| ENVIRONMENT
ALBERTA ECOTRUST
Supports sound and effective community-based action.
209-2245
www.albertaecotrust.com
ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION
Defending wild Alberta through awareness and action.
283-2025
www.AlbertaWilderness.ca
BOW VALLEY GRIZZLY BEAR ALLIANCE
Registered Alberta non-profit organization committed to maintaining a healthy and self-sustaining grizzly bear population in the province of Alberta.
(403) 678-8532
www.grizzlybearalliance.org
CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY (CPAWS)
National grassroots organization dedicated to preserving Canada's native species through building public support for the protection of wildlands.
232-6686
www.cpawscalgary.org
CLEAN CALGARY
Provides urban environmental education and awareness programs including the annual Paint Round Up, Reuse Extravaganza, the Waste It Not Shop, composting education, energy education.
230-1443
www.cleancalgary.org
FREECYCLE CALGARY
Freecycle Calgary is a unique opportunity for people in Calgary who have a desire to help the environment and improve their own lives by clearing clutter and passing on their "trash" to those who would find it a "treasure."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecyclecalgary/
FRIENDS OF NOSE HILL
Society dedicated to the preservation of Nose Hill Park for all users.
www.geocities.com/fonhs/
PEMBINA INSTITUTE
Independent institution committed to protecting the environment and developing environmentally sound solutions to meet human needs.
269-3344
www.pembina.org
SIERRA CLUB OF CALGARY
Focuses on the loss of animal and plant species, deterioration of the earth's oceans and atmosphere, presence of toxic chemicals in all living things, destruction of wilderness areas, spiralling population growth and over-consumption.
233-7332
www.sierraclubchinook.org/
SOUTHERN ALBERTA LAND TRUST SOCIETY
Dedicated to conserving the environmental, economic and cultural values of Alberta's rangelands.
403-646-2600
www.salts-landtrust.org
SUSTAINABLE CALGARY
Promotes, encourages and supports community-level discussion, actions and initiatives that move Calgary toward a sustainable future through Sustainability Indicators, Green Map and Ecological Footprint projects.
270-0777
www.sustainablecalgary.ca
TROUT UNLIMITED CANADA
Actively pursues the mission "to preserve and protect Canada’s freshwater ecosystems for current and future generations."
info@bowriver.org
www.bowriver.org
UNDER THE SLEEPING BUFFALO RESEARCH
UTSB Research is a not-for-profit, registered company that provides research and support to individuals, firms, other not-for-profit groups and government agencies for the conservation of natural heritage in our national parks, and environmentally sustainable solutions for mountain communities.
403-762-0361
www.utsb.ca
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY ECO CLUB
Student-based club dedicated to education and action on environmental issues important to the U of C community.
ecoclub@ucalgary.ca
www.ucalgary.ca/ecoclub/
SOCIAL JUSTICE
ALBERTA CIVIL LIBERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE
Provides research, education, publications and law reform recommendations on civil liberties and human rights law in Alberta.
220-2505
www.aclrc.com
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Worldwide voluntary activist movement that works impartially to prevent violations of people's fundamental, civil and political human rights by governments and opposition groups.
270-8026
www.aicalgary.ca
ARUSHA CENTRE
A collectively run, member-supported organization that provides resources and programming on local and global social justice issues.
270-3200
www.arusha.org
BRENDA STRAFFORD CENTRE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A secure housing facility for women and children who are leaving abusive situations.
270-7240
www.straffordfoundation.com
CALGARY COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
Dedicated to the elimination of police brutality.
262-2390
http://members.shaw.ca/cdlc/cdlcccsj.htm
CALGARY COMMUNITIES AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE
Works towards a community without sexual abuse through support for people in crisis and preventing sexual abuse and assault through education.
237-5888
www.calgarycasa.com
CALGARY & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL
The Calgary & District Labour Council is the voice of labour in Calgary, working to uphold the principles of unionism and create solidarity in the struggle to improve the working lives of all people.
262-2390
www.members.shaw.ca/cdlc/
CALGARY FREEDOM TO READ WEEK COMMITTEE
Participates in the annual Canada-wide recognition of freedom of expression and thought by publicizing and organizing events in Calgary.
283-2085
www.freedomtoread.ca
CALGARY IMMIGRANT WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
CIWA promotes and supports the integration of immigrant and refugee women into the community and the larger Canadian society.
263-4414
www.ciwa-online.com
CALGARY JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY
Working with individuals and communities with regard to the criminal justice system. Advocates restorative justice as opposed to punitive justice.
266-4566
www.justice4youth.com
www.johnhoward.calgary.ab.ca
CALGARY RAGING GRANNIES
Active, caring women who dress in eye-catching granny costumes and use songs, letters, petitions and free speech to promote peace and raise awareness of environmental and social justice issues.
www.raginggranniescalgary.ca
CANADIAN CENTRES FOR TEACHING PEACE
Promoting lasting peace through "thinking globally, acting locally," building peace in the community, strategic action planning, networking and information sharing.
