Several European countries and numerous organizations have spoken up, but Canada has neither joined in nor issued a statement of their own

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OTTAWA - The Carney government has opted against joining Germany, France and others in condemning Turkey

The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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A collapse in foreign assistance by wealthy countries has put millions of lives at risk. Canada, despite its global reputation, has followed a similar retreat from poverty reduction and human rights

OECD says 2025 marked historic decline in aid as countries face economic strain

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OTTAWA — The former U.S. diplomat for LGBTQ+ rights is urging Canada to boost its support for gender and sexual minorities abroad — and South Africa says Ottawa can help hold the line against the Trum...

McLeod Group blog by Stephen Brown, April 20, 2026 The latest numbers on foreign aid are out, and 2025 proved to be a record-breaking year – but not for the right reasons. It was a historic retreat, w...

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Canada’s new approach to international development has a bizarre set of priorities

As Prime Minister Mark Carney puts trade and security at the centre of Canada’s foreign policy, observers say Ottawa is also shifting how it asserts its values on the world stage.

Alors que le premier ministre Mark Carney place le commerce et la sécurité au cœur de la politique étrangère canadienne, les observateurs constatent qu’Ottawa modifie également sa façon d’affirmer ses...

The U.S. and other countries cut funding for LGBTQ+ rights as a global backlash spreads, but activists vow to keep up their work

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Norway is increasing its support to organisations working to advance LGBTQ+ rights, including efforts to combat violence and discrimination. Norad is entering new agreements with the Norwegian organis...

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Since the mid-2010s, scholars and practitioners have been increasingly interested in the integration of development cooperation, humanitarian action and peacebu...

McLeod Group blog by Stephen Brown, November 25, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered the death blow to Canada’s feminist foreign policy while attending the G20 summit in South Africa a couple of...

Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government

In an increasingly complex world, Canada’s aid program is not a ‘nice to have’ – it’s a ‘need to have.’

McLeod Group blog by Stephen Brown, November 10, 2025 Does the world need less Canada? One might think so, reading last week’s federal budget. The cuts to foreign aid and how they are justified sugges...

The Carney government says it is cutting foreign aid spending to a level in line with Canada’s pre-pandemic aid allocations — without specifying the size of this year’s aid budget.

Ottawa will impose the $2.7-billion foreign aid cut over the next four years

With Mark Carney’s first ever federal budget just over a week away, international development advocates are calling on the prime minister to keep his pre-election pledge to uphold foreign aid funding.

Mauritius is widely praised for policies that have minimized tensions between ethno-religious groups. Other types of groups, however, are excluded from that sociopolitical ordering of society. In p...

Our aim is to assemble a community of scholars who research and/or teach on issues of politics and ‘development’. The group seeks to foster critical reflection on the concept of 'development', with…

The Sage/CQ Press Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor both research-based projects and those that may involve activism that has focused on advancing social justice and addressing inequality and inequity in society. Citation from the Award Committee: This is a scholarly intervention in the literature on LGBTQI rights that is on the level of the contributions of scholars such as Barrington Moore and Theda Skocpol.