Revealing the Face of Hunger
By Citizens for Public Justice May 27, 2004
A 40th Anniversary Reflection by Marilyn Gunn, Executive Director of Calgary Community Kitchen Program
Calgary, May 27, 2004.
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Stories from the North; Lessons for the South
By Citizens for Public Justice May 19, 2004
Rene Fumoleau, poet, story teller and long-time priest to the Dene in the Northwest Territories tells wonderful stories that give pause for thought. A 40th anniversary reflection, Vancouver, 2004.
The Struggle For Hope
By Citizens for Public Justice April 23, 2004
Rev. Susan Eagle, London City Councillor and United Church Minister
London, April 23, 2004.
Public Justice in a Time of (In)Security
By Citizens for Public Justice March 24, 2004
Alex Neve, Secretary-General, Amnesty International Canada
Ottawa, March 24, 2004.
Being Anishnaabe
By Citizens for Public Justice March 19, 2004
Aiden Enns’ report of an address given by Justice Murray Sinclair
Winnipeg, March 19, 2004.
A ruinously costly shield
By Citizens for Public Justice February 22, 2004
Critics say George W. Bush’s ballistic missile defence shield would be hyper-expensive, ineffective, dangerous – an exquisite symbol of government gone bad, draining public resources into a mad dream. Janet Somerville felt certain she’d read this story before. She had, in the story of King Solomon.
Grassy Narrows blockade
By Citizens for Public Justice September 21, 2003
Treaties, trees and sharing. A frontline report from Will Braun, March 2003.
The 1990s: CPJ in the eye of several storms
By Citizens for Public Justice September 19, 2003
By any standard, the 1980s had been a gung-ho decade for Citizens for Public Justice. The growing team of Board and staff members had taken on new issues for research and action. They had opened offices in three provinces. They had gone all-out for change on concrete issues from the land rights of the Dene Nation to the recycling of city garbage. They had agreed on foundational documents, seized moments on radio and televison, and started Catalyst.
The 1980s: A big appetite for faith-fed advocacy
By Citizens for Public Justice September 17, 2003
The CJL (Committee for Justice and Liberty) Foundation came roaring out of the 1970s in overdrive. As an incorporated organization it was only 17 years old in 1980, and there had been full-time staff (Gerald Vandezande and John Olthuis) only since 1972. But some early successes had been deeply encouraging.
The 1970s: Sinking roots in a Seventies Canada
By Citizens for Public Justice September 17, 2003
CJL breathed life into its support for pluralism – the right of different peoples to live out their lives according to their beliefs – through its support for Aboriginal rights in the 1970s. Bold work on the frontlines of Aboriginal support work led to new alliances, introducing many people to CJL for the first time.