Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations
(Social Issues)

Organismes non-gouvernementaux canadiens
(Mission sociale)

Updated July 17, 2008
Page révisée le 17 juillet 2008

[ Go to Canadian Social Research Links Home Page ]

Go to the Canadian Social Research Organizations page for links to websites of the following Canadian think tanks and research organizations:
C.D. Howe Institute - Caledon Institute of Social Policy - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Canadian Policy Research Networks - Canada West Foundation - Centre for the Study of Living Standards - Fraser Institute - National Council of Welfare - Institute on Governance - Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) - Canadian Council on Social Development - International Development Research Centre - policity.ca - policy.ca - and more.
(This is an arbitrary split to control the size of pages on this site)

This page includes national and selected provincial/territorial NGOs except for Ontario and British Columbia (those are on separate pages)
For international NGOs, see the International NGO Links - Human Rights Links - U.S. NGO Links pages
See also Food Banks and Hunger

ACORN Canada
ACORN is building a national movement for social and economic justice by organizing low- and moderate-income communities for power and social change; we want living wage jobs, decent affordable housing, tenant rights, ending predatory lending, opportunities for youth, voting and electoral rights. If it affects poor and working class communities, ACORN Members are organizing to win equity in Toronto and across the country. ACORN Canada is made up of more than 9,000 low- and moderate-income member families. There are more than 20 local chapters of ACORN throughout the country, organized democratically through community organizing. Our work is getting results and making change!
[ ACORN Canada reports ]

Make Poverty History (Canada)
Here's what we want in 14 words:
* More and Better Aid
* Trade Justice
* Cancel the Debt
* End Child Poverty in Canada

Steering Committee - includes members from : the Assembly of First Nations - Campaign 2000 - Canadian Council for International Co-operation - Canadian Labour Congress - National Anti Poverty Organization - Results Canada - World Vision - and more...

Make Poverty History (International)

Google Web Search Results:
"U.N., Day for the Eradication of Poverty"
Google News Search Results:
"U.N., Day for the Eradication of Poverty"

News search Results:
"Make Poverty History"
Web Search Results:
"Make Poverty History"

Web Search Results:
"End Child Poverty in Canada"
Google News search Results:
"End Child Poverty in Canada"

Source:
Google.ca

Aboriginal Youth Network (Canada)
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
The Aboriginal Youth Network is foremost an online resource created by youth for youth

Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
"government "help" can be perverse when it starts to interfere with things that are better left for the market to sort out..."
- Click on Links in the left frame of the main page for two dozen links to like-minded organizations in Canada and the U.S.

BC Legal Services Society

Campaign 2000
Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to build Canadian awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Campaign 2000 began in 1991 out of concern about the lack of government progress in addressing child poverty. Campaign 2000 is non-partisan in urging all Canadian elected officials to keep their promise to Canada's children. There are over 85 national, community and provincial partners actively involved in the work of Campaign 2000. Hundreds of other groups across the country work on the issue of child poverty every day, such as children's aid societies, faith organizations, community agencies, health organizations, school boards, and low-income people's groups.
Follow these links from Campaign 2000's Home Page : What's New - Take Action - Report Cards - Resources - About Campaign 2000 - Events - Search/Site map

Campaign 2000 Partners - Complete list of all Campaign 2000 national, provincial and community partners - including links to 60+ websites of these NGOs and other groups from across Canada.

Campaign 2000 Report Cards - Links to the most recent report cards on child poverty at the national level as well as for the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario. You'll even find a link to the child poverty report card for the City of Toronto on the report card page. (Click on the links down the left side of the page)

First Ministers told to take action to lower shameful poverty rates
News alert - Campaign 2000
Kelowna, BC, 23 Nov 05
"Activists took their annual child poverty report directly to the First Ministers meeting here today. The findings are discouraging. For almost 30 years the poverty rate has been stuck at one-in-six children. Whether families are mother-led, have two parents, are working full time or on social assistance the numbers are static. A particularly disturbing finding is that child poverty rates for Aboriginal, immigrant, and visible minority children are twice the national rate. Campaign 2000 National Coordinator Laurel Rothman, whose organization prepares the annual update, was joined by Peter Dinsdale of the National Association of Friendship Centres. They are clearly frustrated by misplaced government priorities and jurisdictional wrangling."

