Flavie Halais is a freelance journalist based in Montreal, Canada, covering international issues and cities through a social lens. Her work has appeared in WIRED, the Guardian, Le Monde Afrique, Jeune Afrique, the Correspondent ,and Devex.
Climate change can have profound consequences on well-being, yet the connection is rarely acknowledged. Devex explores how a planetary health approach can help us understand and alleviate the psychological stress on populations impacted.
Humanitarian challenges are becoming increasingly complex and volatile. Devex speaks with three organizations that have been building their agility through stronger collaboration and power sharing.
Thanks to advances in technology, satellite imagery is more accessible than ever. Here’s how the development community can benefit from analysis-ready data.
The development sector expected the federal election campaign to spur a renewed debate on Canada’s role and its commitment to feminist foreign policy. Instead, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has pledged to gut Canada’s foreign budget by 25%.
The "blue economy" holds the promise of helping small island developing states achieve economic growth while protecting the world’s oceans. Devex looks at how this can be done.
Small island developing states are among the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Devex examines how innovative mechanisms to finance, plan, and implement strategies are helping SIDS build climate resilience.
Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy placed the country as a global leader on gender-focused foreign aid. Two years on, Devex looks at whether the policy is living up to its promises.
A new report highlights the role played by people in safeguarding much of the world’s carbon reserves. Yet the authors say governments are largely ignoring one of the most cost-efficient ways to avoid the release of carbon emissions: Recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to collectively own and manage their land.
