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The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up

We do not wait for change to come – we make change every day.

Borders and the Freedom to Move

The more governments try to stop migration, the more lucrative it becomes for organized crime, increasing the danger for migrants.

Our Common Future Today

Dealing with environmental challenges by addressing the underlying social justice issues.

Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources

Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development.

Shining a Light: Inter Pares’ thirty-five years of social justice action

Inter Pares supports the efforts of marginalized people to achieve safety, security and justice.

Africa: equality, the law, and women’s well-being

African women struggling for access to justice for sexual violence insist women’s equality is essential.

The Land We Call Home

In every place that Inter Pares works, a central issue is the uncertainty people face about their future on the land.

Rights activist Charm Tong shares struggle for democracy in Burma with Canadians

She shared stories with Canadians and presented before a parliamentary committee the human rights situation in Burma.

Canadian civil society organizes for corporate accountability

Mining Watch Canada, the Halifax Initiative and Inter Pares advocate for responsible behavior from Canadian companies

Learning and Acting Together

Canadian officials and politicians appreciate having access to perspectives and voices they otherwise would not have heard.

The Future is Now

Young people in Peru, in Sudan, in the Philippines, and in Canada are building the future they want, now.

Defeating fear by building solidarity: the work of ICLMG

ICLMG comprises 38 Canadian organizations & monitors the impact of security legislation on civil rights

Solidarity is Our Security

Replacing fear with common cause, and addressing the roots of poverty and oppression.

Sold into Slavery: Burma’s refugees exploited by Malaysian traffickers and authorities

Refugees fleeing abuse in Burma are sold by traffickers in Malaysia and south Thailand, with official complicity.

Open Migration and the Politics of Fear

In Spring 2007, an exchange took place on an international online research and reflection network on the Great Transition Initiative, concerning the prospect of including the concept of open borders in its vision of a humane and just global future. This article shares elements of that dialogue. Published in Development, 2007, 50(4), (50–55) © 2007 Society for International Development 1011-6370/07

Quaker Initiative to End Torture

A movement that aims to translate the outrage people feel about torture into the political pressure that will abolish it.

Submission concerning the review of the Anti-terrorism Act (C-36)

The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) — a coalition of 34 Canadian organizations — calls for repeal of Anti-terrorism Act (C-36)

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.

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.

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.