461-2469
www.peace.ca
CANDIL: CANADA DEMOCRACY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
Formerly CANESI, CANDIL promotes global human security through a culture of peace, active democracy and respect for international law. Especially active around issues affecting Iraq.
270-9669
www.candil.org
CANPALNET CALGARY
Canadians of all backgrounds who support the human, democratic and national rights of the Palestinian people.
www.canpalnetcalgary.ca
CHILD AND YOUTH FRIENDLY CALGARY
To lead in providing meaningful opportunities for young people to contribute to our community.
266-5448
www.childfriendly.ab.ca
CUSO PRAIRIES
A Canadian international development organization which supports alliances for global social justice.
1-888-434-2876
www.cuso.org
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESOURCE CENTRE
Proponents of education and employment for people with developmental disabilities.
240-3111
www.ddrcc.com/
DISABILITY ACTION HALL
A place for people with disabilities and their friends to come to and create ways to shape events, actions and attitudes that affect their lives.
717-5610
www.actionhall.ca
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY
Provides pathways to healing for women involved in the criminal justice system by providing support, programming and advocacy.
294-0737
www.elizabethfry.ab.ca
FOOD NOT BOMBS
Collective committed to the protest against poverty and violence in societies by serving healthy, vegetarian or vegan meals to the hungry.
www.foodnotbombs.tk
GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
Creating, networking and community building among all people by providing gay, lesbian, bisexual support, education and resources.
234-8973
www.glcsa.org
JUST SHIRTS
A sweatshop-free co-operative that sells ethically produced clothing.
705-4836
http://www.justshirts.ca
LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Advocating and protecting the best interests of Latin American nationals living in Calgary, regardless of place of birth, political or religious beliefs.
568-9045
www.stormpages.com/laca/
OXFAM CANADA
Dedicated to creating self-sustaining programs in developing communities worldwide by focusing on health security, food security and democratic rights.
1-800-466-9326
www.oxfam.ca
PRIDE CALGARY
Unity in diversity.
www.pridecalgary.ca
PROJECT PLOUGHSHARES
Public education and advocacy on peace and social justice issues.
270-7366
www.ploughsharescalgary.ca/
SCOPE SOCIETY
Works in alliance with people with disabilities, their families and friends, and other community members to understand problems and create solutions to personal and social justice issues.
509-0200
www.calgscope.org
STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET
Students and community members dedicated to addressing the brutal occupation of Tibet by China for over half a century.
sft@ucalgary.ca
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~sft/
WOMEN FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN
Volunteer solidarity group committed to raising awareness of the plight of women in Afghanistan.
244-5625
www.w4wafghan.ca
WOMEN’S COMMITTEE OF THE CALGARY AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL
Striving to bring a feminist perspective and women’s issues into the labour movement and a class perspective and labour issues into the women’s movement.
www.members.shaw.ca/cdlc/cdlcwomens.htm
COMMUNITY GROUPS
ACTION FOR AGRICULTURE
Creating public awareness of agriculture in Alberta's municipalities.
403 932-5561
http://www.action-for-agriculture.8m.com/
ADBUSTERS
Local collective which meets once a week to discuss issues and ideas related to material covered in Adbusters magazine, engage in co-operative learning, do outreach (such as documentary viewings) and work on other actions to try to effect change.
www.adbusters.meetup.com/16/
ALBERTA INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE (IMC)
Building up and linking existing independent media projects, groups and individuals. Expanding reach and diversity by bringing together the wide range of voices within our communities.
www.indymedia.org
ALBERTA MENTOR FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping junior and senior high school students achieve their full potential through supportive in-school mentoring relationships.
270-3637
www.amfy.org
ALBERTA REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION
Funder of real-estate related projects to educate professionals or the public to support affordable housing.
228-4786
www.aref.ab.ca
BIG SISTERS & BIG BROTHERS OF CALGARY
Enriching the lives of children through mentoring.
777-3535
www.bbbscalgary.com
CALGARY ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION CO-OPERATIVE
Member-owned co-operative that promotes, develops and operates transportation alternatives in Calgary.
270-8002
www.catco-op.org
CALGARY ANIMAL RIGHTS COALITION
Promotes animal rights and animal related issues.
697-3481
CALGARY CULTURE-JAMMERS
Loose collective engaged in organizing, learning and community building to counter corporate culture and build alternatives.
http://calgaryjammers.blogspot.com
CALGARY DOLLARS
Grassroots initiative that brings together local resources to strengthen the local economy and build community without using money.
270-8002
www.calgarydollars.ca
CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE
Creates a friendly non-invasive safe and supportive environment as an alternative to the street, and provides an atmosphere for personal growth.
266-3600
www.cdics.com
CALGARY HOMELESS FOUNDATION
Provides capital funding for housing projects and provides the vehicle for community consultation on homelessness issues and community collaboration on solutions.
262-2921
www.calgaryhomeless.com
CALGARY HUMANE SOCIETY (SPCA)
Animal welfare organization that operates the only shelter in the city for dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, rodents and other domestic animals.
