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Canada - LinksF-email FightbackMarch 19, 2008 - 12:07pm
http://cupwsisters.blogspot.com/ - F-email Fightback is a feminist blog about taking action on issues that effect women in Canada. The byline is "Harper’s Conservatives want women to stay home and be quiet. . . We refuse!" ( categories: Links | Canada | Blogs | Women )
John Howard Society of CanadaFebruary 21, 2008 - 1:28pm
http://www.johnhoward.ca/ - The John Howard Society is an organization of provincial and territorial Societies comprised of and governed by people whose goal is to understand and respond to problems of crime and the criminal justice system. They work with people who are involved in the criminal justice system. ( categories: Links | Canada | Prisoners' Rights )
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry SocietiesFebruary 21, 2008 - 1:25pm
http://www.elizabethfry.ca/ - Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies is an association of self-governing, community-based Elizabeth Fry Societies that work with and for women and girls in the justice system, particularly those who are, or may be, criminalized. ( categories: Links | Canada | Prisoners' Rights )
PrisonJusticeFebruary 21, 2008 - 1:18pm
http://prisonjustice.ca/ - Prisonjustice.ca is a website with resources, links, articles, news in support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Organizing | Prisoners' Rights )
The International Movement ATD Fourth World (Canada)January 10, 2008 - 7:10pm
The International Movement ATD Fourth World (Canada) is a non-governmental organization that engages individuals and institutions in support of the efforts of the very poor to free themselves from extreme poverty. Emphasizing education, creative expression, and civic involvement, ATD Fourth World Movement programs include street libraries, skill-sharing and job training projects, holiday centers, poverty research and publications, discussion forums and representation at local, national and international levels. ATD has consultative status with the United Nations, Unesco, Unicef, ILO and the Council of Europe. ( categories: Links | Canada | International | Organizing )
Centre for Equality Rights in AccommodationJuly 30, 2007 - 12:47pm
www.equalityrights.org/cher - The goal of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation website is to provide housing workers and advocates across Canada with information and tools to enable them to overcome - using a human rights framework - the barriers that keep people from accessing and retaining adequate housing. ( categories: Links | Canada | Housing | Human Rights | Legal Research )
Campaign 2000July 16, 2007 - 1:05pm
www.campaign2000.ca - Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to build Canadian awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Canada | Children/Youth )
Formerly HomelessJuly 12, 2007 - 8:11am
housecanada.blogspot.com/ - Formerly Homeless is a blog about the homeless and homelessness in Canada written by a formerly homeless social/community worker. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Canada | Blogs | Homelessness )
The Dominion PaperJanuary 7, 2007 - 9:26pm
http://dominionpaper.ca - The Dominion Paper is "Canada's Grassroots Paper" covering issues across Canada and internationally. ( categories: Links | Canada | Media )
Mostly WaterJanuary 7, 2007 - 9:25pm
http://mostlywater.org - Mostly Water is a selection of Canadian and International social justice news. ( categories: Links | Canada | International | Media )
Arctic Indigenous Youth AllianceAugust 17, 2006 - 2:46pm
http://www.deneyouthalliance.ca/ - A grassroots indigenous youth organization in the Northwest Territories that advocate for the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Denendeh and the Beaufort Delta by encouraging dialogue between youth and Elders, through raising awareness of the potential impacts of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project. ( categories: Links | Canada | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Organizing )
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity MovementAugust 17, 2006 - 2:25pm
http://ipsm.nativeweb.org - The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) is a collective whose primary goal is to ally ourselves with indigenous peoples in the active fight for mutual self-determination. ( categories: Links | Canada | Aboriginal/First Nations | Organizing )
Seven Oaks MagazineAugust 17, 2006 - 2:14pm
http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/ - is the online site of a Canadian magazine which serves a a critical voice to political actions, both inside and outside of Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Organizing )
Autonomy & SolidarityAugust 15, 2006 - 11:58am
http://auto_sol.tao.ca/ - is a socialist website maintained to connect anti-capitalist activists and provide a forum for discussion. ( categories: Links | Canada | Organizing )
Social Work and Social Welfare in CanadaAugust 9, 2006 - 12:00pm
http://socialpolicy.ca/ - this website has a searchable glossary of related terms. ( categories: Links | Canada )
Stopracialprofiling.caJuly 10, 2006 - 8:44am
http://www.stopracialprofiling.ca/ - Stopracialprofiling.ca is a website dedicated to a campaign to stop racial profiling in Canada. It brings together community groups, law makers, lawyers, activists, targets of racial profiling and all affected communities. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | People of Colour )
STATUS CampaignJuly 10, 2006 - 8:41am
http://www.ocasi.org/status/ - the STATUS Campaign is a broad coalition of individuals and organizations advocating for the regularization of status of all non-status immigrants living in Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada (NOIVMWC)July 10, 2006 - 8:39am
http://www.noivmwc.org/noivmwcen/ - this is the website for a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian organization who's mission is to ensure equality for immigrant and visible minority women, within a bilingual Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Women )
Integration-NetJuly 7, 2006 - 12:39pm
http://integration-net.ca/ - A Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website with links to refugee and immigrant services across Canada. http://integration-net.ca/ - Un site web fournit par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada (CIC) avec des chaînons à les services pour les réfugées et les immigrants à tavers la pays. ( categories: Government Information | Links | Canada | Bilingual | Immigrants & Refugees )
Canadian Human Rights ReporterJuly 7, 2006 - 10:44am
http://www.cdn-hr-reporter.ca/ - this website includes an online data base of reported and unreported Canadian human rights decisions and links to related human rights sites. ( categories: Links | Canada | Human Rights )
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