Behind the scenes of LGBTQI+ Advocacy: A mental health conversation with Valentina Parra Oct 21, 2024 | Read more
Canadian coalition calls for urgent action to uphold civil liberties and Charter rights at protests and encampments across the country May 15, 2024 | Read more
Inter Pares joins call for Burma to end use of violence and respect democracy Feb 4, 2021 | Read more
Inter Pares welcomes Canada’s feminist realignment of international assistance Jun 9, 2017 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Stopping the unstoppable: Citizen resistance to exterminator technology in Burkina Faso Sep 4, 2019 | Read more
Behind the scenes of LGBTQI+ Advocacy: A mental health conversation with Valentina Parra Oct 21, 2024 | Read more
The Immigrant Workers Centre to receive 2018 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award Apr 18, 2018 | Read more
“Until We Find Them”: Searching for missing loved ones on the road to the North Mar 11, 2019 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Inter Pares and SUWRA launch Canadian civil society working group on Sudan Jun 25, 2024 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
Behind the scenes of LGBTQI+ Advocacy: A mental health conversation with Valentina Parra Oct 21, 2024 | Read more
Advocacy is resistance: Navigating anti-LGBTQI+ violence in post-war Guatemala May 23, 2024 | Read more
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Canada's Ombudsperson: Approach with Caution Canada’s Ombuds for Responsible Enterprise still has no teeth. Updates Canadian Government Breaks Promise to Create Independent Corporate Human Rights Watchdog Inter Pares is dismayed by the recent announcement. In the News Tax Justice and Gender Equality What does tax justice have to do with feminism and gender equality? Insight & Analysis Whose Rights? A Feminist Approach to International Investment Agreements How power and privilege are distributed and for whose benefit? Insight & Analysis Feminism and the Economic System Feminism is about a transformational change in power dynamics. So it’s essential to examine how wealth is generated and for whose benefit. Insight & Analysis May is Mining Justice Month! Join us and tell the Canadian government to fulfill the promises it made in January. Updates Government Announces a Human Rights Ombudsperson Inter Pares welcomes the announcement regarding the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Business Enterprise. In the News Canadian pension funds grab farmland in Brazil What are the links between pension funds and landgrabbing? Learn more with this article by David Bruer published in the Monitor magazine. Insight & Analysis May Month of Action for Mining Justice Join Inter Pares and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) for a month of action for mining justice in May. Updates May Month of Action for Mining Justice Join Inter Pares and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) for a Month of Action for Mining Justice in May (and get started today). Campaign Video: 80 Law Profs call on government to make Canada #open4justice A group of university professors have signed a letter to the PM urging him to stick with his election promise to create a human rights ombudsman for the international extractive sector. Updates My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity! Quebec and BC’s pension funds have land investments in Brazil that are forcing peasants off their land through violence and fraud. As part of the campaign "My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity!", Inter Pares is encouraging people to write to the CEOs of the pension funds to express their indignation. Campaign My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity! Quebec and BC’s pension funds have land investments in Brazil that are forcing peasants off their land through violence and fraud. Take action now and write to their CEOs. Insight & Analysis Help make Canada Open for Justice Take action today so that Canada has an ombudsperson to give recourse when Canadian mining companies abuse human rights. Updates Open for Justice: Training webinar for engaging your MP Join this training webinar to learn about recent Open for Justice activities and how you can help promote corporate accountability and mining justice. Webinar Op-ed: Enough talk, Canada needs extractive industries ombudsperson The CNCA has just released proposed legislation that would uphold human rights of communities affected by Canadian extractive industries. Insight & Analysis Foreign Pension Funds and Land Grabbing in Brazil Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds have acquired farmlands in Brazil by way of a Brazilian businessman accused of using violence and fraud to displace small farmers. These pension funds are also using complex company structures that have the effect of evading Brazilian laws restricting foreign investments in farmland. Reports Burma: Bringing Grassroots Experience to Canadian Policy In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies. Insight & Analysis Vote for Tax Fairness Canadians for Tax Fairness (CTF), an Inter Pares counterpart, is busting myths about taxes and calling for tax reform. Updates Inter Pares Film Nights lineup features thought-provoking documentaries on social justice Fall is here, and so is a fresh crop of Inter Pares Film Nights! Updates Inter Pares Film Nights – The World According to Monsanto The World According to Monsanto is a documentary about the