Before the first cases of COVID-19 even reached the United States, Asian Americans were facing discrimination and were the target of hate crimes. As the cases began to increase, so did the rate of hate crimes against Asian Americans, which was largely emphasised due to policy language and mass media. …
Almost a million home appraisals occur in Canada each year. In the video below a CBC News team got six different appraisals of a 4000 square foot home, two of each appraiser were assigned to three different racial groups: Caucasian, southeast Asian and African-American. When presented with a black owner …
Slow Street programs developed around the US have been both lauded and identified as the cause of much controversy as many failed to address the needs of BIPOC communities. Slow Street programs are popular around the world and have been celebrated for having a major positive impact on recreation and …
A report produced by McKinsey Global Institute finds that closing the gender gap in the workplace could result in a $12 trillion increase in global GDP by 2025. This would be the outcome of a scenario in which the countries match the fastest-improving country in their respective regions, and would …
As with every election, issues of housing and climate are the major talking points of the parties. A denser city might be a potential policy solution, but it will be an uphill battle regardless of who’s winning. The common acknowledgement is that city residents generate fewer emissions due to proximity …
After many years of protests and organizing campaigns calling for changes to protect land for manufacturing, the New York City Council approved changes to zoning in December of 2018. In New York many manufacturing industries began in neighbourhoods where there were affordable housing developments. However, since the rise of other …
A Fifteen-Minute City is a city-building concept that promotes the idea that everything one needs to function (shops, parks, restaurants, etc.) should always be within a fifteen-minute walk of your home. This is a popular concept, but Sweden is going even further with the One-Minute City. A One-Minute City is …
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) is aiming to convert its light-duty fleet to electric vehicles (EV) by 2028. As part of the State’s goal to reduce fuel consumption for ground transportation, the department signed a 10-year service contract with Sustainability Partners LLC., allowing all state and county agencies to …
Vortex Bladeless is a start-up that invented a bladeless wind turbine that oscillates to collect kinetic energy from the wind. David Yanez, the co-founder of the company, says that this wind turbine will generate electricity at 30 percent of the cost of conventional wind turbines. The turbine is designed to …
2020 has been a problematic year for the aviation industry. COVID-19 has seen airlines cancel orders from suppliers and the giants of aviation, Boeing and Airbus, have laid off thousands of workers. Governments have stepped in financially to keep the aviation industry in the air, but many believe that climate …