Catholic Organizations  |  Catholic Social Teaching | Ecumenical Organizations|

NGO�s and Humanitarian Organizations | Policy Research Institutes in Canada | Poverty Reduction/Elimination |

 Peace/Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Organizations | United Nations

Catholic Organizations

http://www.catholicworker.org/index.cfm Catholic Worker Movement founded by Dorothy Day

http://www.chac.ca/index_e.php Catholic Health Alliance of Canada

http://www.coc.org/ The Center of Concern is a faith-based organization working in collaboration with ecumenical and interfaith networks to bring a prophetic voice for social and economic justice to a global context.  A great resource for information and educational material.

http://www.devp.org/ Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.  The Official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis.

http://www.caritas.org/ Caritas is a global movement working in solidarity for a fairer world, inspired by the example of Christian faith and Catholic Social Teaching.  The 165 national Caritas members make the biggest network of Catholic charities in the world devoted to reducing poverty and campaigning for social justice.

http://www.jesuitforum.ca/ An initiative of the Jesuits in English Canada

http://www.osjspm.org/default.aspx Operated by the Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minnesota this website is a great resource for Catholic Social Teaching.

http://www.justpax.it/pcgp/eng/home_eng.html The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/index.shtml The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops office for Justice, Peace and Human Development

Catholic Social Teaching

http://www.educationforjustice.org/catholic-social-teaching-resources A great resource for Catholic Social Teaching offered by the Centre for Concern. 

http://www.osjspm.org/catholic_social_teaching.aspx From the Office for Social Justice, St Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota.  A very comprehensive resource for Catholic Social Teaching including official documents and helpful usable guides. 

http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/socialteaching/excerpt.shtml Themes of Catholic Social Teaching offered by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ecumenical Organizations

http://kairoscanada.org/en/ Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives is a web of people and partnerships dedicated to a faithful and decisive response to God�s call for respect for the earth and justice for its people.

http://mcc.org/ Mennonite Central Committee

NGO�s and Humanitarian Organizations

http://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International

http://www.breaking-the-silence.ca/ Breaking the Silence (BTS) is a voluntary network of people in the Maritimes who began to organize in 1988 to support the efforts of Guatemalans struggling for political, social, economic and environmental justice

http://theelders.org/ The Elders, are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.

http://www.msf.org/ Doctors without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters.

http://www.restorativejustice.org/ Restorative Justice Online is a service of the Prison Fellowship International Centre for Justice and Reconciliation. Its purpose is to be an authoritative, credible, non-partisan resource of information on restorative justice.

http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/ The Stephen Lewis Foundation

http://www.warchild.ca/ War Child Canada

Policy Research Institutes in Canada

http://www.tommydouglas.ca/ Tommy Douglas Research Institute

http://www.caledoninst.org/ A Canadian Social Policy Think Tank

Poverty Reduction/Elimination

http://www.whiteband.org/ Global Call to Action Against Poverty.  The Whiteband organization

http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca/ Make Poverty History Canada

http://www.catholicsforpeace.ca/ Catholics for Peace.  Located in Toronto, associated with the Global Pax Christi Network

http://www.jubileeusa.org/index.php Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 75 religious denominations and faith communities, human rights, environmental, labor, and community groups working for the definitive cancellation of crushing debts to fight poverty and injustice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

http://www.one.org/international/about/ ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty

http://www.gov.ns.ca/govt/povertystrategy/ Government of Nova Scotia Poverty Reduction Strategy

http://standagainstpoverty.org/suap/ Stand Up Against Poverty

http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779772&ts=2010-04-28%2020:00:00.0

TVO The Agenda with Steve Pakin.  An interview with Senator Hugh Segal: Guaranteed Annual Income, The Proposal | Guaranteed Annual Income

http://theanthill.ca/wishingwells/2753/Home Voices Antigonish is a volunteer community group working to bring about local, healthy, and sustainable food options for residents, particularly in the downtown core, of Antigonish

Peace/Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Organizations

http://www.conflicttransformation.org/ Alliance for Conflict Transformation

http://www.departmentofpeace.ca/ A campaign to establish a Federal Department of Peace

http://www.acp-cpa.ca/en/index.html Canadian Peace Alliance

http://www.peacebuild.ca/ The Canadian Peacebuilding Network

http://www.cpt.org/ Christmas Peacemakers Teams

http://www.civilianpeaceservice.ca/index.php Civilian Peace Service Canada

http://forusa.org/ The Fellowship of Reconciliation

http://www.cdpeace.org/ The Centre for Development and Peace Education based in Sierra Leone

http://www.ifor.org/ International Fellowship of Reconciliation

http://www.networkforpeace.com/ Network for Peace through Dialogue

http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/ Non-violent Peaceforce

http://paceebene.org/ Pace e Bene.  An international organization working for peace through education programs

http://www.paxchristi.net/international/eng/index.php Pax Christi International

http://www.peacebrigades.org/ Peacebrigades International

http://www.ploughshares.ca/index.html Project Ploughshares is an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches established in 1976 to implement the churches' call to be peacemakers and to work for a world in which justice will flourish and peace abound.

http://www.pugwashpeaceexchange.org/home.aspx The Pugwash Peace Exchange

http://www.jhcentre.org/ The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/12/67/ The Peace Alliance

http://www.worldpeace.org/index.html The World Peace Prayer Society

http://wagingnonviolence.org/ Waging Non-violence

http://www.wcrp.org/ Religions for Peace

United Nations

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/ United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/fullreport.html State of the world's children 2005 report: Childhood under threat

http://www.sisters-of-charity-federation.org/what_is_an_ngo/ As members of the Sisters of Charity Federation we belong to a Non-Governmental Organization with consultative status at the UN.

http://www.partnershipforglobaljustice.com/HomePage.html Partnership for Global Justice is a network of religious congregations, other groups and individuals grounded in Gospel values.