Advocacy is resistance: Navigating anti-LGBTQI+ violence in post-war Guatemala May 23, 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
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Round Table with Vigilance OGM: Agroecology, feminist approaches and the struggle against agrochemicals Oct 7, 2024 | Read more
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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
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Inter Pares and SUWRA launch Canadian civil society working group on Sudan Jun 25, 2024 | Read more
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In the News Human Rights and the Environment should be Non-Partisan Issues Bills Introduced to Protect People and the Planet Warrant All-Party Support. In the News Court rules Ottawa can maintain secrecy on aid to Goldcorp in human rights dispute Press Release In the News The art of emancipation Tiniguena has preserved tropical forest by supporting a network of community forest led by local people. In the News Podcast: Nourishing Community in Guinea Bissau In a new podcast, learn more about the special partnership between Tiniguena and Inter Pares - a partnership that dates back 30 years. In the News Peace Parks: A Political Tool for Self-Determination As Burma’s first Indigenous protected and conserved area, the Salween Peace Park is a vibrant example of grassroots self-determination. In the News Highlights 2018 Inter Pares supports local activist organizations to build a more equal world. Thanks to our generous donors, throughout 2018, we have strengthened many struggles for social justice in Canada and overseas. Highlights 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 Plunder in the Borneo rainforest: A Canadian connection? The Sarawak activists trying to “follow the money” and highlight a number of the factors that give Canada an international reputation as a safe haven for money laundering. Updates Canada’s Deadly Diplomacy and Mining Justice in Mexico More than eight years since the murder of Mariano Abarca, an outspoken community leader in Chiapas, Mexico, his son and a group of Mexican human rights defenders will visit Ottawa, on February 5th and 6th. Conference The Borneo Case The Borneo Case tells the story of Indigenous people in Malaysia and their allies in defense of their ancestral lands being destroyed by illegal logging. Film screening 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 From the Land: 140 supporters reflect with us on reconciliation On April 25th, 2016, 140 supporters and activists from Ottawa-Gatineau joined Inter Pares for the 2016 edition of its annual Speakers Series, "From the Land: Reconciliation in action in Canada and Colombia." Updates 2015 Highlights Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015. Highlights 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 Top Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds linked to Brazilian land grabs, displacement of people A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities. In the News The Future of International Solidarity Over forty years, we have witnessed incredible change in the countries where we work. While some rights have been gained, others become threatened. Insight & Analysis Interview with Geoff Evans, a long-time Inter Pares supporter and admirer Geoff Evans describes why he has stayed engaged with Inter Pares over three decades. Happy Birthday Tiniguena! Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things. Updates 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 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 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 Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests. Insight & Analysis Our Common Future Today Dealing with environmental challenges by addressing the underlying social justice issues. Bulletins Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development. Insight & Analysis The root causes of environmental destruction need social justice solutions Agrarian reform can prevent forest loss, promote ecological farming and secure land tenure can improve degraded land. Strengthening bonds of solidarity in West Africa Inter Pares staff Rachel Gouin facilitates fundraising for social change workshop with youth in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Updates Giving as an Act of Solidarity The most important is to build a movement by gaining the support of people who care about social justice. Bulletins Reclaiming Our Food Eliminating hunger and ensuring healthy communities and a healthy planet. Bulletins
Agroecology: Helping women in West Africa access land What role agroecology can play in strengthening women’s access to and control over land? In the News
Human Rights and the Environment should be Non-Partisan Issues Bills Introduced to Protect People and the Planet Warrant All-Party Support. In the News
Court rules Ottawa can maintain secrecy on aid to Goldcorp in human rights dispute Press Release In the News
The art of emancipation Tiniguena has preserved tropical forest by supporting a network of community forest led by local people. In the News
Podcast: Nourishing Community in Guinea Bissau In a new podcast, learn more about the special partnership between Tiniguena and Inter Pares - a partnership that dates back 30 years. In the News
Peace Parks: A Political Tool for Self-Determination As Burma’s first Indigenous protected and conserved area, the Salween Peace Park is a vibrant example of grassroots self-determination. In the News
Highlights 2018 Inter Pares supports local activist organizations to build a more equal world. Thanks to our generous donors, throughout 2018, we have strengthened many struggles for social justice in Canada and overseas. Highlights
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
Plunder in the Borneo rainforest: A Canadian connection? The Sarawak activists trying to “follow the money” and highlight a number of the factors that give Canada an international reputation as a safe haven for money laundering. Updates
Canada’s Deadly Diplomacy and Mining Justice in Mexico More than eight years since the murder of Mariano Abarca, an outspoken community leader in Chiapas, Mexico, his son and a group of Mexican human rights defenders will visit Ottawa, on February 5th and 6th. Conference
The Borneo Case The Borneo Case tells the story of Indigenous people in Malaysia and their allies in defense of their ancestral lands being destroyed by illegal logging. Film screening
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
From the Land: 140 supporters reflect with us on reconciliation On April 25th, 2016, 140 supporters and activists from Ottawa-Gatineau joined Inter Pares for the 2016 edition of its annual Speakers Series, "From the Land: Reconciliation in action in Canada and Colombia." Updates
2015 Highlights Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015. Highlights
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
Top Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds linked to Brazilian land grabs, displacement of people A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities. In the News
The Future of International Solidarity Over forty years, we have witnessed incredible change in the countries where we work. While some rights have been gained, others become threatened. Insight & Analysis
Interview with Geoff Evans, a long-time Inter Pares supporter and admirer Geoff Evans describes why he has stayed engaged with Inter Pares over three decades.
Happy Birthday Tiniguena! Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things. Updates
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
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
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
Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests. Insight & Analysis
Our Common Future Today Dealing with environmental challenges by addressing the underlying social justice issues. Bulletins
Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development. Insight & Analysis
The root causes of environmental destruction need social justice solutions Agrarian reform can prevent forest loss, promote ecological farming and secure land tenure can improve degraded land.
Strengthening bonds of solidarity in West Africa Inter Pares staff Rachel Gouin facilitates fundraising for social change workshop with youth in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Updates
Giving as an Act of Solidarity The most important is to build a movement by gaining the support of people who care about social justice. Bulletins
Reclaiming Our Food Eliminating hunger and ensuring healthy communities and a healthy planet. Bulletins