The Council of Canadians - Winnipeg Chapter

Art City is a not-for-profit art community centre in Winnipeg's West Broadway area. We provide free of charge high-quality art programming for all ages, five days a week. Art City brings in local, national and international artists. We pride ourselves in our belief that visual art makes the world a better place. Our participants are the reason we exist. There is a space for art in every life, and every person deserves the artistic opportunity we offer, in a safe supportive environment. We foster self-expression, self-respect, and pride in one's work.

The Bike Dump is a community-use bicycle repair shop in Winnipeg that makes cycling and bicycle repair knowledge accessible to everyone. We have tools and space to fix your bike, volunteers to help guide you through repairs and and a stock of recycled bike frames and parts. We offer creative alternatives to auto dependency and its consequences.

Vast stretches of Canada's boreal forest are undisturbed by development, providing refuge on a grand scale for caribou, gray wolves and millions of songbirds that nest in the dense woods. But the wildest stretch of this great forest - its very heart - is under threat from transmission lines, industrial access roads, mining and large-scale logging. In response to these dangers, BioGems Defenders have joined other environmental activists and indigenous communities in an urgent campaign to save the Heart of the Boreal Forest.

The Canada Palestine Support Network (CanPalNet-Winnipeg) is a grassroots solidarity organization, not associated with any political party, nor any particular religious or cultural community. It is comprised mainly of Winnipeggers, including (but not limited to) Palestinians and Jews, who, together, are committed to building a lasting and meaningful peace in Israel-Palestine.

The CCPA Manitoba was formed in 1997 to challenge the onslaught of neo-liberal policies in our province. We continue to have an impact on public discourse by offering Manitobans critical policy analysis, solid research and progressive policy alternatives. The Manitoba office has continued to publish regularly on a range of issues, with a particular emphasis on poverty and labour issues.

The Canadian Federation of Students was formed in 1981 to provide students with an effective and united voice, provincially and nationally. At the time, it was recognized that for students to be truly effective in representing their collective interests to the federal and provincial governments, it was vital to unite under one banner. Today, the Federation comprises more than 500,000 students from over 80 university and college students' unions across the country. There are 5 member locals in Manitoba uniting over 42,000 part-time and full-time students.

In 2006, Manitoba Council on International Cooperation became involved in the efforts of individuals and groups around the province to heighten Manitobans' awareness of fair trade through Fair Trade Manitoba, now a program of MCIC. For Manitobans, purchasing fair trade products provides an opportunity to be active global citizens, where actions here in Manitoba can impact positively on the lives of farmers and artisans in the global South.

We are the young RebELLEs who have answered a feminist call and we are proud to call ourselves feminists. We recognize that there are multiple interpretations of feminism and we celebrate and integrate this diversity. We are women of diverse abilities, ethnicities, origins, sexualities, identities, class backgrounds, ages and races. Among us are employed, underemployed and unemployed women, mothers, students, dropouts, artists, musicians and women in the sex trade. We state that transfolks, two-spirited and intersexed people are integral to our movement and recognize and respect gender fluidity and support the right to self-identify. Our women-only spaces include everyone who self-identifies and lives as a woman in society.

FMM is a registered charity dedicated to healthy, sustainable food for all. We cultivate community food skills, provide public education and build partnerships and networks. We are home to the Manitoba Food Charter.

Our mission is to develop a learning center that works toward strengthening and building linkages between urban and rural areas, empowering communities while creating strategies and infrastructure to sustain community and environment. Over the past ten years, the HMS has consulted and worked with local residents of Clearwater, Manitoba, to develop an action plan for long-term rural environmental and economic sustainability.

We are a group of Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights. We come together in the belief that the broad spectrum of opinion among the Jewish population of this country is not reflected by those institutions which claim authority to represent the Jewish community as a whole. We further believe that individuals and groups within all communities should feel free to express their views on any issue of public concern without incurring accusations of disloyalty.

Make Poverty History Manitoba (MPHM) is a multi-sectoral collaborative coalition of organizations and individuals committed to changing public policy to achieve a Manitoba without poverty.

Manitoba Eco-Network promotes positive environmental action by connecting people and groups in our communities. We are an umbrella for environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGO's) throughout the province, welcoming individual, ENGO and associate members to our organization. We educate, we facilitate, we celebrate!

