Nelson Mandela and Community-Based Participatory Research: Reflections on Nelson Mandela Day tinyurl.com/4ntxtadj Rhodes University Openjuru, George L. Shirley Walters Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) The Association of Commonwealth Universities Rajesh Tandon Raewyn Connell Jude Fransman david monk Edward Jackson Rene Oosthuizen

Uganda’s suspension of LGBT charity a ‘clear witch hunt’, say campaigners theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

Explainer: what makes Ghana’s anti-gay bill so extreme? Akinwotu theguardian.com/global-develop…

Reform of Global Affairs Canada: Version 2023-Livermore mcleodgroup.ca/2022/08/reform… via @themcleodgroup

Why the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Deal: The bill has"provisions to accelerate America's clean-energy transition, control health-care costs, and restore some sanity to the tax code"-Stiglitz Project Syndicate prosyn.org/uZClFsc

Sustainability Books: Your Summer Reading List from Morningstar-Norton morningstar.com/articles/11093…

CHERP: The nonprofit providing free solar power to low-income households: "We build micro solar factories for nonprofit organizations in underserved communities across the country"-Kaminsky explainshttps://www.triplepundit.com/story/2022/cherp-free-solar/752741 via @triplepundit

ESG funds demand a ‘look under the hood’ for rating criteria: The US SEC "would require companies to allow for comparability across some funds, and disclose what ESG impacts they seek to achieve and the metrics they use to assess progress" The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/investing/arti…

Michelle O’Bonsawin’s nomination to Canada’s Supreme Court is good for Canadians: "She doesn’t just bring much-needed perspective as an Indigenous person".. "she’s also experienced in criminal law and the operation of the healthcare system"-Janes theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Rajesh Tandon Our UNESCO Chair in CBR & Social Responsibility of HE Co-Chair presents PRIA India 40th Anniversary book to our long-time friend Senator Mary Coyle while at Victoria Forum UVic News Coady Institute Edward Jackson @PresidentUVic PRIA India Maeva Gauthier Centre for Global Studies (CFGS)

The online hate faced by women in journalism is an issue that affects us all-Pulfer The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Every single state in the South has been on a mission to make abortion difficult, if not impossible, to get. As the next governor of Georgia, I will fight to ensure safe and legal access to abortion in our state.

African leaders are questioning “microcredit” and other norms excluding women from trade-Onukwue qz.com/african-leader… via Quartz Africa

Eliciting one-armed salutes, Trump’s rally in Ohio shows the media still doesn’t get it-Rubin washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

A Sneaky Form of Climate Obstruction Hurts Pension Funds: Anti-ESG directives by Republican states put retirements of teachers and firefighters at risk-Read "nytimes.com/2022/09/17/opi…

Engaging with a World in Turmoil-Bob Rae "The project of our time is our engagement with the tumultuous world in which we now find ourselves...we are in the rapids and must go on" policymagazine.ca/engaging-with-…

Today Open Society Foundations, @GatesFoundation & The Rockefeller Foundation launch the new $5M Multilateral Development Bank Challenge Fund to spur reforms in multilateral development banks & prompt IMF World Bank to increase lending to low- and middle-income countries. devex.com/news/rockefell…

Thank you again contributors to the special issue on Growing Gender Lens Investing in Emerging Markets! htps://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tsfi20/collections/Gender-investing-markets Amazing to meet in person @GenderSmartIS with many of you!

Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Just Held the Senate. Here’s What We Do Next. "Instead of capitulating to election deniers, we should keep fighting for working families — because when we fight for working people, we win." nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opi…

Canada supports the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution call for global action to #EndPlasticPollution by 2040. Read the Coalition’s statement: ow.ly/Kcsn50LNgPP