Feb 15, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
GSN Founder and Executive Director, and Trent University chancellor Don Tapscott received his Order of Canada from Governor General David Johnston at a ceremony last Friday morning at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Tapscott was one of 87 individuals named to the Order of...
Dec 15, 2015 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
For the first time Saudi women have the right to vote in their country’s elections. The recent elections were historic not only for the suffrage of the women voters, but because women were also running for positions in the government. 978 women registered as...
Dec 1, 2015 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, News
The Fight Against Gender Violence has a Color Orange is the new hot shade when it comes to fighting violence against women and girls. Demonstrations and activities using the bright signature color have been going on around the world for several months, with the...
Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
A new report from the World Bank, Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty, shows that, unchecked, the effects of climate change could push 100 million or more people into poverty in the next fifteen years. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the...
Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
The Legatum Insitute, a London-based think tank, does an annual ranking of countries using eight indices. Their 2015 Prosperity Index report has just come out. See the complete Legatum Prosperity Ranking data here. Among the headline findings from this...
Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, Human Rights, Peace & Conflict
Using data from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), a Finnish data visualization site, Lucify, created a stunning interactive graphic that shows the magnitude of the refugee crisis. “We aimed to convey the magnitude of the crisis in a way that is intuitive, memorable and...