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There are countless opportunities to get involved with Amnesty International. The Activism Guide is updated seasonally and so we encourage you to bookmark this page and keep checking back here for recent updates and new materials and resources.

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How to show your human rights Pride this summer

Whether you identify as LGBTI or as an ally, you can help bring Amnesty’s human rights message to a Pride...

Show your Pride this Summer

In the midst of a global crackdown on LGBTI rights, your action is needed more than ever this Pride season...

Canadians fear cultural, health and environmental impacts of mine disaster

On August 4, 2014, a section of the Mount Polley copper mine tailing pond blew out, releasing 25 million cubic...

The Berks Kids

Kids and their parents are stuck in what are known as “baby jails.” Their so-called crime? Fleeing violence and dreaming...

Show your support for Berta and the defenders of COPINH in Honduras

This month, the land and water defenders of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), have requested...

Become a Fieldworker!

The Amnesty International Fieldworker Program is recruiting new volunteer leaders. Fieldworkers are trained Amnesty volunteers who work across Canada to...

Shell Oil: Complicit in Murder?

By Ian Heide, Business and Human Rights Coordinator Amnesty International is calling on the Governments of Nigeria, the United...

Help Celebrate the Creation of a Human Rights Ombudsperson

The Canadian government has just announced the creation of a human rights ombudsperson. This will help position Canada as a...

I WELCOME: Stand Up for Refugees in Mexico Facing Life-threatening Deportations

Mexico is on the front lines of a massive refugee crisis, a crisis effectively hidden by our mass media’s single-minded...

Extraction! Using Graphic Novels to Talk about Human Rights

You probably already know that Canadian mining companies explore the world looking for gold, silver and other precious metals. But...

Amnesty International’s #WriteForRights letter-writing marathon supports human rights defenders abroad

By Sareema Husain #WriteForRights, Amnesty International’s biggest local event of the year, took over the Centre for Social Innovation Annex...

Site C: Still not, in fact, ‘the point of no return’

“The fundamental issue is First Nations in the region have entrenched constitutional rights. Not just the requirement for consultation and...

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