205-4455
www.calgaryhumane.ca
CALGARY INTERFAITH FOODBANK
Dedicated to gathering and providing emergency food to those in need.
253-2059
www.calgaryfoodbank.com
CANADIAN WORKER CO-OP FEDERATION
To develop and support an integrated network of democratically controlled worker co-ops, which work together to support the development of healthy and sustainable local economies.
287-2069
www.canadianworker.coop
CHILD FIND ALBERTA
Provides resources in the location of missing children and raises awareness around the prevention of missing children.
270-3463
www.childfind.ab.ca
CJSW 90.9 FM
Campus-community radio station giving voice to volunteer-based multicultural and public affairs programming, as well as local and independent music.
220-3902
www.cjsw.com
CRITICAL MASS
A monthly bicycle ride through the streets of downtown Calgary on the last Friday of every month, at 5:30 p.m. Meets at Eau Claire Plaza (between the ‘Y’ and the Market).
www.criticalmass.meetup.com/15/
CRY HAVOC! SOCIETY
Believes that individual actions have the power to make a positive difference in the world, both locally and globally through having information and knowledge.
K_ikeda@shaw.ca
FEEDING CALGARY’S CHILDREN INITIATIVE
A community-based action committee designed to foster and develop solutions to the issue of child hunger in Calgary through partnerships.
520-1513
http://www.feedingcalgaryschildren.net/
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Builds homes for low-income working families.
253-9331
www.calgaryhabitat.ca
HOUSING REGISTRY NETWORK
A free web service that links low-cost rentals with people looking for a home.
www.lowcostrent.org
KATIMAVIK
Offers youth between the ages of 17 and 21 an exciting nine-month journey of self-discovery in three different regions of Canada. The program is based on the concept of service learning.
http://www.katimavik.org/
MOMENTUM
Practises Community Economic Development by partnering with the underemployed to develop their productive futures.
272-9323
www.momentum.org
PEACE CALGARY
Loose coalition of peace and anti-war activists in the Calgary area.
www.peacecalgary.ca/
REVOLUTIONARY KNITTING CIRCLE
Building community, and speeding forward the revolution, through knitting.
262-2934
http://knitting.activist.ca/
STREET TEAMS
Provides prevention, intervention and recovery services to children and youth who are at risk or involved with street life, prostitution and/or pornography.
228-3390
TWO WHEEL VIEW
Charitable organization working with youth to encourage leadership, achievement, cultural understanding and environmental stewardship through mountain biking adventures.
www.twowheelview.org
VIBRANT COMMUNITIES CALGARY
Diverse group of community leaders and members who ignite community action to create and implement bold solutions that reduce and prevent poverty through collaboration and education.
283-2122
www.vibrantcalgary.com
VOLUNTEER CALGARY
Building a community that provides leadership in volunteerism, as well as providing information on places that people can volunteer.
265-5633
www.volunteercalgary.ab.ca
WORK WELL CALGARY
Working towards a workplace that incorporates a balanced, co-operative, democratic, flexible lifestyle for the individual into an environmentally sustainable economy.
239-3419
www.calcna.ab.ca/populati/communit/workwell/ww_hp1.html
POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY
ALBERTA CIVIL LIBERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE
Promotes awareness about civil liberties and human rights through research and education.
220-2505
www.aclrc.com
COUNCIL OF CANADIANS
Provides a critical voice on key national issues: safeguarding our social programs, promoting economic justice, renewing our democracy, asserting Canadian sovereignty, promoting alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving our environment.
1-800-387-7177
www.canadians.org
FAIR VOTE CANADA
Committed to reforming Canada’s electoral system.
www.fairvotecanada.org
NATIONAL CITIZENS COALITION
Canada's largest independent pro-free enterprise citizens advocacy group. We stand for free enterprise, less government, individual freedom and property rights.
www.nationalcitizens.ca
PARKLAND INSTITUTE
Alberta-wide research network examining political and economic policy issues from the perspective of the public interest. Aims to conduct high quality research on current issues and disseminate the results to the public and other public interest groups.
www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/
HEALTH & WELLNESS
AIDS CALGARY
Reducing the harm associated with HIV and AIDS for individuals and communities in the Calgary region through support and community outreach initiatives.
508-2500
www.aidscalgary.org
CALGARY BIRTH CONTROL ASSOCIATION
Pro-choice organization that offers a range of counselling and education services that help people consider their sexual and reproductive options.
283-5580
www.cbca.ab.ca
CHEERS PROJECT
Demonstrates how laughter and humour can help to alleviate stress, connect with others and maintain physical and emotional health.
244-1430
CALGARY VEGETARIAN SOCIETY
Provides information of local interest for vegetarians in the Calgary area.
261-9628
www.calgaryveg.com
FRIENDS OF MEDICARE
Raises public awareness on concerns related to medical care in Alberta.
780-423-4581
http://friendsofmedicare.ab.ca
In compiling this guide, we made every effort to include as many organizations as possible. If we missed your organization, please send us the name, phone number and/or e-mail, and a one-sentence description – we will include it in next year's guide. |
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