News and Publications

Read Oxfam Canada's latest news releases, updates, and reports. Also download our educational resources and publications.

News

Haiti: Oxfam's toughest week ever: 19 January 2010; Although aid is beginning to get through, the impact of the earthquake on Oxfam’s Haitian and international staff, the logistical challenges combined with a d...
100 kilometres to overcome poverty and injustice: 2 December 2009; Oxfam Trailwalker is one of the world's toughest team challenges and one of the most rewarding. The 2010 is already in the works, so get your team together and ...
Climate change affecting millions today: 1 December 2009; Climate change is no future possibility in many of the world's poorest countries. It is a catastrophe today, curtailing rainfall and stunting the growing season...

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Press releases, press clips and media contacts.

G7 must take on Haiti recovery plan, global economic crisis: 4 February 2010; G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada this weekend must agree to a Financial Transaction Tax to leverage billions needed to help poor nations deal with the imp...
Will world leaders fail the first post-Copenhagen climate test?: 29 January 2010; World leaders are set to fail their first post-Copenhagen test on climate change, leaving global temperatures on track for a dangerous 4 degree rise, Oxfam said...
Oxfam Initiates “Cash for Work” Program in Haiti: 26 January 2010; Oxfam has started to employ people affected by Haiti’s earthquake to clean up their makeshift camps and improve their living conditions.

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Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: 28 January 2010; The Dangers of Militarized Aid in Afghanistan
World needs to act now to prevent new Sudan war, 10 aid groups warn: 6 January 2010; Major conflict could return to southern Sudan unless there is urgent international action to save the peace agreement that ended one of Africa’s longest and d...
In Their Own Idiom: 5 January 2010; Reflections on a Gender Action Learning Program in the Horn of Africa

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Please spread the word about these free resources with other educators.

Talk on Free Teacher Resources: 30 March 2007; Expands to talk_on_free_teacher_resources.ppt, a PowerPoint presentation for teachers on free Oxfam web resources. Great for teacher Professional Development Da...
Make Trade Fair, FTAA version: 30 March 2007; This is a 45 minute PowerPoint presentation that introduces the issues of the Make Trade Fair campaign. Each slide includes speaker Notes to encourage audience ...
Make Trade Fair: 30 March 2007; This is a 30-minute presentation, where one or two people lead a discussion on globalization and Oxfam's "Make Trade Fair" campaign issues.

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Imagine Haiti: 15 February 2010; Join Oxfam and friends at the Ottawa Art Gallery for an evening of performance, video, music, visual art and inspirational presentations to raise money needed f...
Volunteer information session: 16 February 2010; Interested in contributing to Oxfam Canada’s work in 2010?
Oxfam Community Group Meeting: 17 February 2010; Our first Oxfam Community Group meeting in our cozy new Saskatoon meeting place!

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