Today, the 85 richest people in the world have a combined wealth that is equal to that of half of the rest of the world's people.
Why is the world so unequal? How has the emergence of a global market economy influenced this inequality? How are complex global forces experienced in people’s everyday lives?
Global Justice and Development Studies at Trent is an interdisciplinary program that studies human inequality in global perspective. Taking a comparative approach, it examines the sources and consequences of such inequality, looking at economic, cultural, political, historical, gender, environmental and social dimensions.
The Human Rights program focuses on promoting justice through human rights in a global context, providing a comprehensive perspective on it's importance in contemporary global issues.
We pay particular attention to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations, especially those of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, regions increasingly known as the ‘Global South’, and their complex relations with the most powerful regions, groups and international organizations. As Canada’s first Global Justice and Development program, it remains in the forefront with its coherent curriculum and dedicated faculty.
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