No-One Is Illegal (NOII) No-One Is Illegal (NOII) advocates, educates, and raises funds to address immgration and refugee issues in Canada. We act in solidarity with groups across the country who provide hands-on support to people unfairly impacted by Canada’s immigration and security legislation. Some of our efforts include lobbying for fair trials and status [...]
The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Working Group came together in September 2005. IPSWG aims to create opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members to participate in education and action against colonization and in support of Indigenous peoples’ inherent right to self-determination and self-governance of Indigenous territory. IPSWG Working Mandate The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Working Group acknowledges [...]
SAMD campaigned from 2003 to 2005 to oppose Canada’s involvement in the U.S. Missile Defence program. Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade: History of America’s space program [PDF] In 2005, after widespread opposition throughout Canada that included street demonstrations, letter writing campaigns, lobbying of federal politicians, and community forums, the Prime Minister at the time, [...]
The Local/Global working group was created to help find positive choices in a world where communities are losing the “commons” to corporate globalization. From 2002-2003, Local/Global ran a Blood Diamonds campaign calling for Canadian jewellers to regulate diamond imports. “Blood diamonds” are diamonds sold by mercenary armies in Angola, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of [...]