Complete report:

Decision Time for Canada: Let’s Make Poverty History
2005 Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada [pdf, 12pp, 500KB]

Version française:

Une décision s’impose au Canada : Abolissons la pauvreté
Rapport 2005 sur la pauvreté des enfants au Canada [pdf, 12pp, 500KB]

Provincial Child Poverty Report Cards were also released in BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia;
you'll find links to these on the Children, Families and Youth Links (NGO) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnngo.htm

Reducing Child Poverty to Increase Productivity: A Human Capital Strategy
Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance (PDF file - 89K, 8 pages)
Pre-Budget Consultation
September, 2005
By Laurel Rothman
National Coordinator, Campaign 2000
"The fact that 15% of our youngest citizens are growing up in poverty does not bode well for Canada’s future productivity performance, which is the focus of the 2005 Pre-Budget Consultations. Broad based investment in our human capital is essential for a productivity agenda. "Canada’s Fiscal Outlook projects surpluses of almost $30 billion over the next five years. With consecutive multi-billion dollar budget surpluses, Canada has the resources to make substantial progress. We call on the federal government to commit a portion of these surpluses to invest in children, as they have committed portions for healthcare and equalization payments."

Submission to the Federal Labour Standards Review - Excerpts
September 26, 2005
Campaign 2000
"Campaign 2000 maintains that federal labour standards should be modernized to reflect leading standards and 'best practices'in other advanced economies. They need to be updated to reflect changes in the labour market and workforce over the past 40 years, with a particular emphasis on ensuring protection for vulnerable workers."

Complete brief:

Submission to the Federal Labour Standards Review Commission
Re: Part III of the Canada Labour Code (PDF file - 57K, 7 pages)
August 15, 2005
From: Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator

Related Links:

Settlement.Org
"The Settlement.Org Web site helps immigrants and refugees to find the help and information they need to start a new life in Ontario."
[...and it also includes a wealth of social program information!]
Source:
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants

CanadaInternational.gc.ca (Government of Canada)
"...the best links to government services, information and resources, for citizens of other countries"

Canada-U.S Human Rights Information and Documentation Network (CUSHRID Net)
CUSHRID Net was developed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information between human rights organizations; establishment of uniform standards for human rights documentation, information management and exchange; development of co-operative projects in the areas of documentation and information management to avoid duplication; training in various aspects of documentation and information management; and contacts and exchanges with information and documentation networks in other parts of the world.
See Links to Members' Websites for links to two dozen related sites

Canadian Alternative Investment Cooperative (CAIC)
CAIC was formed in the early 1980’s by a number of religious communities who wanted to pool their resources in order to make investments that support positive social change and promote alternative economic structures. CAIC has since grown to 51 members with a lending pool of $6.5 million invested in worthwhile projects across Canada.

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
"CAEFS is a federation of autonomous societies which works with, and on behalf of, women involved with the justice system, particularly women in conflict with the law. Elizabeth Fry Societies are community based agencies dedicated to offering services and programs to marginalized women, advocating for legislative and administrative reform and offering fora within which the public may be informed about, and participate in, aspects of the justice system which affect women."
-large site, easy to navigate, incl. information about CAEFS, programs and services, , conferences, fact sheets, annual reports, issue papers (Human Rights - Battered Women - Women’s Prisons - Young Women - Restorative Justice - Literacy), responses to proposed legislative changes - related Internet sources on prison issues and violence against women

Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) - "We're on your Side"
"The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy is a national, charitable organization with a mandate to advance the role and interests of the charitable sector for the benefit of Canadian communities. The Centre accomplishes this mission through various programs, including Public Affairs, Research, Imagine, and Membership. Information about these programs as well as resources, tools and information are available on this site."
"We're on your side" --- for a fee...
I guess even philanthropy is big business these days - membership is a must to see any of the real content of this site, and that'll run you at least $225 per year for a small organization ($495 for a consultant or a government)...
...and then you have to pay $200 for their "Canadian Directory to Foundations & Grants" (16th Printed Edition, 2002) --- (Non-Member price is $300.00). If you want the regularly-updated online version, that's $350 for members and $ 450 for non-members.
BUT WAIT - here's some free stuff --- and it's good, too...
CCP Voluntary Sector Links - 100+ links divided into 4 categories: Nonprofit organizations(Canada), Resources and Tools, Nonprofit Management Education, and U.S. and International sites.
CCP Resource Centre - info and articles about : Board & Governance - Nonprofit Management - Fundraising - Legal & Regulatory - Volunteering - Trends & Statistics - Foundations/Corporate - Article Index
"Please also visit other sites in the CCP family for additional information on research (www.givingandvolunteering.ca and www.nonprofitscan.ca) and corporate social responsibility (www.imagine.ca)."

Canadian Civil Liberties Association(CCLA)
The CCLA is a lobbying and law-reform, non-profit, non-government organization dealing with issues of fundamental civil liberties and human rights that affect those who live all across Canada.

Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition - The Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition is a coalition of over 100 anti-poverty, consumer, community economic development, labour and small business groups representing over three million people from every province and the Northwest Territories that advocates for bank accountability in Canada.

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Social Affairs Office

Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
The Canadian Council for International Co-operation is a coalition of over 100 Canadian organizations seeking to change the course of human development in ways that favor social and economic equity, democratic participation, environmental integrity and respect for human rights.
"...working on the frontlines of social justice, humanitarian aid, economic and democratic development in the world"

Canadian Council of Churches

Canadian Council on Social Development
- See the CCSD listing on the Canadian Social Research Organizations page of this site or go directly to the CCSD website

Canadian Economics Association / Association Canadienne d'Économique

Canadian Labour and Business Centre

Canadian Non-Profit Resource Network (C.N.R.N.)

The Canadian Abolition Project - Canadians working together to end the death penalty
"The Canadian Abolition Project was founded to campaign in support of Canadian government policies that will ensure consistency with Canada's position as a completely abolitionist nation. We will encourage and support interventions by the Canadian government in defence of Canadians facing the death penalty abroad. We are dedicated to achieving abolition of the death penalty for all, in all countries of the World and particularly in the United States of America. ."
- incl. links to : Canadian Abolition Sign Up Page - Canadian Abolition Email Archives - Canadian Resources [contact info for Canadian Senators, MPs and committees] - Invitation to the 1st Annual Peaceful Presence and Public Awareness Day in Toronto
Source:
Stop Capital Punishment Now!
"Stop Capital Punishment Now! is an Internet based initiative attempting to achieve total abolition of the death penalty in all countries of the world and particularly in the United States of America. We believe that the taking of a human life is morally and ethically wrong. We believe that the premeditated killing by the state of its own citizens is barbaric and reprehensible."
Abolition Organizations and Web Sites - links to 40+ sites, mainly American...

Canadian Taxpayers Federation - studies, reports, news releases and links. A site worth the visit.

Centre for the Study of Living Standards - Centre d'étude de niveau de vie

Childcare Resource and Research Unit - CRRU (University of Toronto)
- The Childcare Resource and Research Unit focuses on early childhood care and education research and policy. Its mandate is to advance the idea of a publicly-funded, universally accessible, comprehensive, high quality, not-for-profit system of early childhood care and education in Canada. The Childcare Resource and Research Unit is part of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto.

