G7 2025: A Summit of Missed Opportunities
From June 15-17, leaders from the world’s most powerful economies gathered in Kananaskis, Alberta for the…
Rich polluter profits tax could raise up to $400 billion and help phase out fossil fuels
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Easing the burden on mothers in refugee camps
For many refugees, one of the toughest things they have to face while trying to survive…
Oxfam Canada is pleased to announce the second round of the Stand Up for SRHR Financial Support for Community-Based…
Earlier this week, Israel announced that it will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza.…
“I found out I was pregnant during the war.” News of a growing family is…
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Four Years of Action: How Far Have Canadian Brands Come?
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Your Vote, Your Power: What’s at Stake?
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On the Ground in Gaza: Oxfam’s Humanitarian Update
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$10 a Day Child Care: Will Provinces Embrace This Made-in-Canada Solution for Families and the Economy?
Just four years ago, high child care fees were a massive barrier for families, keeping children…
Imagine waking up every day to care for others – cooking, fetching water, helping elders, children,…
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Women 7 (W7) Urge Action on Rights, Climate, and Gender Justice Ahead of G7 Summit in Kananaskis
Ottawa, ON – Just days ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, the Women 7 (W7), the official G7 engagement group representing feminist civil society worldwide, has issued an urgent call to G7 leaders: act now to address stalled progress on commitments to gender equality, the global rollback on rights, and the crises…
One Year in Detention: Heads of United Nations Agencies and INGOs renew demand for release of staff detained in northern Yemen
This week marks one year since dozens of personnel from the United Nations, non-governmental and civil society organisations, and diplomatic missions were arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in northern Yemen. Others have been detained since as far back as 2021. Today, we reiterate our urgent demand for their immediate and unconditional release.…
600 days into war, Israel’s mass displacement campaign is entirely erasing Gaza – warns Oxfam
Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip Israel has used mass displacement orders and relentless military assault to systematically force civilians into five restricted zones—hemmed in by military corridors and the sea—that now make up…
Aid Blocked and Children Starving: Canadian Charities Urge Canada to Reject Israel’s Politicized Aid Mechanism
OTTAWA, ON — May 28, 2025 — Four leading Canadian international humanitarian organizations are calling on the Government of Canada to take urgent action as Israel’s newly imposed aid mechanism in Gaza obstructs life-saving humanitarian relief and risks further displacement and starvation of civilians — particularly children. At a joint press conference held this morning on Parliament Hill,…