The recent spread of COVID-19 across the world shows the gaps in our collective preparedness and many systemic and social inequalities. For instance, how do ...

From Sister Anne Karges: As a Blue Community we have the opportunity for forming many partnerships around our concern for water justice. Paul Baines, our pro...

From January 26 to February 4th, 2020, the Norwegian-based Being Salmon, Being Human performance traveled between five Great Lakes locations to enliven our r...

When telling a new person about this Blue Community project, you likely only have a minute or two before they either “get it” and want to hear more or they w...

One question I get as the CSJ Blue Community coordinator is "what actions can I take to live this water pledge?" Many of the actions we can take to honour wa...

By Mike Balkwill, Wellington Water Watchers I am writing with an update on the Say No To Nestlé campaign of the Wellington Water Watchers. When I last wrote ...

In 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) after 2 decades of development and negot...

By Mike Balkwill, Wellington Water Watchers I work as the Campaign Director for the Wellington Water Watchers. Paul Baines, (CSJ Blue Community Coordinator) ...

You may have noticed more and more events and organizations are creating and announcing 'land acknowledgements' to name the Indigenous / traditional territor...

with a contribution from Shirley Favot (CSJ Associate in Sudbury) I took the photo on the left at the filling station at Bell Park on a walk to the Science N...

On May 23, our CSJ Blue Community project was invited to speak on a panel as part of the Joint Ecological Ministry's event called: Decolonization and Climate...

Catholic and Public schools in Guelph invited us into four of their Grade 8 classrooms in May as part of their H2awesome annual water literacy program. Two w...

The Blue Community project was invited to speak at two Catholic Women's League events this April. This adds to a recent presentation Sr. Linda Parent (CSJ) g...

Linda Parent (CSJ) was invited to give a one-day reflection day with 52 CWL members in Windsor. She chose the theme water because the season of Lent offers...

Across the Federation and around the world, people celebrated World Water Day Friday, March 22. Because water is a human right, shared commons and sacred gif...

Helping us get ready for World Water Day, I called Dillon Koopmans from Water First. This is a non-governmental organization offering water quality testing a...

Written by Sr. Nancy Sullivan (CSJ In Canada Congregation) When I lived in Jamaica from 1993 to 2007, our water supply would frequently be cut off and though...

Text for this post was offered by Sr. Janet Speth and Varka Kalaydzhieva. For the first time, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto took part in the celebrati...

A friend of mine shared a short video with me the other day with a simple message. A man wakes up in disbelief and wrapped up in Christmas paper. He unwraps ...

On October 29th, Blue Communities Coordinator Paul Baines came to Toronto for two separate events. The first stop was by the Don River at the O'Connor Street...