Spark Newsletter
August 2025 | Vol 1 | No. 1
Spark is Amnesty International Canada’s monthly guide to activism and human rights in Canada (formerly known as the Activism Guide). From online petitions to events and important days of action, Spark is your resource for igniting change in your classroom or community, across Canada and around the world.
featured campaign
stop migrant worker abuse
People will come together all across Canada during the week of September 22 to demand justice for migrant workers.
Migrant workers are essential workers. They help keep food on our plates, roofs over our heads, and our children and seniors well-cared for, yet they are often denied basic freedoms, such as the freedom to quit abusive jobs.
Canadian workers would never accept this kind of treatment — and neither should anyone else.
Join us in calling on the federal government to stop closed work permits in the Temporary Foreign Workers Program once and for all. Join the Days of Action to highlight this injustice.
Take Action
Defend hope for human rights
Upcoming Events
Member Spotlight
Calling All Activists
Share your story with the Amnesty activist community
We’re launching a new monthly Member Spotlight feature to celebrate our vibrant community of change makers and activists, including you!
Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or you’re brand new to our community, we’d love to feature you in an upcoming edition of Spark.
Here’s what we’d like to know:
- How long have you been involved with Amnesty?
- What kind of activism do you do (events, letter-writing, campaigns, etc.)
- What does this work mean to you?
- Share a fun fact about yourself or one of your hobbies.
- Photos are very welcome!
Send your story to activism@amnesty.ca. We’re excited to hear from you and to share your inspiring story with the rest of the community!
Get Involved
Become a National Organizer
Step into leadership. Speak up for human rights. Shape the future.
National Organizers are activist leaders who are excited to take action on human rights issues in creative and critical ways in their community. Amnesty International Canada is committed to having youth perspectives at the centre of all its human rights work. We encourage young people from across the country to apply. The National Organizers Program is an excellent youth volunteer opportunity to gain leadership experience, learn about important global issues, and take action to make a difference in the world.
Start a Youth Group
Launch an Amnesty Youth Group or Campus Club
Join our National Youth & Student Groups Program and join our network of schools, campuses, and communities across the country doing human rights work! Setting up a group or club is easy, and Amnesty Canada will support you with tools, resources, and one-on-one guidance from our youth program staff. Get started by filling out this form or sending us an email at youth@amnesty.ca.
Recommended resources
Check out some recommended Human Rights content curated by Amnesty members just like you.
Read
Read the latest Amnesty Book Club selection, Who We Are by the late Honourable Murray Sinclair, former Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Watch
Watch our Secretary General and Amnesty directors from the Americas join the Red Dress Day Vigil on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Learn
Learn about human rights activism and how to campaign for a better world from our interactive Amnesty Online Learning Centre.
Donate
Amnesty Canada doesn’t accept funding from the government. We rely solely upon the generosity of people like you to keep doing our crucial human rights work.
The Urgent Action Network
By becoming a member, you can help protect people at imminent risk
Amnesty campaigns for human rights in many ways, but when safety is a concern of the individual at risk, the best way to ensure their protection is the Urgent Action Network. Volunteers use letters, emails, and social media posts to urge authorities around the world to protect individuals and communities at risk of imminent human rights violations.
Over the past five decades, the Urgent Action Network has become one of Amnesty’s most effective campaign tools. Worldwide, more than 500,000 volunteers worldwide are standing by to take action. Want to join them? It takes just a moment to sign up. As a member of the Urgent Action Network, you’ll become a lifeline for those in immediate danger of human rights abuses.
hope in action
Stories to Energize and Inspire Your Activism
Thank you for supporting human rights
Sharing these success stories is only possible thanks to the continued generosity of donors like you.