Population Institute Canada Newsletter, February 2016

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Newsletter No.4, February 2016

PIC is the voice of Canadians concerned with global overpopulation and its negative human and environmental consequences.
-Madeline Weld, Ph.D.
President, Population Institute Canada

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Sir David Attenborough, Patron

PIC is delighted to announce that Sir David Attenborough — famed naturalist, broadcaster and documentary producer — has joined our growing list of distinguished Patrons. Visit our Patrons' Profile Page highlighting the career, accomplishments and impact of this formidable voice for planet Earth.

PIC in Action

Winter Outreach 2015-2016

In November, President Weld spoke to the Ideas Club in Annan near Owen Sound, Ontario, on the challenges of population growth, both in Canada and globally.

PIC's Letter to the Editor responding to Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders' article on what we can learn from China's one-child policy was published in The Globe's November 3rd edition.

Population Awareness

A comprehensive new study published by the Public Library of Science finds that 20% of Earth's natural remaining ecosystems risk conversion to development over the next 35 years to meet the needs of the UN's projected 9.6 billion people by 2050.To highlight risk, researchers mapped the potential impact human growth will have on natural lands if development is left unchecked.

Sexual Health, Rights and Education in Canada

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Timing of Access to Abortion Pill Still Uncertain in Canada

Although medication to terminate pregnancy within the first 49 days of gestation was approved by Health Canada last year, the the latest news PIC can find suggests that no decision has yet been made on when the "abortion pill," RU-486, will be available in Canada.

Meeting of the Minds

In May, 2015, President Obama interviewed Sir David Attenborough on the occasion of the latter's 89th birthday. Their conversation focused on a number of environmental concerns, including a love of nature and how to protect it, the challenges of climate change, and rising populations. Scroll to the 12:26 mark to access Sir David Attenborough's comments on global population challenges.

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Saluting Malthus: PIC's Tribute in the Montreal Gazette

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February 13, 2016, marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of English economist and cleric Thomas Malthus. President Madeline Weld reflects on humanity's relationship with Malthus and the planet in a personal letter to the population scholar that was released full-length to media and members, and can be read in PIC's newsroom. An abridged version of her salute to Malthus was published as an Op-Ed in the Montreal Gazette.

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Earth's Fragility Captured and Exposed

Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot — a powerful coffee table book— is a gorgeous compilation of information and inspiration produced by Population Media Center's Global Population Speak Out Campaign. Several copies have been distributed at population presentations. VP/Executive Director Clifford Garrard also presented one to Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, and plans to gift copies to selected Government ministers and other federal party leaders including the Prime Minister.

PIC Sister Organization PMC Wins 4-Star Rating

USA-based sister organization, Population Media Center, has been awarded a coveted 4-star rating for the fourth year in a row. This ranks PMC, (whose material PIC draws heavily upon), in the top nine percent of charities in America — a demonstration of exceptionally high levels of transparency and worthiness of public trust.

Go Forth and Multiply?

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Words From the Wise

“Human population can no longer be allowed to grow in the same old uncontrolled way. If we do not take charge of our population size, then nature will do it for us.”

-PIC Patron Sir David Attenborough

PIC is the voice of Canadians concerned with overpopulation and its negative human and environmental impact. Founded in 1992, it campaigns to increase support for reproductive health and education, especially for women and girls, and for universal, voluntary access to family planning which the UN notes, "...could bring more benefits to more people at less cost than any other single technology available to the human race."

Fact: Continued global population growth, together with overconsumption, is incompatible with a healthy, sustainable future for humanity and the environment.

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