We just finished World Water day, and as Canadians, we tend to undervalue our water systems and exploit them ruthlessly through personal, industrial and agricultural use. One could argue that this is due to the “staple thesis” or Canada’s economy being reliant on the extraction and production of natural resources but really? That’s kind of a lame excuse I would expect to hear from someone in economics (sorry, sister). In terms of water, Canada is well off geographically. It is surrounded by three oceans, has the large basins of the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay and is riddled with smaller lakes along its surface- particularly in the Niagara Escarpment region. In fact, Canada possesses the third largest amount of renewable freshwater in the world following Brazil and Russia. However, Canadians are terrible at using their water. This precious resource is being exhausted by Canadians who each use on average 335L a day! Per capita, our country ranks second last in water consumption- followed ...

Photo Credit: Jonathan Rausseo On Friday, February 25, Annux Dossitt (age unknown) was seen preparing for the DILA (Day of Information for a Lifetime of Action) at uOttawa, an annual youth conference featuring a multitude of awareness-raising workshops intended to motivate. "I’ve been to 'youth inspiring' type events before", Annux reported "so I’m used to the routine: listen to a handful of keynote speakers, go to workshops and develop your newfound inspiration, then think of ways you as an individual can go about solving the issues you’re passionate about. It’s not something I thought I’d do again, so it was nice being a part of that. What I wasn't used to was experiencing it from the opposite side; this time around I was the one leading and inspiring, rather than the one being led and inspired.” Annux’s group decided to take part in the 'Human Trafficking' workshop, which raised awareness towards human slavery, and how is still very much a prevalen...