controversial corporate operations of Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Film screening Inter Pares Film Nights - The Price We Pay Inter Pares and partners will present The Price We Pay, an incendiary documentary by Harold Crooks on the disastrous impacts of offshore finance and tax avoidance on our society. Film screening Burma programming - Past and Future For over 20 years, Inter Pares has collaborated with local groups in Burma and neighbouring countries. Reports On May 12, Pledge to Make Canada Open for Justice! We’re calling on YOU to join us on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. During a week of activities spotlighting justice for communities harmed by Canadian mining companies, we’re taking to social media to call on the government to make Canada #Open4Justice, not just open for business! Campaign The Future of International Solidarity: an open dialogue - Videos Live again or discover the highlights of Inter Pares 40th anniversary event by watching these videos. Video The Future of International Solidarity: Over 100 participants! On April 30th, over 100 activists from Ottawa-Gatineau and around the world joined Inter Pares for its 40th anniversary event. Updates Inter Pares Film Nights features "The Hole Story" Come join us for the 4th night in our series of Inter Pares Film Nights. This month, we will be watching and discussing “The Hole Story,” the 2011 documentary by Quebec filmmakers Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie. "The Hole Story" analyzes Canada's mining industry, particularly its impacts on the environment and workers’ health. After the film, several key activists in the mining justice movement will join us to answer questions and engage in a discussion. Film screening Our 2014 Annual Report is out! This year Inter Pares celebrates its 40th anniversary, and enthusiastically launches its fifth decade of global social action. Updates Inter Pares Film Nights - spotlight on landgrabs (in French) For our 40th anniversary, we will showcase thought-provoking documentaries for free to inspire, inform and galvanize action for more equal societies. This month, we showcase Fièvre verte, a documentary that shines a light on a phenomenon of massive land acquisition by foreign corporate interest in West Africa. This film gives voices to communities, especially women, who have to live with the disastrous consequences of landgrabs in Côte d'Ivoire, and Guinea-Bissau. Film screening Highlights 2014 Highlights from 2014 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished. Highlights Green Fever documentary A must-see documentary video on the worldwide phenomenon of massive land acquisition in West Africa. Video Jean Symes Jean Symes is Deputy Executive Director, and responsible for Inter Pares’ work on economic justice with a focus on extractive industries and fair taxation. Yao Graham: Third World Network-Africa provides pan-African solutions TWN-Africa is one of Africa’s leading policy organizations on economic justice and mining. Tsilhqot’in First Nation fights mine to save Teztan Biny MiningWatch Canada supports British Columbia First Nations in their struggle to protect their livelihoods, land and water. Insight & Analysis Canadians raised their voice for mining accountability on May 14th Over 80,000 people sent a letter or postcard to their MP to call for access to justice here in Canada for people who have been harmed by Canadian extractive companies abroad. Updates Inter Pares Annual Report 2013 – Globalize Equality This Annual Report reflects the depth of the collaboration we develop with our counterparts in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Canada. Annual Reports Video Essay: The option of justice for Sefwi farmers Ghanaian cocoa farmers have been struggling to obtain full compensation from a Toronto-based mining company for the loss of their land. Video The Learning Edge: Working in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples This Bulletin tells stories about the ways Indigenous people are part of making the world better for everyone. Bulletins Creating Economic Justice for All This Bulletin tells the stories of some of the communities, activists, and scholars around the world promoting economic justice. Bulletins The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up We do not wait for change to come – we make change every day. Bulletins Peter Gillespie: 35 years of social justice action Peter Gillespie reflects on more than two and a half decades with Inter Pares. Shining a light: Inter Pares’ thirty-five years of social justice action Peter Gillespie shares Inter Pares rich history, telling the stories of the many relationships he has nurtured with people around the world. Presentations Canadian civil society organizes for corporate accountability Mining Watch Canada, the Halifax Initiative and Inter Pares advocate for responsible behavior from Canadian companies Insight & Analysis Solidarity is Our Security Replacing fear with common cause, and addressing the roots of poverty and oppression. Bulletins Economic Justice: Sharing the collective wealth Achieving equity requires that people who are benefiting today from inequity be prepared to give up some of their benefits. Bulletins 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. Occasional papers
VIDEO - Resistance and resilience in Burma : three years after the coup Watch this video for a comprehensive update on Burma with our program manager, Nikki.