What's New? - Canadian, U.S. and international resources
Child Care in the News - media articles
ISSUE files - theme pages, each filled with contextual information and links to further info
Links to child care sites in Canada and elsewhere
CRRU Publications - briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other publications

You'll find many more links to CRRU content on the Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm

Church Council on Justice and Corrections (Canada)
"We are a national faith-based coalition of eleven founding churches, created in 1974, to promote a restorative approach to Justice with an emphasis on addressing the needs of victims and offenders, mutual respect, healing, individual accountability, community involvement and crime prevention. We believe there can be no criminal justice without social justice; we can only deal with crime by building a peaceful, safe and just society."
- incl. links to : About Us - The Well - CCJC News - Current Issues - Archives - Legislation - Links - Site Map - Contact - Discussion Board - Justice for the Soul - Video & Bookstore - Donation / Membership - Resources / Presentations
Related Link:
Conflict Resolution Network

Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) (national group based in Toronto)
Visit this large site to see the work of the CPJ in the areas of child poverty, refugees and Aboriginal rights. The Size and Costs of Reduced Social Transfers (PDF file - 197K, 12 pages)
September 2003
Greg deGroot-Maggetti
"(...) while the federal government has increased CHST cash transfers several times since 1995, by 2002-03 the funding for post-secondary education and social services remained well below the levels of 1992-93, while health spending has increased."
- incl. links to : Cash Transfers 1992-93 to 2002-03 - The Costs of Reduced Social Transfers (The case of children in care - Tuition climbs, enrolment gap grows - Declining Social Assistance Incomes) - Restoring Canada’s Social Safety Net (Comparative Frameworks for National Social Investments - Early Learning and Child Care - Income security - Post-secondary education).

Ontario's "grand experiment" fails the poor
By Greg deGroot-Maggetti
Opinion/Editorial
April 16, 2003
-critique of Ontario welfare reforms since the mid 1990s, including "the Ontario Government's 'clawback' of the federally-funded National Child Benefit for low-income families, (...) Ontario's approach to housing (relaxed rent controls and scrapped plans for social housing), minimum wages that have not been raised in eight years, no money invested by Ontario to create new child care spaces, cost overruns and the lavish expense accounts of Accenture executives. (...) Ontario needs to scrap its grand experiment in welfare reform. Ontario Works has enriched the private firm that designed it, while impoverishing those that welfare is supposed to assist."

Cutbacks in Ontario
May 2003 Issue of The Catalyst
[the Catalyst is a catalyst for Christian political action and a review of CPJ activities]
In the spring of 2003, ISARC held a community-based "social audit" in 20 communities across the province; this is an account from the Kingston audit
Related Link:
Ontario-Wide Community Social Audit
"An exciting new project to assess social conditions in Ontario"
Source : Interfaith Social Assistance Reform (ISARC)
"ISARC brings together diverse faith communities - mainly Christian, but also Jewish, Unitarian, Muslim and Buddhist - to advocate for fairness and justice for marginalized peoples

Quality over Quantity: Investing in Human Development (PDF file - 157K, 28 pages)
Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance 2002 Pre-Budget Consultations
September 2002
by Greg deGroot-Maggetti
Socio-economic Concerns Coordinator

First Nations Act sparks anger : Federal government botches Indian Act changes (PDF file - 31K, 5 pages)
September 2002

A measure of poverty in Canada : a guide to the debate about poverty lines(PDF file - 126K, 22 pages)
March 2002
Greg deGroot-Maggetti
"Choosing a poverty line depends on how high or how low we set our sights for the well-being of the materially disadvantaged in our society."

Putting the National Children's Agenda on hold?
March 2, 2000
Citizens for Public Justice responds to the federal budget

Child Poverty

Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations
The Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations (NVO) is a not-for-profit organization which promotes volunteerism and enhances the profile of Canada's voluntary and charitable sector. NVO is an umbrella coalition that has as its members 130 national voluntary charities active in a variety of fields ranging from health and social services to the environment, justice, education and international development.
Great resource site for people working in or with the voluntary sector...
Voluntary Sector Task Force (Privy Council Office version)
- see also Volunteer Canada

Community Foundations of Canada

Community Economic Development (CED)

CED Learning Network
"Community economic development (CED) involves initiatives that attempt to strengthen the community by building equitable and inclusive economies. (...) The Toronto CED Learning Network is a group of over 350 organizations and individuals who are interested in CED in the Toronto area. Its membership reflects an exciting range of perspectives and approaches. Its main goal is to provide a space where members can learn from each other, share their resources and work together to develop healthy, equitable and sustainable business activity in Toronto."

