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York University Links

Center for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean
http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/

York Centre for Asian Research
http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/

Centre for Refugee Studies
http://www.yorku.ca/crs/

African Studies Program

http://www.yorku.ca/laps/sosc/afrs/index.html

Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program

http://www.yorku.ca/laps/sosc/lacs/

South Asian Studies Program

http://www.yorku.ca/laps/sosc/sast/index.html

Virtual Library on Human Development
http://www.yorku.ca/hdrnet/index.asp

York University International Internship Program (YIIP)

http://international.yorku.ca/internships/

York International

http://international.yorku.ca/

 

International Agencies

Canadian International Development Agency
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

UNDP
http://www.undp.org/

UNDP Human Development

http://hdr.undp.org/hd/

http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/

http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/faq/

UN World Food Program (Interactive Hunger Map)

http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/hunger_map/map/hungermap_popup/map_popup.html

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.imf.org/

Economic Commission on Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLA)
http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN

International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org/

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Canadian Advocacy Organizations

Maquila Solidarity Network
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/

Unite Here - Canada
http://www.unitehere.ca/

Quebec Coalition Against Sweatshops
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ttp://www.ciso.qc.ca/ateliersdemisere/

Oxfam Canada
http://www.oxfam.ca/

Common Threads
http://www.commonthreads.ca/

The Council of Canadians
http://www.canadians.org/

Canadian Council on Social Development
http://www.ccsd.ca/home.htm

Canadian Peace Alliance
http://www.acp-cpa.ca/en/about.html

Centre for Social Justice
http://www.socialjustice.org/

Toronto the Better
http://www.ilo.org/

Save the Children Canada
http://www.savethechildren.ca/

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International Advocacy Organizations

Sweatshops

Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/

Clean Clothes Campaign
http://www.cleanclothes.org/

Behind the Label
http://www.behindthelabel.org/

National Labor Committee
http://www.nlcnet.org/news/

Sweat-Free Communities
http://www.sweatfree.org/

United Students Against Sweatshops
http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/

World Bank Boycott
http://econjustice.net/wbbb/

Fair Trade

Fair Trade Federation
http://www.fairtradefederation.org/

Fair Trade Foundation
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International
http://www.fairtrade.net/

Fair Trade Resource Network
http://www.fairtraderesource.org/

Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

Global Exchange Fair Trade
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/

Food & Agriculture

Via Campesina
http://www.viacampesina.org/

Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/

Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)
http://www.mstbrazil.org/

Food First
http://www.foodfirst.org/

Greenpeace – Canada
http://www.greenpeace.ca/

Socially Responsible Shopping

New American Dream – Buy Wisely
http://www.newdream.org/buy/index.php

Responsible Shopper
http://www.responsibleshopper.org/

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Other Resources

Women Working Worldwide
http://www.poptel.org.uk/women-ww/

Asia Monitor Resource Center
http://www.amrc.org.hk/

Corporate Watch
http://www.corpwatch.org/

Globalization and Labor Standards
http://www.laborstandards.org/

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

The Africa Trade Policy Working Group
http://www.woaafrica.org/

Advocacy Network for Africa
http://www.africaaction.org/index.php

World Development Movement
http://www.wdm.org.uk/

World Social Forum
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/

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