Inter Pares denounces Canada’s decision to eliminate the CORE
Ottawa—June 22, 2026. Inter Pares, a Canadian social justice organization and member of the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA), is deeply dismayed following the Canadian government’s...
View ArticleCanada government renews funding for SRHR in Philippines
Inter Pares is pleased to announce Global Affairs Canada (GAC) will support our counterpart Likhaan Center for Women’s Health in the Philippines, through a new 7-year project entitled Sustainable and...
View ArticleRemembering and honouring Brewster Kneen
It is with profound sadness that we share the news of Brewster Kneen’s passing on December 1st at the age of 92.Brewster, together with his beloved wife Cathleen (1943 - 2016), was a cherished friend...
View ArticleOpen letter to PM Carney on Canada's feminist foreign policy
This week, Inter Pares joined more than 250 organizations and individuals from across Canada to call on Prime Minister Carney to uphold Canada’s global leadership on gender equality and human rights.In...
View ArticleSolidarity in action: Meet Doug Ward
“There is not much I can do, alone, and that is why I am so glad Inter Pares is there to do this important work—with a little help from friends like you and me.”Doug Ward has supported Inter Pares for...
View Article50 years of solidarity with farmers and food movements
For 50 years, food has been at the heart of Inter Pares’ work with counterparts. Food is a basic human need, yet hunger persists. And this is due mostly to socio-economic and political reasons. Reasons...
View ArticleThe future is collective: Grassroots movements for peace and rights
Across the globe, communities are shaping democratic futures—sometimes in the face of great adversity. In Burma, grassroots movements build inclusive governance structures amid a brutal conflict. In...
View ArticleINTERVIEW | Defending civil liberties, defending democracy
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) is a coalition of Canadian civil society organizations, including Inter Pares, working to protect civil liberties and human rights from the...
View ArticleFeeding Resistance: Local struggles for food justice
Around the world, food is deeply political—controlled, denied, defended and reclaimed. In this Bulletin, we highlight counterparts’ local solutions to the impacts that conflict, climate change and...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Working in coalition for food sovereignty
Lucy Sharratt is the founding coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN). CBAN is a national network of farmer associations, regional coalitions and environmental and social...
View ArticleInter Pares remembers Nathan Gilbert
Inter Pares is deeply saddened by the passing of long-time Board of Directors member, Nathan Gilbert.Nathan’s principled courage and steadfast commitment to social justice left an enduring imprint on...
View ArticleWATCH | 50 years of social justice action
On May 12, we hosted an evening of reflection, celebration and inspiration with social justice activists—and marked Inter Pares’ 50th anniversary!The evening featured a conversation with friends and...
View ArticleDecades of Shared Struggles
By Amanda Dale, Chair of the Board of Directors2024 brings to a close five decades of working in solidarity with movements for social justice—movements themselves forged in multi-decade struggles. It...
View ArticleBreaking Barriers to Health: Connecting movements for sexual and reproductive...
In October, three activists from Bangladesh, El Salvador and the Philippines traveled across eastern Canada for a series of conversations about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). At...
View ArticlePlanting Seeds of Change: Women farmers from West Africa and Canada on tour
In September, Inter Pares welcomed seven feminist leaders from West Africa for an agricultural learning exchange. Over 10 days, counterparts from Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso and Côte...
View ArticleMarking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30 marks the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It’s a day to honour the children who never came home from residential schools, and the survivors.It’s a day to acknowledge and...
View ArticleOpen letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Myanmar/Burma
September 3, 2024Prime Minister,Three and a half years ago, the military staged a coup in Myanmar that ended a fragile and flawed experiment with democracy, and sent Myanmar plunging deeper into armed...
View ArticleInter Pares' letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Gaza
Dear Prime Minister and Members of Parliament,Inter Pares is a Canadian feminist social justice organization that has been working in solidarity with courageous activists and inspiring organizations...
View ArticleCALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Inter Pares and SUWRA launch Canadian civil society...
In recognition of the escalating crisis in Sudan, Inter Pares and Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA) are coordinating a new working group on Sudan for Canadian civil society, to act as a forum for...
View ArticleCanadians call for sanctions on Myanmar state-owned energy firm MOGE
This article was originally published by Myanmar Now and is reposted here with permission. Hundreds of Canadians have signed a petition calling on the government of Justin Trudeau to sanction Myanmar’s...
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