CED Learning Network Links - over 1,000 links to free international resources and information on the web

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CEDTAP - The Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
"CEDTAP is a five-year, Canada-wide initiative that aims to assist 500 communities by 2006. CEDTAP helps community-based organizations engaged in CED by supporting technical assistance, study tours, target group initiatives and requests for computer hardware and software. CEDTAP is also committed to strengthening the CED sector as a whole by disseminating innovative models, funding the development of tools and resources, and organizing learning events.
- incl. links to : About CEDTAP - News - Approved Initiatives - Application Guidelines - Application Form - Directory of Technical Assistance Providers - CEDTAP Forum - Gender and CED - Resources and Links - Contact Information

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Canadian Community Economic Development Network
"(CCEDNet is a national member-based, democratic organization. We are a registered charitable non-profit organization. The membership of CCEDNet is made up of Community Economic Development (CED) community-based organizations and practitioners from every region of Canada. CED can be defined as action by people locally to create economic opportunities and enhance social conditions in their communities on a sustainable and inclusive basis, particularly with those who are most disadvantaged."

Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)

Conference Board of Canada

Conflict Resolution Network
"For almost two decades, Conflict Resolution Network Canada has been drawing people together to grapple with conflict, share insights and ideas, and act on the latest developments in conflict resolution theory and practice. Through our national conferences, comprehensive collection of conflict resolution books, content-rich Web site, cutting-edge programs and flagship quarterly newsletter, we have helped thousands of Canadians to build constructive approaches to conflict in every sphere of Canadian society."
Directory of Restorative Justice Programs in Canada (Adults)
Youth Restorative Justice Directory
Neighbourhood Conflict Resolution Programs in Canada

National Consultation on Basic Principles for the Use of Restorative Justice in Canada
"The United Nations recently endorsed Basic Principles for the Use of Restorative Justice Programmes in Criminal Matters, and Conflict Resolution Network Canada has undertaken a national consultation to explore what impact these principles might have here. An electronic Dialogue Group will be a vital part of the consultation, and we hope you will join it. (...) The Dialogue Group will begin discussions on Monday, June 10, and continue until mid-September."
The Conflict Resolution Network's seven distinct program areas are : Community and Restorative Justice - Schools and Youth - Organizational and Workplace - Environment and Public Policy - International - Media and Conflict Portrayal - Conflict Resolution Teaching and Training Support
To register for the Dialogue Group, or to review the Principles first, go to the Restorative Justice Consultation Web site (the link above) and follow the links to Registration or to Basic Principles.

Related Link:

Family Mediation Canada

Council of Canadians

- Surgery by Social Union: Social Union could end up killing off what the federal budget was supposed to save (1999)
- Health and Social Union Agreement Raises More Questions Than it Answers
February 1999
- Social Union Could Pull Provinces Into a Race to the Bottom, Warns Council of Canadians
January 1999
- Social Union a Platform For The Right, Says Council of Canadians
January 1999

Court Challenges Program
Court Challenges Program of Canada is a national non-profit organization which was set up in 1994 to provide financial assistance for important court cases that advance language and equality rights guaranteed under Canada's Constitution.
Check the Site Guide for an overview of the site - includes a great database of links in almost two dozen areas of social policy research, including : Aboriginal - Colour, Race, National Origin, Ethnicity - Disability - Education Rights - Government - Human Rights - Immigration - Poverty Sexual Orientation - Womens Rights, and more...

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Coalition to Save Court Challenges
The Coalition to Save Court Challenges is a broad coalition of concerned organizations and individuals committed to ensuring the continuation of funding for the Court Challenges Program of Canada. New organizations and individuals are signing onto our campaign every day.

