Politics and Faith in an Age of Anger Expand All + Collapse All - Course Number: GC223 Subject: Global Citizenship Social Justice IssuesThe churches influence refugee policies in Canadacanad* refugee* migrant* migrat* immigrant* immigrat* asylum policy policies legislat*Canadian churches negotiate the private sponsorship of refugeescanad* refugee* migrant* migrat* immigrant* immigrat* asylum sponsor*Project North defends indigenous rights, the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline proposalcanad* indigenous indian native reserve territor* oil pipeline rightsCanada's Catholic Bishops speak out about economic justicecanad* catholic econon* justice poverty poor rich wealthy disparityCanadian churches oppose apartheid in South Africacanad* "south africa" race black white apartheid mandela tutuNorthern Canadian bishops respond to violence against womencanad* catholic violence abuse women female "missing and murdered indigenous women" MMIW Canadian churches challenge the economic systemcanad* economy "economic justice" rich poor disparityCanadian churches defend Medicarecanad* medicare healthcare "health care"Women around the world march for rightscanad* women feminism rights justice CEJI mobilizes to cancel the debts of global South countriescanad* poor debt indebted "global south" "third world" Mozambique (etc.) "drop the debt" "jubilee 2000"Contemporary issuesOfficial church responsesChristian church denominaton web sites often list issues of importance. Some examples include:Anglican Church of CanadaCanadian Conference of Catholic BishopsThe Presbyterian Church in CanadaUnited Church of CanadaThink-tanksOrganizations that conduct research and advocate for public policy (think-tanks) often have posts or papers on contemporary issues. A Christian-specific example is:CardusKairos Other non-faith-based examples include:Canadian Centre for Policy AlternativesC. D. Howe InstututeThe Dais (Toronto Metropolitan University)Mackenzie InstitutePublic Policy ForumSearch tipsput "phrases on quotation marks""economic justice" "health care"search for word variations with the asteriskcanad* = canada, canadian, canadianssearch related terms with ORhealthcare OR "health care"search unrelated terms with ANDcanada AND (poor OR poverty)Related tutorialsBetter searching using AND, OR, NOTBetter searching using truncationGetting precise results: narrowing your searchUsing search words effectivelyNews and magazine articlesFor the assignment for this course, the following database will provide you with a wide range of news and magazine resources. ProQuest databases (all) Search all ProQuest databases at once. More Info This video repeats some of the suggestions covered in class about how to structure your own searches. There are "bookmarks" so you can fast forward/rewind to different sections if need be. Just use the small bookmark icon beside the "play" button.Scholarly books and articlesUse Omni to locate scholarly books and articles (peer-reviewed)In Omni results, under "Modify your search" at the left, limit the search facetsto "Books and eBooks" to "Articles" and "Peer-Reviewed Journals"Related tutorialsWhat is a peer-reviewed journal?Identifying peer-reviewed journalsFinding books in OmniHow to find and limit to scholarly articles in OmniAdvanced search in Omni