Red Cross / Red Crescent: The Canadian Red Cross

mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power

of humanity in Canada and around the world.
Doctors Without Borders: Mdecins sans frontires
(MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid
non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best
known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing
endemic diseases. It was founded in France in response to the Biafran War.
Greenpeace: Greenpeace is an independent global
campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to
protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace
YWCA/YMCA: The YMCA is a charity that has been helping
Canadians improve their lives since the first Y opened in Montreal in 1851.
YMCA programs are offered at more than 1,700 locations across Canada
and help people become healthier in spirit, mind and body.
Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD): Toronto
political group promoting democratic decision making, public services, and
a thoroughly progressive tax system. Site includes meeting reports, surveys,
articles, and contact information.

CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence):

CAVEAT is a grassroots charitable organization serving as a non-partisan voice
for all Canadians, working together for safety, peace, and justice.

Goodwill Industries: Goodwill Industries is a non-profit

social enterprise that provides work opportunities, skills development and
employee and family strengthening for those who face barriers such as
disability or social disadvantage. The aim is to advance individuals, families
and communities toward economic self-sufficiency and prosperity.
Street Kids International: Street Kids International (or
Street Kids) is a Canadian-based non-governmental organization founded by
Peter Dalglish and Frank O'Dea in 1988.[1] The organization focuses on
providing street youth with the opportunity to lead safer and better lives

through three main programme avenues: street heath, street work and street
rights. In 2008, Street Kids International expanded its operations to the
United Kingdom with Street Kids International UK
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Kids_International)

National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People (NAACP): The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil
rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 by Moorfield
Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement
_of_Colored_People)
Oxfam: oxfam is a world-wide development organization that
mobilizes the power of people against poverty.We are a confederation of 17
organizations working together in more than 90 countries.
( https://www.oxfam.ca/)
International PEN: PEN International promotes literature
and freedom of expression and is governed by the PEN Charter and the
principles it embodies: unhampered transmission of thought within each
nation and between all nations. ( http://www.pen-international.org/who-weare/)
Amnesty International (Video): Amnesty International
is a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights with over 7
million members and supporters around the world. The stated objective of
the organisation is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and
end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose
rights have been violated."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International)