Melinda is a Senior Editor, Copy Editor, and Staff Writer for the HIR. She is interested in human rights and international law, and has written extensively on the topic of Canadian politics.
Energy & Environment
"Involvement of indigenous First Nations, Métis, and Inuit groups as consultants and equity stakeholders in fossil fuel projects has become a strategy used to circumvent questions about sustainability and responsibility"
The Americas
"While most people have come to recognize the terrible harms caused by colonialism, many legal systems are existing holdovers from colonial periods, serving entrenched interests that perpetuate colonial power structures."
The Americas
"Canada sadly cannot return to the past and fix its mistakes, but what the government can do is learn from history and leave a legacy future generations will be proud to uphold."
The Americas
The Canadian electoral system has come to a standstill, leading to increasing voter dissatisfaction and diminishing participation rates which threaten the very foundation of democracy.
The Americas
Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. The unalienable human rights as outlined in the United States’ Declaration of Independence. The Canadian equivalent is found in Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, titled the Fundamental Freedoms: freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression,
Energy & Environment
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has long been plagued by the development of the Trans-Mountain pipeline, a project which would deliver crude oil from the tar sands in the province of Alberta to the Western coast of British Columbia for distribution on the world market. Back in 2018,