Social Issues

Last update:05/03/032

SOCIAL ISSUES

CBC News In-depth: Background on many relevant issues

Religion and Ethics: Euthanasia, Cloning,etc.

Social Issues: This web page has been created to meet the needs of Multnomah County middle and high school students researching current social issues from multiple (mainly American)perspectives.

Selected Readings in Social Criticism

M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

Canadian Foreign Policy Stance on Various Social Issues

World Bank Organization: Tackling the Issues : AIDS, Climate Change, Corruption, Education, Energy, Food and Agriculture , Gender , Health, Information and Communications, International Trade, Natural Resources, Pollution, Population, Poverty, Private Sector Development, Sustainable Development ,Urbanization, Water and Sanitation

Canadian Perspectives: Canadian Perspectives reports on the work of the Council of Canadians and explores important political developments affecting Canadians. Recent articles in Canadian Perspectives have explored the impacts of increased concentration of media ownership, the dangers behind proposed bulk water exports, the growing worries about genetically engineered foods and the burgeoning power of the World Trade Organization.

Social Issues

Issues and Controversies

CANADIAN HEALTH NETWORK : Information on many topics related to your health and well-being and youth topics

MAJOR GLOBAL ISSUES

CIDA: Major Global Issues

MAD COW DISEASE

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ISSUES

BIOTECH

About Biotech

Genetics/Biotechnology Theme Page

Cloning Debate

Cloning

Conceiving a Clone

Genetics

Designer genes

Diving into the Gene Pool

Bioethics Links

Cloning Report: All you ever wanted to know

Cloning: Are Humans Next? (look under archived features)

Genetics and Society

How Human Cloning Will Work

National Human Genome Research Institute : Funds research in chromosome mapping, DNA sequencing, database development,technology development for genome research, and studies of the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics research.

Stem Cell Debate

PRIMER ON ETHICS AND HUMAN CLONING

REFUGEES

United Nations High Comissioner for Regugees

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD

DNA for Dinner?
Calling for a new 'Green Revolution'
Urges harnessing scientific advances to fight hunger and poverty
Greenpeace: Genetically Engineered Food
Genetically Engineered Food: Changing Mother nature (Video available: # 905 )
Food Fight: Issues relating to Genetically Modified Food