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Friends of Medicare is a provincial coalition of individuals, service organizations, social justice groups, unions, associations, churches and other organizations whose goal is to raise public awareness on concerns related to Medicare in Alberta and Canada.
http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/
Parkland Institute studies economic, social, cultural, and political issues facing Albertans and Canadians, using the perspective of political economy. The Institute shares the results of its research widely and promotes discussion of the issues its research raises.
https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/research
CITIZEN WATCH has been created as a public service for the people of Alberta. It is the work of an ever-widening network of individuals from across the province, including families and friends of long term care and assisted or supportive living residents and those requiring long term care supports in their own homes.
http://www.continuingcarewatch.com/
Workers Forum Online news
Migrante is a non-profit advocacy and self help organization. In Alberta, we address the immediate issues facing migrants and our compatriots. We provide assistance through referrals, advocate and campaign on migrants’ issues. We work closely with labour unions and community based organizations.
https://www.migrantealberta.ca/
The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) is a public advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of public health care in Canada. Our membership is comprised of national organizations representing health care workers, nurses, seniors, churches, anti-poverty groups, women and trade unions, as well as affiliated coalitions in 10 provinces and 1 territory.
http://mail.coalitionsante.ca/
The EDLC is comprised of many Edmonton and area unions
https://www.edmontonlabour.ca/
The Alberta Federation of Labor is a voluntary association of unions and employee organizations that have banded together to achieve common goals.
We are the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW Canada) – a proud union that feeds, serves, and provides for Canada’s hard-working families.
http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2215&Itemid=135&lang=en
Through our campaigns we advocate for clean water, fair trade, green energy, public health care, and a vibrant democracy. We educate and empower people to hold our governments and corporations accountable.
Public Interest Alberta is a non-profit, non-partisan, province-wide organization focused on education and advocacy on public interest issues. PIA exists to foster an understanding of the importance of public spaces, services and institutions in Albertans' lives, and to build a network of people and organizations committed to advancing the public interest.
https://www.pialberta.org/strengthening_public_services
The Industrial Workers of the World recognizes that solidarity is key to labor struggles in one's home community, country, region and the world.
https://archive.iww.org/projects/isc/
Working for improvements for nurses, our profession, our patients, our residents and clients, and all Albertans.
https://www.una.ab.ca/news/newsbulletin
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest union, with 700,000 members across the country. CUPE represents workers in health care, emergency services, education, early learning and child care, municipalities, social services, libraries, utilities, transportation, airlines and more. We have more than 70 offices across the country, in every province
AUPE's ~95,000 members are organized into different Locals and Chapters. The ultimate governing body is the Union's annual Convention
https://www.aupe.org/news-and-publications/campaigns/fight-back-aupe
The Canadian Labour Congress is the largest labour organization in Canada, bringing together dozens of national and international unions, provincial and territorial federations of labour and community-based labour councils to represent more than 3 million workers across the country.
https://canadianlabour.ca/take-action/
Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Collection – Preservation – Education
http://albertalabourhistory.org/the-great-labour-revolt-1919/
CUPW is a democratic union. Our members elect all representatives, set the priorities for bargaining, and have the final say on contract demands and settlements. We are proud of our history and the achievements of our members.
https://www.cupw.ca/en/campaigns-and-issues
HSAA remains actively involved in supporting a larger community of concerned citizens that believe collaboration, education and cooperation are the best ways to ensure positive policy change for our province.
https://www.hsaa.ca/campaigns/
The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE Taken together we are one of the largest unions in Canada. Most of our 390,000 members work to deliver public services of every kind to the citizens of their home provinces. We also have a large and growing number of members who work for private businesses.
https://nupge.ca/presidents-commentary#
To serve as an educational, artistic, and organizational hub for the Latin American community in diaspora in Edmonton
https://memoriavivaed.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/urgent-alert-hands-off-venezuela/
Policy Note delivers timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more. Contributors include staff and research associates from the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
https://www.policynote.ca/seniors-care-profit/
OBJECTIVES OF THE CANADIAN NETWORK ON CUBA
We are committed to the strengthening of friendship and solidarity between the peoples of Canada and Cuba. To this end, we work with the Cuban Institute for Friendship Amongst the Peoples (ICAP) and other international and national partners in order to promote social, cultural, political and economic relations between Canada and Cuba on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference. We:
initiate, co-ordinate and co-operate in cultural, educational, political and aid campaigns and projects involving Canada and Cuba.
counter media and other distortions of Cuban reality by disseminating information about the achievements of the Cuban revolution in areas such as education, public health, culture, democracy and human rights.
work to improve Canadian foreign policy on Cuba.
https://canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/index.php