If you’d also like to get involved in solving the problem and help women who’ve been incarcerated, we’ve compiled a list of organizations and programs, below, that you can support.
Around 85 percent of women in a British Columbia prison come out homeless. "There are very few places for women to go when they get released," says one advocate.
Our series takes a global look at the problem: why women are ending up in prison, what it's like for them inside and how activists are fighting to keep people out.
A First Nations group in British Columbia is trying to counter the environmental and economic impact of sea-based salmon farming by starting a new kind of salmon farm — on land. But the enterprise is fraught with challenges.
Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?
Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.
If you want to upset French language purists, learn to speak Chiac. It's a dialect of Acadian French spoken in New Brunswick that borrows liberally from English. Even as other North American dialects and languages are vanishing, Chiac seems to be sticking around.
Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.
Ontario requires a prayer space in schools, but a backlash against Muslim student prayer outside Toronto resulted in the tearing of a Quran and threats against the community.
Canadian Omar Khadr was just 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade in Afghanistan that injured Sergeant Layne Morris and killed another American. Now Khadr is suing the Canadian government for $20 million and Sergeant Morris intends to stop him from using that money.
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.
After the shooting and the lockdown in Ottawa, Canadian police have shared details about the suspected gunman: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian citizen with a criminal record and a confiscated passport. But further information about his conversion to Islam and radicalization is still scarce.
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Health & Medicine
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
Updated
Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?
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Conflict & Justice
'They look at our children as monsters, and they're not,' argues mom of ISIS fighter
PRI's The World
December 30, 2015
Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Purists don't like this mix of Acadian French and English, but it may be helping the French language in Canada
The World in Words
April 05, 2016
If you want to upset French language purists, learn to speak Chiac. It's a dialect of Acadian French spoken in New Brunswick that borrows liberally from English. Even as other North American dialects and languages are vanishing, Chiac seems to be sticking around.
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Arts, Culture & Media
How a Canadian radio host's firing started a global conversation about sexual assault
PRI's The World
November 04, 2014
Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.
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Development & Education
Canadian groups are lashing out about Muslim prayer in schools
GlobalPost
May 24, 2017
Ontario requires a prayer space in schools, but a backlash against Muslim student prayer outside Toronto resulted in the tearing of a Quran and threats against the community.
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Conflict & Justice
An ex-US soldier sues his adversary in Afghanistan to keep him from reaping millions of dollars
PRI's The World
June 02, 2014
Canadian Omar Khadr was just 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade in Afghanistan that injured Sergeant Layne Morris and killed another American. Now Khadr is suing the Canadian government for $20 million and Sergeant Morris intends to stop him from using that money.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Why I’m actually moving to Canada
PRI's The World
November 16, 2016
The United States, which gave refuge to my Kosovar wife, is no place for our future children.
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Conflict & Justice
Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
PRI's The World
February 23, 2017
"I think I was the only living thing walking there, with my bicycle. ... I've never felt as miserable as that day."
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Conflict & Justice
Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.
PRI's The World
January 13, 2015
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.
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Conflict & Justice
Details emerge about the suspect in the Ottawa shooting, but not about potential terrorist ties
PRI's The World
October 23, 2014
After the shooting and the lockdown in Ottawa, Canadian police have shared details about the suspected gunman: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian citizen with a criminal record and a confiscated passport. But further information about his conversion to Islam and radicalization is still scarce.