Funded 2013-2016
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. They are dedicated to carrying out Amnesty’s work of defending human rights. Their mission is to give the students of the University of Alberta the opportunity to take part in Amnesty International’s actions and be a fellow human rights ambassador. The group operates for the purpose of increasing campus and community awareness of international human rights violations and environmental degradation. It also operates in campaigning peacefully to free all prisoners of conscience, ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, abolish the death penalty, torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of all prisoners, and stop abuses by opposition groups including hostage taking, torture, and deliberate and arbitrary killings.
Funded 2012-2016
ConsentEd believes that everyone deserves to live in a world without sexual violence. Their mission is to actively work towards changing the way our society perceives the issue of consent and sexual violence. Specifically, they provide resources to educate, engage and inspire young adults who are otherwise bombarded with a constant stream of unhelpful or incorrect information about sexual violence.
Funded 2010-2019, 2021-2022
Formerly known as the University Farm and Organic Growers. Edmonton Organic Growers Guild (EOGG) is a local volunteer-run urban farming initiative. They grow organic produce, encourage learning and eating, and provide food from their harvest to member volunteers and local food banks. They charge no fees and welcome folks from all walks of life.
Funded 2011-2022
FLIF is a group of Library and Information Studies students who are interested in promoting intellectual freedom and social responsibility. They believe that issues concerning censorship, freedom of expression, and social justice go hand-in- hand, and hope that through information updates and direct action, they will be able to emphasize the importance of intellectual freedom and social responsibility in the personal and professional lives of their readers and their communities.
Funded 2015-2016
Greenpeace Edmonton is a local campaigning group that is connected to the larger organization of Greenpeace Canada and Greenpeace International. They advocate for conservation and protection of the environment, the promotion of peace, and changing societal attitudes and behaviour. They communicate with our municipal and provincial government in Alberta on issues such as renewable energy, the tar sands, and environmental justice.
Funded 2015
In Arms is the first queer mandated theatre company in Edmonton. With the intention of expanding beyond the confines of the
University, In Arms hopes to serve the broader Edmonton community by nurturing the Edmonton Theatre community with yearly original devised plays as well as professional productions. Further, Drama Based Queer Education programs that work with a variety of groups will enrich our city’s culture of queer theory. The fight against homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and patriarchal power imbalances is rooted in a strong and confident educated stance. Through the use of the arts, In Arms will be another voice telling all its current and prospective citizens that they are welcome in our city.
Funded 2013-2018
A community group focused on the offering of education and support to students and community members in accordance with the faith teachings of Islam.
Funded 2015-2016
Kulture Hubs is an educational extension of the Hip Hop in the Park Foundation whose mandate is to reclaim the founding values of Hip Hop as a culture of peace and reconciliation. Hip Hop is commonly perceived as embodying greed, violence, and misogyny; however, it was developed in the South Bronx in the late 1970s to enact a peace treaty between over 100 gangs and singlehandedly saved an entire community. Rather than mimicking this historical Hip Hop culture, Kulture Hubs seeks to create a new Hip Hop culture which integrates contemporary issues and experiences in marginalized communities in Edmonton. They seek to unify leadership from different activist communities so that we can work together towards the common goal of liberation.
Funded 2015-2020
A youth group run by Migrante that provides opportunities for education, engagement, and community building in the Philippine community of migrant workers in Edmonton and beyond. Migrante dedicates its work to grassroots migrants advocacy. Understanding and addressing the immediate needs of migrants is important to them.
Funded 2009-2022
The Palestine Solidarity Network is a non-profit, grassroots collective aimed at advocating for and upholding the human rights of Palestinians in the face of ongoing oppression, occupation, racism, and discrimination, both in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora.
Funded 2015-2017
Sapling Poet Tree is a spoken word organization for marginalized youth in Edmonton. It seeks to enrich, problematize, and revist perspectives on youth poverty and on the nature of the limitations
that people labeled as “poor” experience, while challenging the
estimation that the youth’s problem are not systemic. Sapling Poet
Tree mentors young poets in a manner that is driven by grass roots
approaches to vocal empowerment, literary proficiency, and self
recognition. Sapling Poet Tree creates artifacts evidential of the real existence, progress, struggles and realization of youth, all working toward the radical disruption of value systems, economic systems and justice systems that would cast these young people, and all of us at various junctures of our intersectionality, as inhuman.
Funded 2014-2016
The Students’ International Health Association (SIHA) Local is a student-led organization dedicated to sustainable health promotion and community development.
