Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Ghana’s informal mining harms health and the land – but reforms must work with people, not against them

By Albert Kobina Mensah, Research scientist in soil remediation and mining sector sustainability, Ruhr University Bochum

Artisanal small-scale mining has been practised in Ghana for over a century. In 2018, small-scale miners generated 2.1 million ounces of gold, accounting for 43.1% of total gold production in the country. The sector employs 60% of Ghana’s mining workforce.

But…

Read complete article

~	A lasting legacy of Ignacio Tomichá Chuvé: Revitalizing the Bésiro language on the internet

~	Marina Abramović retrospective celebrates the grand dame of performance art – but questions the genre's future

~	What is an abaya − and why does it cause such controversy in France? A scholar of European studies explains

~	Philly undercounts students who are homeless – here's what parents need to know to advocate for their child

~	Harassment and abuse perceived to harm poor women less − new research finds a 'thicker skin' bias

~	Why central banks should stop raising interest rates

~	Hip-hop on trial: When can a rapper's lyrics be used as evidence in a criminal case?

~	Why some Indians want to change the country's name to 'Bharat'

~	What will this government shutdown shut down? Social Security and the IRS keep going; SBA loans and some food and safety inspections do not

~	Azerbaijan's use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh risks undermining key international norms, signaling to dictators that might makes right