List of participating organizations

Related Link:

Faces of the Cuts: The Impact of Federal Program Cuts on Communities in Toronto
An Early Look at Selected Areas Slated for Funding Cuts (PDF file - 129K, 31 pages)
Forum Convened by
Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
Held at the Ontario Bar Association
Toronto
October 11
"On September 25, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Treasury Board President John Baird announced $1 billion in federal program cuts to be implemented over two years. At the same time that cuts to youth employment, literacy organizations, women’s groups, Aboriginal health initiatives, and other equity-relevant programs were announced, the federal government also reported a staggering $13.2 billion surplus.(...) The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto convened a forum to bring together local communities and organizations across sectors and issues to share information, and discuss and strategize around the proposed cuts and related federal actions. (...) Focusing on selected areas, the report paints only part of the picture of the cuts and its impact on Toronto communities."
Source:
Community Social Planning Council of Toronto

CUSO

DAWN - DisAbled Women's Network Canada
"DAWN Canada is a national organization controlled by and comprised of women with disabilities. We are from all backgrounds and all disabilities. We are a feminist organization working to achieve control over our lives and end the stereotype that labels us dependent burdens on society."
- incl. links to : Our National Network - Our Mission Statement - Our History - Profiles of Women - Special Initiatives - DAWNing Groups - Related Links - Guestbook - DAWN Canada's Email Discussion

Democracy Watch
Democracy Watch is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization that opened its doors in October 1993. Democracy Watch works with Canadian citizens and organizations in pushing Canadian governments and businesses to empower Canadians in their roles as voters,citizens, taxpayers, consumers and shareholders. Our aim is to help reform Canadian government and business institutions to bring them into line with the realities of a modern, working democracy.
20 Steps towards a Modern, Working Democracy
Democracy Watch's campaign mandate, 20 Steps towards a Modern, Working Democracy, sets out changes that all governments in Canada should enact (according to their respective powers) to ensure that Canadian citizens have a greater and more meaningful role in government and business decision-making in Canada.

Directory of Development Organizations 2003
Guide to 29,500 contacts in International Organizations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, Universities, Research and Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs, Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Development Consulting Firms.
- incl. names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and website URLs of organizations that offer support, market access, information and advice to the enterprise and poverty-reducing sectors in low-income countries. Click on a region of the world in the left-hand margin on the home page, then choose whether to read a single large file for the entire region or to select a specific country, such as...
Canada (PDF file - 258K, 36 pages) - 200+ organizations, from Aboriginal Business Canada to Young Entrepreneurs Association (Canada)

Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) - See links to some ESPC reports on the Alberta page of this site

Electronic Commons: A public network -- [version française]
This national not for profit online web space is dedicated to the exchange of information, opinions and resources by and for all Canadians.

Family Connections

Habitat for Humanity Canada
Habitat for Humanity International

Halifax Initiative
Halifax Initiative is a Canadian coalition of development, environment, faith, rights and labour groups. [It] was formed in the context of an international movement of non-governmental organizations focused on evaluating the role and record of the Bretton Woods Institutions at the time of their 50th Anniversary. Canadian NGOs formed the Halifax Initiative in December 1994 to ensure that demands for fundamental reform of the international financial institutions were high on the agenda of the G7's 1995 Halifax Summit.
- incl. links to : Debt - Export Credit Agencies - International Monetary Fund - Tobin Tax - World Bank - G-20 - Finance for Development - Publications - Media - Events - Links
Related Links : See the Canadian Social Research Links Globalization page

Inter-Church Coalition on Africa
Inter-Church Committee for Human Rights in Latin America

idealist.org

Idealist, a project of Action Without Borders. In this site you will find 20,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 150 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission. Includes tons of links to Canadian sites - organizations, resources, volunteering, services, and much more.
Includes 700+ Canadian NGOs and 400+ Canadian services, just to whet your appetite...

In Common - "Global action against poverty"
Led by the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC), 100+ Canadian organizations have joined in common -- a campaign to make action against poverty a public and political priority.

Internet Nonprofit Center - Information For and About Nonprofit Organizations (U.S)

Laidlaw Foundation (Toronto)
"The Laidlaw Foundation uses its human and financial resources in innovative ways to strengthen the environment for children, youth and families, to enhance opportunities for human development and creativity and to sustain healthy communities and ecosystems."

Go to the Canadian Social Research Links page of links for Children, Families and Youth (Canadian NGOs) for links to content from the Laidlaw Foundation website

Literary Review of Canada (LRC)
The LRC is Canada’s leading magazine for discussions of public affairs and culture. No other magazine in Canada today has our fifteen-year track record of providing Canadians with robust, intelligent public discourse on a wide range of topics from the country’s very best thinkers and writers.

