- by Melissa Schneider, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Queen’s Park MPPs left Toronto last week, returning to their local constituencies for an extended summer break. That means your local politicians will be in and around the community over the next five months, providing a great opportunity to talk with them about the issues impacting the agri-food sector and the...
- by Keith Currie, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Mental wellness on the farm is gaining momentum as the industry draws attention to the impact silent suffering has on the health of our farms, families and rural communities. The federal government...
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
When we discuss the impact of changes to library services, I remember Sydenham Community School in the Mike Harris years. Several mothers, all of us educated and under-employed, volunteered in the school library. We worried that we were just reinforcing the government’s view that there was no need for professional teacher-librarians in schools because...
- by Brent Royce, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
The provincial government recently released a discussion paper – Modernizing Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Program – as they consider changes to the Environmental Assessment Act. The government has asked for public input on the proposed vision for the environmental assessment program based on the...
Why does so much sexual assault prevention focus on defining sexual assault? As May’s Sexual Assault Prevention Month draws to a close it’s worth asking whether the conversations our community has about sexual violence are as effective as possible. They might not be.
Over the years I’ve led conversations about sexual violence and healthy relationships with groups in...
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