Canada's Ombudsperson: Approach with Caution Canada’s Ombuds for Responsible Enterprise still has no teeth. Updates
Canadian Government Breaks Promise to Create Independent Corporate Human Rights Watchdog Inter Pares is dismayed by the recent announcement. In the News
Tax Justice and Gender Equality What does tax justice have to do with feminism and gender equality? Insight & Analysis
Whose Rights? A Feminist Approach to International Investment Agreements How power and privilege are distributed and for whose benefit? Insight & Analysis
Feminism and the Economic System Feminism is about a transformational change in power dynamics. So it’s essential to examine how wealth is generated and for whose benefit. Insight & Analysis
May is Mining Justice Month! Join us and tell the Canadian government to fulfill the promises it made in January. Updates
Government Announces a Human Rights Ombudsperson Inter Pares welcomes the announcement regarding the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Business Enterprise. In the News
Canadian pension funds grab farmland in Brazil What are the links between pension funds and landgrabbing? Learn more with this article by David Bruer published in the Monitor magazine. Insight & Analysis
May Month of Action for Mining Justice Join Inter Pares and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) for a month of action for mining justice in May. Updates
May Month of Action for Mining Justice Join Inter Pares and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) for a Month of Action for Mining Justice in May (and get started today). Campaign
Video: 80 Law Profs call on government to make Canada #open4justice A group of university professors have signed a letter to the PM urging him to stick with his election promise to create a human rights ombudsman for the international extractive sector. Updates
My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity! Quebec and BC’s pension funds have land investments in Brazil that are forcing peasants off their land through violence and fraud. As part of the campaign "My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity!", Inter Pares is encouraging people to write to the CEOs of the pension funds to express their indignation. Campaign
My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity! Quebec and BC’s pension funds have land investments in Brazil that are forcing peasants off their land through violence and fraud. Take action now and write to their CEOs. Insight & Analysis
Help make Canada Open for Justice Take action today so that Canada has an ombudsperson to give recourse when Canadian mining companies abuse human rights. Updates
Open for Justice: Training webinar for engaging your MP Join this training webinar to learn about recent Open for Justice activities and how you can help promote corporate accountability and mining justice. Webinar
Op-ed: Enough talk, Canada needs extractive industries ombudsperson The CNCA has just released proposed legislation that would uphold human rights of communities affected by Canadian extractive industries. Insight & Analysis
Foreign Pension Funds and Land Grabbing in Brazil Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds have acquired farmlands in Brazil by way of a Brazilian businessman accused of using violence and fraud to displace small farmers. These pension funds are also using complex company structures that have the effect of evading Brazilian laws restricting foreign investments in farmland. Reports
Burma: Bringing Grassroots Experience to Canadian Policy In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies. Insight & Analysis
Vote for Tax Fairness Canadians for Tax Fairness (CTF), an Inter Pares counterpart, is busting myths about taxes and calling for tax reform. Updates
Inter Pares Film Nights lineup features thought-provoking documentaries on social justice Fall is here, and so is a fresh crop of Inter Pares Film Nights! Updates
Inter Pares Film Nights – The World According to Monsanto The World According to Monsanto is a documentary about the controversial corporate operations of Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Film screening
Inter Pares Film Nights - The Price We Pay Inter Pares and partners will present The Price We Pay, an incendiary documentary by Harold Crooks on the disastrous impacts of offshore finance and tax avoidance on our society. Film screening
Burma programming - Past and Future For over 20 years, Inter Pares has collaborated with local groups in Burma and neighbouring countries. Reports
