With the goal of attending as many events over the course of the G8/G20 Summits, the Civil Society Team of the G8 Research Group attended the peaceful portion of the protest on Saturday, June 26, 2010. We arrived at Queen’s Park around 12:40pm, and were greeted by the watchful eye of police in the subway [...]
The Global Coalition Against Poverty (GCAP) held a short press conference this morning in the Alternative Media Centre, with representatives from GCAP Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana and Malawi, with other GCAP representatives present. The press conference members expressed deep disappointment in the Maternal and Child Health Pledge of 5 billion, pointing out that 30 billion was [...]
Day of Action The first Day of Action took place on Friday June 24, 2010. The difference between the Themed Days of Resistance and the Days of Action is clear. On Friday, the first Day of Action, there was the largest protest to date with a reported 2000+ protesters on the topic of poverty and [...]
A protest organized by the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, called “Justice in Our Communities” is currently taking place. Protesters started marching at 3pm, left Allan Gardens and are currently at Elm and University, with the police allowing the protest to continue west on Elm. According to the Globe and Mail, today’s protest is expected to [...]
Sue Mbaya, a native South African and spokesperson from the well-known NGO World Vision, took the time to sit down with us to talk about civil society accommodation, the G8 and G20, and World Cup Soccer. We began our interview asking Mbaya about her views on the G8 and her hopes for what the Summit [...]
