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, 2022
- 6 min
Safe Drinking Water For All: status update
safe drinking water report
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CSJ Blue Community
- Nov 24, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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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