The table of contents of the April 2007 issue of LRC and subscription information are included in the PDF file below, along with the complete text of the following book review:

Don’t It Always Seem to Go:
A review of Shereen Ismael’s
Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State: From Entitlement to Charity (PDF file - 260K, 4 pages)
Review by John Stapleton
- from the April 2007 issue of the Literary Review of Canada

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Tracking Those in Poverty
A review of Telling Tales: Living the Effects of Public Policy (PDF file - 1.6MB, 4 pages)
by Sheila Neysmith, Kate Bezanson and Anne O’Connell
Review by John Stapleton
[Posted with permission of the reviewer]
November 2005 issue of the Literary Review of Canada
"...there is little political will at the provincial level to address the plight of the disadvantaged in terms of improving income security programs. If the province does just a little, they bring the inadequacy of programs into sharp relief and shine a light on everything that they are not doing. If they were to consider doing a lot, it would cost more money than they can spend on a target group that has little political support or public sympathy."
- includes the table of contents for the November 2005 issue of the Literary Review of Canada and subscription information

More info about Telling Tales and how to order it
- incl. links to "Poverty study full of surprises", an article (June 10/05) by Toronto Star Columnist Carol Goar about Telling Tales and a book review (September 2005) by Brice Balmer, secretary of the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition.

National Action Committee on the Status of Women
[Page d'accueil en français]
"The National Action Committee on the Status of Women is the largest feminist organization in Canada. A coalition of more than 700 member groups, NAC has been fighting for women's equality for over 29 years."
Site map - quick overview of site content

National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO)
[ version française du site : Organisation nationale anti-pauvreté (ONAP) ]
"The National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working for the eradication of poverty in Canada. We strive to:
* Ensure the concerns of low-income people are reflected in federal policy and decision making;
* Defend the human and economic rights of low-income people in Canada; and
* Assist local and regional organizations to bring the voices of low-income people in Canada to decision-making and policy-making processes in their communities. [Excerpt from the NAPO home page)
NAPO is currently focusing on the following actions on behalf of low-income people in Canada: *Leadership development * Guaranteed Adequate Income * Minimum wage/living wage networking * Winnipeg panhandling by-law court challenge * October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty." (Excerpt from About NAPO)

- incl. links to: * Home * News * Poverty in Canada * Eradicating Poverty * About NAPO * Contact Us * Support Us * Privacy Policy * Partners

NOTE: If you're an historian, or just someone who's a bit weird because they think that "old" information is still *good* information (that includes me, by the way...), you will by now have begun an appropriate mourning period because of the demise of the "old" NAPO website with its rich content in so many areas of social policy. If you've been a regular on this (Canadian Social Research Links) site, or if you read the weekly newsletter, you'll know that you can always count on Archive.org to help you. Archive.org takes a complete snapshot of websites at different intervals --- all you do is enter the home page (or domain) URL --- http://napo-onap.ca/, in this case --- in the Archive.org box called "The Wayback Machine" and then select one of the older versions of the site. I did just that, and I've copied (below) the link to the latest (August 2006) version of the former NAPO site. There were no updates to the NAPO site after the summer of 2006, so this contains all of the old pages that disappeared with the launch of the new site.

NAPO website (as it was in August 2006) --- from Archive.org
- click on any of the links on that page to access all site content as it existed at that point in time.
[ TIP: you can do this for any website, as long as you know the domain's URL, e.g., http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net ]

National Citizens' Coalition

National Council of Welfare

- See the Canadian Social Research Links Social Research Organizations (I) in Canada page)

North-South Institute

Oxfam Canada

Progressive Economics Forum
The Progressive Economics Forum aims to promote the development of a progressive economics community in Canada. The PEF brings together over 125 progressive economists, working in universities, the labour movement, and activist research organizations.

