by Doreen Nicoll | Aug 2, 2026 | News
The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) is hosting the 2026 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) from August 19 to 22. This year’s list of impressive presenters will address the theme, Basic Income & the Polycrisis: The key to unlocking the puzzle.
Sheila Regehr, Chair of BICN told rabble.ca:
“While ‘polycrisis’ might not yet be a common word, people around the globe know it well because we all live it daily in many ways — the impacts of AI and social media, floods, drought, fires, health problems, insecure jobs, inflation, racism, steep inequality, war and other interconnected crises that can’t be solved in siloes, or one puzzle piece at a time. It’s a dangerous direction for people and planet.
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by Doreen Nicoll | May 12, 2026 | Events, News
Ontario Basic Income recipient – Photo credit: Jessie Golem
The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) along with allies including Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) are organizing the 2026 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress being held in Toronto from August 20 to 22, 2026. The theme of the BIEN Congress is Basic Income & the Polycrisis: The key to unlocking the puzzle.
The Congress will mark BIEN’s 40th anniversary and it is a testament to how the Basic Income movement has grown internationally as well as how people from a wide array of countries have shared their knowledge and findings.
In fact, the Basic Income movement has accumulated so much knowledge that organizing and sustaining institutional capacity may be the greatest challenge it now faces.
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