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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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...

Two billion. There are over 2 billion people globally who lack access to clean water and sanitation. There are also 2 billion plastic...

On March 23rd (the Day after World Water Day) our CSJ Blue Community coordinator (Paul Baines) facilitated a day-long retreat on the...

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...

The following is a letter from the Federation's Office of Systemic Justice. Executive Director Sr. Sue Wilson writes to our Federal...

On Friday September 24th, about 100 people united around climate and water justice. For residents in the Guelph area and for members of...

Last fall, the CSJ Blue Community coordinator Paul Baines gave a presentation about 6 different water agreements that can help shape an...

By Sr. Sue Wilson, CSJ On behalf of the Federation, the Office for Systemic Justice signed an international petition, organized by...

United as a Blue Community, the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph organized an online conversation with WaterAid about clean and...

On March 22, 2021 The Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph hosted an online event for World Water Day. The international theme this year...

by Sister Patricia McKeon CSJ The Saturday, April 3rd edition of The Globe and Mail contains three articles that should concern us all...

Seeing, Judging and Acting. These three frames organize a new documentary focusing on Laudato Si', the 2015 encyclical written by Pope...

On January 26, 2021 the Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph invited John Millar (Founder and Executive Director of Water First) into a...

On January 13, there was a conversation between several Indigenous water leaders and their reflections on ways to recognize water as a...

By Sister Bonnie Chesser As members of the Sisters of St. Joseph Blue Community project, we have been hoping to connect with other groups...

While COVID has boosted our use of single-use plastics even further with take-out containers, cutlery, and PPE (masks and gloves), it...

Most Canadians take clean and affordable water for granted. Water access is not universal in Canada with rural and First Nation...

2020 was the year our project developed an original engagement poster and related video to introduce the project’s main themes to a wider...