"The NGO-mining corporation partnerships funded by the Canadian government are the latest example of how NGOs are used to put a “human face” on the inhuman, a tall order considering the trail of dead bodies and devastated ecosystems this sector of corporate capital has left in its wake."
Jun 04
20140
David Suzuki Foundation, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), The Occupation of Haiti, Whiteness & Aversive Racism, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
"The wide variety of NGOs serves to confuse things. Depending on how one counts, there are hundreds or thousands of grant-dependent mission-oriented organizations in Canada. Many who work in NGOs insist that it is futile to make generalizations. There exist an undeniable plethora of NGOs. All of them, however, depend on a comparatively small pool of funders."
Jan 14
20130
CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The Occupation of Haiti, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Canada CIDA Haiti Harper Imperialism Mining neoliberalism Occupation
"Strategic objectives of Canadian aid are to strengthen a pro-elite police and advance Canadian commercial interests."
Jul 04
20120
CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency, Humanitarian Agencies, The Occupation of Haiti
Barrick Gold Capitalism CIDA Imperialism KAIROS NATO Plan International World University Service of Canada World Vision
"Canada’s development NGOs, in other words, are not quite as non-governmental as they seem, and with politicians holding the purse strings, these NGOs face serious limits on what they can do and say. Harper’s cuts, however, did not provoke a sober reappraisal of the distortions and restrictions that accompany government funding. Instead, the cuts occasioned an attempt to breathe new life into old fantasies about Canadian benevolence and NGO independence."
Jan 05
20121
Amandla! Barrick Gold CIDA Exploitation Gwendolyn Schulman IAMGOLD Mining Plan Canada Rights Action Rio Tinto Roberto Nieto World University Service of Canada World Vision Canada
“In the first phase of this new program, the World University...
Nov 26
20110
Humanitarian Agencies, The Occupation of Haiti
Aid Alternatives Canadian Foundation for the Americas Centre for International Studies and Cooperation CIDA Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs Development and Peace Freedom Network Haiti International Legal Resources Centre Québec Association of International Cooperation Organizations Rights and Democracy Roundtable on Haiti USAID
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