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Coalition for Gun Control (Canada)
Les Entartistes - The Pie is the limit!
Tao Communications (Toronto) - regional federation of local autonomous collectives and individuals which operates against capital or market-regulated forms of political, economic and cultural organization, and towards socially just, ecologically sound, international liberation, and which advocates democratic exercise of the means of production to help achieve these beliefs
 
Zoocheck Canada (Toronto, ON) - animal protection charity established to protect wildlife in captivity and in the wild through investigation and research, educational programs, lectures and forums, special events and fundraising benefits, reports and information kits, and advocacy
 
 
Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD) (Ottawa) - promotes the commitment of Canadians to population and development issues in order to enhance the quality of life of children and subsequent generations in Canada and around the world through dialogue, education, advocacy and coalition building
Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies (New Jersey, US) - the membership organization of over 145 Jewish Family and Children's Agencies and specialized human service Agencies throughout the United States and Canada, which provides social and human services to the most vulnerable in our community
Bellanet International Secretariat - supports collaboration in the development community by providing advice and assistance on more effective use of information and communication technologies
Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) (Centre canadien d'étude et de coopération internationale) (Montréal) - not-for-profit organization whose mission is to fight poverty and exclusion in the developing world and in other countries
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) - generates and gathers information and analysis about the environment in which Canadian charities operate
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) (Burlington, ONT) - relief, development, and educational ministry supported by the Christian Reformed Church in North America, which supports programs in North America and over 30 countries around the world, working with people and their communities to create permanent, positive change in Christ's name
Coalition for Global Solidarity (ICL-Praxis for Peace) - global network of practitioners and scholars working for peace and development by peaceful means
Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) - represents over 110 community foundations in local communities across Canada, which prudently invest donors' gifts in permanent endowments and other funds
Foster Parents Plan - national office of Plan International, responsible for raising funds nationally by attracting new sponsors and other donors
Hunger Project-Canada (Toronto) - works in coordinated action with chapters of The Hunger Project in both the developed and developing world - a global movement of individuals taking action for a world free from hunger
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada (Toronto) - recruits medical and logistical personnel, raises public awareness of the plight of the populations treated and cared for, and finances international projects by raising funds from public and government institutions such as the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Networked Intelligence for Development (Toronto) - works with communities in developing countries and emerging economies to assist in harnessing the benefits of evolving information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to establish their identities in the knowledge economy
SAP Canada - aims to build a strong base of support for development in South Asia and encourage policies and programs that will benefit disadvantaged people there
Social Justice Committee (SJC) (Montreal) - recognizing the root, global causes of poverty, social injustice, and environmental degradation.
United Way Canada (Centraide) - group of over 100 autonomous organizations which builds upon the strength of volunteers and voluntary action to engage the whole community in helping to build caring communities and responding to a broad range of human needs on a national scale
Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support - Community Foundations (WINGS-CF) - helps community support organizations to link with peers
 
ORT Canada (Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training) (Toronto) - national membership based organization which educates and trains Jewish and non-Jewish students, providing them with the necessary skills for today's marketplace
 
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
Canadian Conservative Forum - unaffiliated organisation of academics, journalists, authors, and activists with views ranging from conservatism to libertarianism, which "encourages the development and dissemination of ideas concerning the principles and traditions of a free and ordered society"
Centre for Sustainable Transportation
Composting Council of Canada (Le Conseil canadien du compostage) - national non-profit, member-driven organization with a charter to advocate and advance composting and compost usage
Earth Day Canada
Green Pages
Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) - national charity dedicated to preserving threatened woodlands, seashores, wetlands, and prairies and the species that call them home
Sierra Club of Canada - climate change and ozone depletion to toxic chemical contamination and loss of biodiversity
Union pour le développement durable (UDD) (Union for Sustainable Development) (Quebec) - brings together ecologists and scientists involved in social debates where sustainable development is at stake
Victoria Transport Policy Institute - an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems
 
Visions - Centre of Innovation, provided by the First Nations & Inuit Health Programs Directorate, which is committed to developing and communicating a deeper understanding of Aboriginal population health via Aboriginal identity, traditions, culture and relationship patterns
 
