Benjamin Vandorpe (they/them) is a Two Sprit, trans, queer Inuk based in Odawa and is the founder of the non-profit organization, JusticeTrans, whose mission is to improve access to justice […]

Normally, the coming of spring is a welcome reprieve from long, cold, dark, and, if you’re from British Columbia like me, wet winters. But this year’s coming of spring may […]

January 7th marked an important moment for LGBTQ2S rights in Canada when the federal ban on conversion therapy officially came into effect. After years of advocacy from survivors and activists, […]

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres was blunt as he spoke at the release of the latest chilling report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on April 4: “Climate […]

The UN Human Rights Council recently recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy, safe, and sustainable environment. However, this right is far from the reality for racialized or marginalized […]

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs met with RBC on February 25 to demand the bank end its financing of the Coastal Gaslink pipeline. On April 7, they travelled to Toronto to attend […]

Earlier this year, Amnesty members and supporters sent hundreds of solidarity Valentines cards and messages to Wet’suwet’en land defenders in north-western British Columbia and raised several thousand dollars for supplies […]

Hundreds of Amnesty members and supporters showed their love and solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land and water defenders this February: you sent over 500 Valentine messages of solidarity and gratitude to […]

OTTAWA – Amnesty International has been following with great concern the developments relating to the Ottawa protests’ “Freedom Convoy 2022” blockade.   “Amnesty International Canada is deeply troubled by the reports […]

Submission to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Poeples

Show you care by sending a Valentine to a Wet'suwet'en Land Defender

All eyes were on Wet’suwet’en territory in Northwest British Columbia again this November as militarized RCMP officers arrested peaceful Indigenous land defenders and their supporters. This is the third time since 2019 that the RCMP have enforced an injunction to evict and arrest those opposed...