Blog : Relentlessly Progressive Economics
Authors : Andrew Jackson - Arun DuBois - Erin Weir - Iglika Ivanova - Jim Stanford - Marc Lee - Mathieu Dufour - Toby Sanger - Wenonah Bradshaw

Radically Canadian

Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism
(U.S. site hosted by the National Center for Children in Poverty)
- the Research Forum database includes 41 reviewed and 28 unreviewed research projects dealing with issues of welfare reform in the U.S. and its effects.
- includes the Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project page (a welfare research and demonstration project in New Brunswick and British Columbia) - more info about SSP

RESULTS Canada

Rights & Democracy - The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
This site works best in Internet Explorer. (I'm being polite here - actually, this site works like crap in Netscape 4.75)
Incl. Globalization and Human Rights - Indigenous Peoples' Rights -International Human Rights Advocacy -Women's Rights
Rights & Democracy - The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development is a non-partisan organization with an international mandate. It was created by Canada's Parliament in 1988 to encourage and support the universal values of human rights and the promotion of democratic institutions and practices around the world.
President : Warren Allmand
- Don't miss the excellent collection of links to Canadian and international directories and databases - but I can't offer you a link to it because this site uses frames.
You'll have to go there, using Internet Explorer.

Royal Canadian Legion
The Legion is Canada's largest veterans', ex-service persons' and community service organization with more than 500,000 members and more than 1,600 branches in Canada, the USA (21) and Germany (3). The Legion puts more than $300 million into our communities each year and provide services to veterans, ex-service persons, seniors, youth and numerous community-based charities. Visit this site for a wealth of information on the Legion and its activities. Sections include About Us - Remembrance and Poppy - Dominion Convention - Legion Sports - Membership - Ladies Auxiliaries - Veterans and Ex-Service Persons Service - Links - Leadership and Development. You'll also find links to all Legion Commands across Canada, a number of issues of Reveille, the newsletter of the Dominion Command, and much more.

Social Justice Committee of Montreal
World Interaction Mondiale

Social Policy Café - launched April 12, 2007
The Social Policy Café , once a free electronic bulletin designed with the social policy community in mind, is now a blog! Hosted by Havi Echenberg, it will provide more timely information, and opens up the possiblity of guest contributors, interaction through commenting on entries, and more frequent updating. In addition to a welcoming entry, the first post compares Dublin's and Toronto's urban renewal efforts in low-income communities.
You can find it at www.socialpolicycafe.ca

The Social Policy Shop (Havi Echenberg - Ottawa)
- includes information on federal, provincial/territorial and international social programs, an online newsletter with links to more detailed information, links to social policy shops in the government, in Canadian NGOs and outside Canada. You'll even find a list of federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for social policy, along with their mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers and their e-mail addresses.

Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI)
"SEDI stands for Social and Enterprise Development Innovations. (...)We are a national charitable organization dedicated to enabling poor, unemployed and under-employed people to become self-sufficient. We take a variety of leading-edge social and economic approaches to this goal in areas such as policy development, program management, information exchange, capacity building, public education and research. Above all, SEDI is a catalyst..."

Learn$ave
"One of the most important assets is education. SEDI is offering an exciting chance for over 3,000 low-income earners to boost their savings so that they can afford skills training, schooling or to start-up a small business:will match the savings each participant puts aside in an Individual Development Account (IDA), dollar for dollar, paid directly to the school or institution . Through the IDA account, participants can build their personal savings and earn a credit for a matching amount by saving as little as $10 a month over 1 to 3 years. In most areas, the personal savings will be matched at $3 for every dollar saved up to the first $1,500. This matching contribution puts low-income Canadians on an equal footing with higher income Canadians who can afford to put away more of their own money. Between 2001 and 2003, partner organizations recruited candidates in 10 communities across the country. Recruitment is now complete in 9 of the 10 sites. Vancouver will be recruiting until December 2003. This project is the largest of its kind in the world. It’s delivered in partnership with the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) and is funded by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)."
Learn$ave FAQs

Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations (Social Issues)

Organismes non-gouvernementaux canadiens (Mission sociale)

Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations
(Social Issues)

Organismes non-gouvernementaux canadiens
(Mission sociale)