George Brown College

Engineering student, Dominique explains her experiences as a member of a brand new environmental club at George Brown College.

George Brown is a college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto, Ontario.

www.georgebrown.ca/

Lakehead University

Originally from South Western Ontario, Greg discusses his understanding of differences living in a Northern community, the need to manage resources wisely and indigenous rights.

LU is situated at the head of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ontario with a population of 109,140.

www.lakeheadu.ca/

Concordia

Rosalyne is a Québec student who relates her experiences in working toward environmental sustainability to larger social responsibilities. She also points out that various levels of government need come together to find solutions.

In particular she is very concerned with the future of our Boreal forests.

University of Saskatchewan

At the London, Ontario Youth Conference on Sustainability, Nicole, a student from the University of Saskatchewan reveals that her province is the largest producer of uranium in the world. She also discusses issues related to the corporatization of agriculture and how companies like Monsanto are affecting Canadian farmers.

The University of Saskatchewan is a public research university located on the East side of the South Sakatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan population, 206,500.

www.usask.ca/

Rights Action

Who We Are

Rights Action is a multi-faceted community development, environmental and human rights organization with its main office in Guatemala City. In both Canada and the United States, Rights Action has tax-charitable status.

Rights Action:

* provides funds directly to over 50 grassroots development, environmental and human rights organizations and projects.
* provides technical support, popular education and organizational strengthening training to these grassroots organizations.
* builds alliances for global justice between community-based organizations, both regionally and north-south.
* provides human rights accompaniment to persons at risk of repression for their environment, development and human rights work.
* does education & activist work in the US & Canada about global human rights, environmental and development issues, and about how citizens and organizations can get involved and work on these issues.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Canada Office
Rights Action (Canada)
422 Parliament St.
Box 82522
Toronto ON M5A-4N8
email: info@rightsaction.org

http://www.rightsaction.org/Templates/Who_We_Are.htm

Indigenous Land Rights

http://www.firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/land_rights.html