United Nations

Scott Gilmore on mass rape, Canada, and the desperate need for UN reform

Follow along with speedy punditry on Ban Ki-moon’s comments in Ottawa—and Trudeau’s big challenge on climate goals

In a refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley, Michael Friscolanti speaks to families holding out for safe haven

Maclean’s explains the five-step resettlement process that refugees typically go through to get to Canada

Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie describes what it was like taking the 2015 Live Below The Line challenge, living on $1.75 per day

Sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations on Friday eclipse previous development goals in scope and double them in number

’We didn’t start calling it a “crisis” until people began arriving in Europe,’ Scott Gilmore writes

The United Nations set eight ambitious goals for 2015 to dramatically improve global health and welfare. How close will it come to hitting its targets?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a much weaker record on foreign policy than he would have Canadians believe

A survey of international changes under Harper, from trade to diplomatic data, suggests the answer is ’no’