Regional Initiatives - B.C. & Yukon
Amnesty International - Pacific Region
AI Canada has more that 67,000 members and thousands more active supporters in communities, schools and networks across the country. These members work in partnership with some 50 staff and many volunteers based in our national office in Ottawa and our regional offices in Toronto and Vancouver.
BC Citizens for Public Power
BC Citizens for Public Power (BCCPP) is a grassroots, advocacy organization established to give voice to British Columbians' demand that the province's power generation system remain in public hands
BC Health Coalition
The BC Health Coalition is a strong network of organizations and individuals, which in total represents over 600,000 British Columbians. We are seniors, women, people with disabilities, and anti-poverty activists. We are youth, men, parents concerned for their children's' future, and people living with HIV/AIDS. We are community living advocates, health care providers and their unions.
CCPA - BC office
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada's leading progressive voices in public policy debates.
Check Your Head
Check Your Head (CYH) is a youth driven organization located in Vancouver. CYH educates young people on global issues, by looking at the connection between global events and issues and local realities.
Greater Victoria Water Watch Coalition
For over 2˝ years the GVWWC has promoted the benefits of public water and wastewater services and has championed the public good versus private interests.
Oxfam BC and Yukon region
Oxfam Canada believes that people together can create a fair world, free of poverty and injustice. Oxfam members are active in campaigns, events and local advocacy across BC and the Yukon with numerous project committees and local groups in Vancouver, Victoria and other centres.
Sacred Headwaters
Coalition of Klabona Keepers Elders Society, Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, Friends of Wild Salmon working to in the broad-based and growing grassroots campaign to keep Shell out of the Sacred Headwaters in northern BC.
StopWar.ca
Vancouver's Labour/Community coalition of organizations united for Justice and Peace. Also see http://stopwarblog.blogspot.com/ for updated blogging on Canada's war in Afghanistan.
Take Back the Power!
Take Back the Power is an initiative of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378 (COPE 378) with the growing support of British Columbians who care that we are losing our precious resources like power, water and jobs. Our aim is clear and powerful.
Yukon Federation of Labour
The Yukon Federation of Labour is an umbrella organization made up of affiliated unions and locals from throughout the Yukon. Our total membership numbers over 4000, representing workers in all facets of the labour force and both the public and private sectors.
War Resisters Support Campaign - Vancouver
Vancouver base of the national campaign to pressure the Canadian government to provide sanctuary in Canada for US soldiers refusing to fight in the Iraq war. For the national website see: http://www.resisters.ca/