Manitoba Wildlands is a non-profit environmental and public research organization. We work with communities, industry sectors, and environmental organizations for the future of Manitoba's lands and waters. We support establishment of protected areas in Manitoba, with a special focus on our boreal forest regions. We provide information about decisions for use of crown (public) lands and water; technical information about lands use decisions. Often this web site provides hard to find government information, or documents that are not posted elsewhere.

Mondragon is a political bookstore and vegan restaurant located in Winnipeg's historic exchange district. The word Mondragon comes from the Euskadi (Basque) town of the same name meaning "Dragon Mountain" in English. Located in Northern Spain, Mondragon is known for its extensive network of workers' cooperatives, and has been the subject of numerous books and articles. Inspired by this and many other examples of alternative economics and workplace democracy, our bookstore and coffeehouse is organized as a workers collective.

Peace Alliance Winnipeg is committed to developing a broad movement for peace in our city. It organizes actions and educational events to promote an understanding of the events which are shaping our world. Through our web site we present news, information and discussion about Canada's role in the world as it relates to issues of war and peace as well as developments that occur in other countries.

Project Peacemakers is a body of people who are working for peace from a faith perspective and we are a local chapter of Project Ploughshares. We believe that peace is more than the absence of war. A peaceful society is one which is just and where all people are free to strive for wholeness. We try to create a peaceful society by motivating and educating ourselves and our community. We believe in a world that can love, learn and liberate. Our faith calls us to action for peace, against violence, against greed (especially in its globalized corporate form). We are in solidarity with all who share this vision.

Right to Housing is a Winnipeg-based coalition of 120 individuals and 33 organizations working together to address the current housing crisis and the chronic need for social housing. We promote and lobby for safe, quality social housing (where rent is geared to income) and housing policy solutions on a local, provincial and national level as part of a comprehensive strategy to eliminate poverty.

Students Against Israeli Apartheid is a student group dedicated to opposing apartheid practices in Israel/Palestine. We believe that a true and just peace can come only by dismantling the apartheid systems in Israel/Palestine. Furthermore, the crime of apartheid is defined in international law, and by continuing its apartheid systems, the Israeli state is openly flaunting international law. Our goal is to build movements against Israeli apartheid both on campus and in broader society which can act in solidarity with Palestinians.

Transition Winnipeg (TW) is a community-led initiative to increase our quality of life, make the local economy more resilient and adapt to contemporary challenges -- a changing climate, more expensive oil and fewer non-renewable resources. The transition movement is community-led. Anyone can be involved and everyone is invited, regardless of background, age, or experience.

Gallery 1C03 and the University of Winnipeg Students' Association (UWSA) are pleased to join the Cinema Politica network though the formation of "Cinema Politica at The University of Winnipeg. Our aim is to engage with students and the public in ways that encourage informed citizenry through creative and critical thinking. Through the presentation and discussion of these films, we hope to grow our relationships with students, faculty, and staff on campus, as well as citizens of Winnipeg at large. Let's watch films about issues that matter to us, then talk about and plan actions we can take to make the world a more equitable and sustainable place for everyone.

Winnipeg Copwatch believes that police brutality and misconduct are rights violations that no one should experience or tolerate. Formed in August 2006, Winnipeg Copwatch is an independent collective of volunteers working to end police brutality and misconduct in Winnipeg. We regularly patrol Winnipeg's streets by car, bike, and on foot, observing and videotaping police interactions with the public without interfering with the police. Our goal on patrols is to deter rather than document police violence. Winnipeg Copwatch organizes Know Your Rights workshops to inform people of their rights when interacting with police.

The Winnipeg Labour Council (WLC) is this region's "House of Labour", or central labour body. Just as workers unite in a union to protect their rights, union locals unite in the Labour Council to further their aims and objectives. The WLC promotes the goals of the labour movement in Winnipeg at the municipal level.

Winnipeg Community TV is a newly formed video production collective dedicated to producing programs that focus on Winnipeg community activism.

"We are entertainers, a rag-tag bunch of scaly-wags, a "Come-Unity" orchestra and a circus-like performance troop, which brings collective JOY to children, adults, seniors, plants and all other species alike! We do this on the street, at parks, at musical festivals across Canada, street festivals in diverse neighbourhoods, community gatherings, parades, political protests, marches, movie shoots, concerts and parties!"