Beyond Borders (ECPAT affiliate) - ensuring global justice for children
Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) (Ottawa) - works for the cause of peace, human rights and democracy in Burma by raising awareness about the political, human rights and socio-economic conditions in Burma, encouraging more Canadians to take action in this regard, and supporting Canadian groups engaged in Burma educational activities
Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) - Canadian government agency
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) - Canadian government authority
Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) (Toronto) - promotes and protects human rights internationally through the use of law and legal institutions, focusing on the situations of indigenous people, workers and women, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Citizens for Public Justice - bringing faith, justice and compassion into Canadian public life through research, education and public advocacy
Human Rights Internet (HRI) (Ottawa) - gateway for the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community, communicating by phone, fax, mail and the Internet with more than 5,000 organizations and individuals around the world working for the advancement of human rights
PEN Canada (Toronto) - local chapter of International PEN which works on behalf of writers ("Poets, Essayists and Novelists"), at home and abroad, who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it, with between 25 and 30 Honorary Members in many countries around the world on whose behalf we work so that their voices can be heard once again
rabble.ca - news, ideas, babble and attitude, building on the strengths of the diverse movements for equality and social justice
SOS Violences Sexuelles (SOS Sexual Violence) - united against sexual violence
 
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development (New Brunswick)
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Canada West Foundation (Calgary) - economic and social characteristics of the West and North, within a national and international context
Centre for Social Justice (Toronto)
Council of Canadians (Ottawa) - critical and progressive voice on key national and international issues
Group of 78 (Ottawa) - works for the elimination of nuclear weapons, an equitable sharing of the world's economic benefits, and the strengthening of the United Nations and its institutions, through discussion, analysis, comment and sharing information about peace and security, economic equity, global governance, and environmental quality
Groupe de Recherche sur les Interventions Gouvernementales (Quebec)
Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre
Peacefund Canada (Ottawa) - encourages and supports adult peace educators and other learners in their efforts to build a more humane, non-violent and de-militarized world
Physicians for Global Survival (PGS) (Ottawa) - physician-led organization committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the prevention of war, the promotion of non-violent means of conflict resolution and social justice in a sustainable world
Project Ploughshares (Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
SERVAS Canada - international network of hosts and travellers working through personal contact for peace
 
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) - the principal federation of Canadian trade unions
Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF-FCE) (Federation Canadienne des Enseignants) (Ottawa) - national bilingual umbrella organization for teachers in Canada, with 14 provincial and territorial member organizations representing 240,000 teachers across the country
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) - represents workers across Canada, issuing pension and EI cheques, forecast weather, operate airports
Maquila Solidarity Network - improving conditions and win a living wage in Mexico, Central Americal, Asia
 
 
 
Bloc Québécois
Canadian Alliance
Canadian Action Party (CAP)
Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP)
Communist Party of Canada (CPC)
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
Libertarian Party of Canada
Marijuana Party
New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP)
Parti Québécois (PQ)
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Socialist Party of Canada
Unity Party of Canada
 
Council of Canadians - critical and progressive voice on key national and international issues
Caledon Institute on Social Policy (Toronto) - economic and social policy research institution
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Canadian Council on Social Development (Ottawa) - income security, employment, poverty, child welfare, pensions and government policies
Canadian Policy Research Networks (Ottawa) - aims to make Canada a more just, prosperous and caring society
Conference Board of Canada (Ottawa) - organizational strategies and practices, emerging economic and social trends and key public policy issues
Institute for Research on Public Policy (Montreal) - strategic choices Canadians must make to promote economic performance, social progress and sound democratic governance
Policy.ca - non-partisan resource for the public analysis of Canadian policy issues
Public Policy Forum (Ottawa) - aims to improve the quality of government through better dialogue between the public, private and third sectors
 
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Caledon Institute on Social Policy (Toronto) - economic and social policy research institution
Conference Board of Canada (Ottawa) - organizational strategies and practices, emerging economic and social trends and key public policy issues
Council of Canadians (Ottawa) - critical and progressive voice on key national and international issues
Fraser Institute (Vancouver) - the role markets can play in providing for the economic and social well-being of Canadians
Freedom Foundation of Canada (FFC) - More Freedom Through Less Government
Institute for Research on Public Policy (Montreal) - strategic choices Canadians must make to promote economic performance, social progress and sound democratic governance
 
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL)
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC) (Winnipeg) - the first Jewish women's organization in Canada, has been a catalyst for change and a powerful pioneering force on behalf of children, the elderly, families, the disabled, new Canadians and the disadvantaged in both the general and Jewish communities
Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association - national non-profit association which fosters a greater awareness of the needs of Inuit women, and encourages their participation in community, regional and national concerns in relation to social, cultural and economic development
SOS Violences Sexuelles (SOS Sexual Violence) - people united against sexual violence