On May 12, Pledge to Make Canada Open for Justice! We’re calling on YOU to join us on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. During a week of activities spotlighting justice for communities harmed by Canadian mining companies, we’re taking to social media to call on the government to make Canada #Open4Justice, not just open for business! Campaign
The Future of International Solidarity: an open dialogue - Videos Live again or discover the highlights of Inter Pares 40th anniversary event by watching these videos. Video
The Future of International Solidarity: Over 100 participants! On April 30th, over 100 activists from Ottawa-Gatineau and around the world joined Inter Pares for its 40th anniversary event. Updates
Inter Pares Film Nights features "The Hole Story" Come join us for the 4th night in our series of Inter Pares Film Nights. This month, we will be watching and discussing “The Hole Story,” the 2011 documentary by Quebec filmmakers Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie. "The Hole Story" analyzes Canada's mining industry, particularly its impacts on the environment and workers’ health. After the film, several key activists in the mining justice movement will join us to answer questions and engage in a discussion. Film screening
Our 2014 Annual Report is out! This year Inter Pares celebrates its 40th anniversary, and enthusiastically launches its fifth decade of global social action. Updates
Inter Pares Film Nights - spotlight on landgrabs (in French) For our 40th anniversary, we will showcase thought-provoking documentaries for free to inspire, inform and galvanize action for more equal societies. This month, we showcase Fièvre verte, a documentary that shines a light on a phenomenon of massive land acquisition by foreign corporate interest in West Africa. This film gives voices to communities, especially women, who have to live with the disastrous consequences of landgrabs in Côte d'Ivoire, and Guinea-Bissau. Film screening
Highlights 2014 Highlights from 2014 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished. Highlights
Green Fever documentary A must-see documentary video on the worldwide phenomenon of massive land acquisition in West Africa. Video
Jean Symes Jean Symes is Deputy Executive Director, and responsible for Inter Pares’ work on economic justice with a focus on extractive industries and fair taxation.
Yao Graham: Third World Network-Africa provides pan-African solutions TWN-Africa is one of Africa’s leading policy organizations on economic justice and mining.
Tsilhqot’in First Nation fights mine to save Teztan Biny MiningWatch Canada supports British Columbia First Nations in their struggle to protect their livelihoods, land and water. Insight & Analysis
Canadians raised their voice for mining accountability on May 14th Over 80,000 people sent a letter or postcard to their MP to call for access to justice here in Canada for people who have been harmed by Canadian extractive companies abroad. Updates
Inter Pares Annual Report 2013 – Globalize Equality This Annual Report reflects the depth of the collaboration we develop with our counterparts in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Canada. Annual Reports
Video Essay: The option of justice for Sefwi farmers Ghanaian cocoa farmers have been struggling to obtain full compensation from a Toronto-based mining company for the loss of their land. Video
The Learning Edge: Working in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples This Bulletin tells stories about the ways Indigenous people are part of making the world better for everyone. Bulletins
Creating Economic Justice for All This Bulletin tells the stories of some of the communities, activists, and scholars around the world promoting economic justice. Bulletins
The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up We do not wait for change to come – we make change every day. Bulletins
Peter Gillespie: 35 years of social justice action Peter Gillespie reflects on more than two and a half decades with Inter Pares.
Shining a light: Inter Pares’ thirty-five years of social justice action Peter Gillespie shares Inter Pares rich history, telling the stories of the many relationships he has nurtured with people around the world. Presentations
Canadian civil society organizes for corporate accountability Mining Watch Canada, the Halifax Initiative and Inter Pares advocate for responsible behavior from Canadian companies Insight & Analysis
Solidarity is Our Security Replacing fear with common cause, and addressing the roots of poverty and oppression. Bulletins
Economic Justice: Sharing the collective wealth Achieving equity requires that people who are benefiting today from inequity be prepared to give up some of their benefits. Bulletins
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. Occasional papers