2024
The health crisis of meat consumption: A persistent threat
Vegan Society of Canada News, October 18th 2024
Processed and red meats are potentially the most consumed carcinogenic group 1 and group 2 substances in the world. These meats are advertised to all ages, forced in public institutions, and purchased by the unwitting public worldwide. We don’t need new evidence to convince people that processed meat is dangerous—on par with other carcinogenic group 1 substances including tobacco, asbestos and lead...
Into the abyss: The case for saving our deep seas
Vegan Society of Canada News, September 20th 2024
Oceans cover over 70% of the earth, and as of June 2024, only 26.1% of the sea floor had been mapped. There are various reasons for this, one being the costs since a vast majority of the seafloor is at ranges of 3,000 to 6,000 meters, which is difficult to explore with current means. Scientists also believe that about 91% of species in the oceans have yet to be identified...
Eating Fear: The cortisol connection in animal consumption
Vegan Society of Canada News, July 19th 2024
There’s a lot of ground to cover to investigate the various detrimental effects to humans from eating meat due to the fear those animals experience in slaughterhouses, but as is often the case, there is still much we don’t know. Fear itself is hard to measure, so to quantify fear in animals perhaps the best proxy is cortisol...
Prostate cancer update
Vegan Society of Canada News, June 20th 2024
Scientifically, it is now clear that animal agriculture has various negative impacts on our health and society at large. However, just like a variety of predominantly lifestyle diseases like lung cancer and diabetes, it continues to afflict us despite the large body of scientific evidence...
After years of appeals we finally succeeded
Vegan Society of Canada News, June 5th 2024
We’re delighted to announce that after several years of efforts by many dedicated individuals, our latest appeal for our charitable status was successful! As of April 19, 2024, Vegan Society Canada is now officially recognized as a charitable organization...
Decolonization
Vegan Society of Canada News, April 19th 2024
There are various reasons to leave the typical North American diet behind, from health to the environment and ethics. However, today we will touch on decolonization, a motivation we don’t often hear about in Canada, the US and most of the G-20. But for some people, decolonization can be a major factor in the adoption of veganism or a change of diet...
More compassion needed
Vegan Society of Canada News, March 21st 2024
We once thought that lofty promises of change seemed theoretically possible by 2030, but since that’s only six years away, let’s look at how we are doing. The latest IEA report for 2023 shows that, instead of reducing emissions, we once again increased overall emissions by 1.1% with most of the increase coming from China...
We have updated our FAQ on human animal rights and veganism
Vegan Society of Canada News, February 23rd 2024
We have updated our FAQ on human animal rights and veganism with new information on legal development and recommendation.
We have updated our article on the misleading calcium recommendations
Vegan Society of Canada News, January 23rd 2024
We have updated our article on the misleading calcium recommendations with new information on cardiovascular health research and downloadable infographics.