea of … Read More

Jesse Vorst (1940-2020), Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba. Image by Canadian Dimension. Jesse Vorst was a member of the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba … Read More

Texas-based ExxonMobil has discovered more than five billion barrels of oil and gas off Guyana’s shores, sparking a renewed territorial dispute with Venezuela. Photo courtesy JWN Energy Why is Canada … Read More

2021 World Social Forum takes place virtually from January 23-31

Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank. Photo by Adam Nieman/Flickr. This week I tried to explain here that the continuing occupation and its transformation from a supposedly temporary situation to … Read More