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CSJ Blue Community
Mar 20, 20233 min read
World Water Day 2023
March 22nd marks this year's World Water Day and we wanted to share a few key program updates. Water Justice Manifesto Just this week the...
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CSJ Blue Community
Nov 29, 20226 min read
Safe Drinking Water For All: status update
safe drinking water report
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CSJ Blue Community
Nov 24, 20224 min read
Conservation Without Authority: Bill 23
At the end of October, the Ontario government introduced Bill 23 (More Homes Built Faster Act) to build 1.5 million new homes in southern...
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CSJ Blue Community
Aug 29, 20224 min read
Our Recycling Habit Is In Need of Repair
Two billion. There are over 2 billion people globally who lack access to clean water and sanitation. There are also 2 billion plastic...
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CSJ Blue Community
May 19, 20227 min read
The Gift of Water: a retreat at the Villa St. Joseph
On March 23rd (the Day after World Water Day) our CSJ Blue Community coordinator (Paul Baines) facilitated a day-long retreat on the...
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CSJ Blue Community
Mar 21, 20223 min read
School Posters for World Water Day
This month, we mailed out 228 of our large and colourful posters to 20 schools in 6 different school boards across Ontario. The poster is...
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CSJ Blue Community
Feb 22, 20222 min read
Four Reasons for No Nuclear: a Federation response
The following is a letter from the Federation's Office of Systemic Justice. Executive Director Sr. Sue Wilson writes to our Federal...
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CSJ Blue Community
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Solidarity In Action: water unites
On Friday September 24th, about 100 people united around climate and water justice. For residents in the Guelph area and for members of...
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CSJ Blue Community
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Walking the Talk: activating for the water
Last fall, the CSJ Blue Community coordinator Paul Baines gave a presentation about 6 different water agreements that can help shape an...
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CSJ Blue Community
May 10, 20214 min read
Making Money Off Water Scarcity
By Sr. Sue Wilson, CSJ On behalf of the Federation, the Office for Systemic Justice signed an international petition, organized by...
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CSJ Blue Community
Apr 21, 20212 min read
Water is the First Medicine: a conversation with WaterAid
United as a Blue Community, the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph organized an online conversation with WaterAid about clean and...
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CSJ Blue Community
Apr 21, 20211 min read
Honouring the Value of Water: World Water Day
On March 22, 2021 The Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph hosted an online event for World Water Day. The international theme this year...
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CSJ Blue Community
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Calling our Government In: 3 examples
by Sister Patricia McKeon CSJ The Saturday, April 3rd edition of The Globe and Mail contains three articles that should concern us all...
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CSJ Blue Community
Feb 16, 20211 min read
5 years later: a reflection on Laudato Si'
Seeing, Judging and Acting. These three frames organize a new documentary focusing on Laudato Si', the 2015 encyclical written by Pope...
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CSJ Blue Community
Feb 9, 20211 min read
Water for All: a conversation with Water First
On January 26, 2021 the Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph invited John Millar (Founder and Executive Director of Water First) into a...
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CSJ Blue Community
Jan 18, 20214 min read
Water is Alive: a conversation
On January 13, there was a conversation between several Indigenous water leaders and their reflections on ways to recognize water as a...
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CSJ Blue Community
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Junction Creek Clean Up: Sudbury volunteers for water
By Sister Bonnie Chesser As members of the Sisters of St. Joseph Blue Community project, we have been hoping to connect with other groups...
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CSJ Blue Community
Nov 2, 20203 min read
Recycled Ideas About Plastic
While COVID has boosted our use of single-use plastics even further with take-out containers, cutlery, and PPE (masks and gloves), it...
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CSJ Blue Community
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Private Water Public Concern: a case study in Chile
Most Canadians take clean and affordable water for granted. Water access is not universal in Canada with rural and First Nation...
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CSJ Blue Community
Oct 13, 20205 min read
Looking 12 Months Back - some progress
2020 was the year our project developed an original engagement poster and related video to introduce the project’s main themes to a wider...
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