Publications & Resources

Sustainable agriculture, food security and gender

Deccan Development Society’s work in India, emphasizing ecological agriculture, community-based grain banks and food security.

Anti-Terrorism and the Security Agenda: Impacts on Rights, Freedoms and Democracy

Recommendations for policy directions to help inform and guide civil society and the Canadian government.

Citizenship and Action: What's at Stake?

This document was presented as the keynote address to the "Community Forum on Social Action," hosted by the Concordia University Institute in Management and Community Development in June 2003, and explores what is at stake in social change activism.

In the Shadow of the Law

A response on the Bill C-36 report addressing related effects arising from the Canadian government's anti-terrorism initiatives.

In Our Own Name: Promoting Peace Through Justice

This paper was a contribution to discussions concerning Canada's role in the world, initiated by the Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his call for a "Dialogue on Foreign Affairs" in January 2003. The reflections in this paper emerge from Inter Pares' direct international experience over almost thirty years.

Beyond the Politics of the Possible: Corporations and the pursuit of social justice

This document was presented at "Corporations as a Factor in Social Justice," a forum organized by Concordia University Institute in Management and Community Development in June 2002, and explores the limits of the concept of corporate social responsibility.

An Honourable Commitment: Policy coherence in Canada’s relations with the global South

This brief was part of a formal federal government consultation process, in response to then-Canadian International Development Agency’s paper “Towards a Long-term Strategy for Canada’s International Assistance Program, A Framework for Consultation" (CIDA, October 19, 2000). As such, it contributed to discussions within and outside of government concerning Canada’s moral and political role in the world.

Thinking in the Active Voice

This presentation provides a reflection on the concepts of "development" and "modernization", and the philosophies and ideologies which underpin them.

International NGOs and the Challenge of Modernity

This paper was originally commissioned as a contribution to a special 10th Anniversary Edition of the international journal Development in Practice (Vol. 10, Nos. 3 & 4, August 2000), which explored the future of social justice action within the international voluntary sector as we entered the 21st century.

In Defence of Land and Livelihood

The devastating effects of the shrimp industry on communities in Asia, and their resistance in defense of their rights.