Donate to RESULTS Canada
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RESULTS receives no government funding and relies entirely on the generosity of people who believe in the power of our work to champion the poor.
Please consider making a donation to RESULTS.
Donations can be mailed to:
RESULTS Canada
153 Chapel Street
Ottawa, Ontario KIN 1H5
or by phone by calling the office at
(613) 562-9240
Thank you.
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Join a RESULTS Canada Group near you!
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Results Canada is growing! We have groups across Canada that would love to welcome you.
Calgary
Edmonton
Gatineau
Ottawa - community
Ottawa - university
Montréal
Québec City - community
Québec City - university
Salt Spring Island
Toronto
Vancouver
Victoria
Click HERE to view the contact details for each city.
We are always looking to expand, so if you are interested in starting a new group, please contact us.
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National Calls
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Listen in to hear exciting guest speakers enrich our understanding of solutions to global poverty issues.
Sunday July 5
Sunday August 9
When:
All calls are at 4 pm PT,
5 pm MT, 7 pm ET
How:
1-866-327-1931
English code - 6732861
French code - 4406889
Who:
Anyone interested in putting an end to global poverty
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Save the dates for the National Conference
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Ottawa, ON
Saturday November 21 - Monday November 23, 2009
We hope you can join us for this bi-annual event which RESULTS Canada volunteers say is an invigorating highlight in their work as partners
More details on these events will follow. There will be some bursaries available for volunteers who are active in their local groups. Bursaries will only cover partial costs of either event. For application details contact Elizabeth Dove, Public Engagement Organizer. |
Who is RESULTS Canada?
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Our VisionA world free from poverty and needless suffering, where people thrive and contribute to their communities and the world. We see a world where citizens actively voice their concerns to their elected officials and thereby choose the poverty-related policies and priorities of their governments.Our Mission
To create the political and collective will to end the worst aspects of poverty, and to empower individuals to exercise their personal and political power.Our FocusWe focus on proven solutions to often neglected problems that perpetuate the cycle of poverty around the world. Currently our focus areas include tuberculosis, malaria, primary education, micro-credit, and sanitation.
How We Work
Grassroots volunteers from around the country meet at least once a month in their local communities for Education and Action Meetings where they develop their knowledge on global poverty issues, strengthen their advocacy skills and take action.How To Get InvolvedSend an email to grassroots@results-resultats.ca. We'll help you determine the most effective way that you can join this powerful movement to put poverty on the political agenda!Our sister organization, RESULT:Educational FundRESULT:Educational Fund is a registered Canadian charity founded in 1991 and is committed to
advancing the fight to end global poverty and needless suffering
through research, education, and awareness-raising. Click HERE for more information. |
Meet staff member
Sabina Saini
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This profile is the 2nd in a series to allow volunteers and other supporters to get to know our staff team better.
Years of working on Parliament Hill for MPs and even Cabinet Ministers was excellent training ground for Sabina's work as RESULTS' new Campaigns Manager. And while she is looking forward to taking MPs on more educational delegations to developing countries, it is her love of soccer which is drawing her to South Africa next year...
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TAKE ACTION ON ENSURING CIDA KEEPS AN ANTI-POVERTY AGENDA
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The Minister identified three key thematic priorities for aid: (1) increasing food security; (2) stimulating sustainable economic growth, and (3) securing a future for children and youth. She also emphasized a need to focus on the impact of our aid.
With a narrowed focus on tangible, proven and cost effective interv entions that truly target the world's poorest, our aid can have tremendous impact. But additional resources are not enough. Guarantees must be given that scarce aid dollars will reach those most in need, in particular, the billion people living under $1 a day.
Minister Oda has invited Canadians to send their suggestions on how this new aid effectiveness agenda can have the most impact. Click HERE to read our Action Sheet and items to highlight in your letter to Minister Oda.
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Making friends and influencing MPs
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Relationship building is one key to successful advocacy. That's why, at RESULTS, we put a premium on connecting with decision makers - especially parliamentarians. And, there's no better way to connect than to do so in person. Click HERE for tips on how to start a dialogue on effective solutions to global poverty with your MP.
In the last few months our volunteers and our staff have put a real emphasis on meeting with MPs. It was an exceptional effort! In total, RESULTS we have had face to face meetings with close to 30 parliamentarians representing all four political parties. Click HERE to see MPs we have met with recently.
Members of the RESULTS U of Ottawa group meet with MP David McGuinty (Liberal)
Click HERE to learn more about our impact...
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RESULTS trip to Bangladesh "life-changing" for MP
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Article Subheading
In March 2009, RESULTS Canada staff led a group of 3 Canadian Parliamentarians on a week-long visit to Bangladesh to educate them about poverty and solutions. According to one of the delegates, the trip had a powerful effect: "Spending March break week in Bangladesh on a Canadian educational delegation was mind-bending and life-changing." 
(5th from left) Raymonde Folco, MP (Liberal - Chair of the
Population and Development Committee) and Judy Wasylycia-Leis, MP (NDP
- Health Critic), Lois Brown, MP (Conservative - Member of the
Foreign Affairs Committee) and RESULTS staff Katy Kydd Wright (behind circle) sitting in village circle with BRAC Shasthya Shebika at a hygiene education meeting for adolescent girls
Click HERE to learn more about the trip's impact on MPs...
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Our man in Rome: Canadian Board member represents RESULTS International at NGO G8 meeting
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by Jean-Francois Tardif Article Subheading
I had the honour of representing the international RESULTS family at the recent Civil G8 meeting in Rome. The Civil G8 is a meeting of NGOs from around the world whose purpose is to provide NGO input into the deliberations leading to the G8 Summit. My specific mission as part of the ACTION project (Advocacy To Control TB Internationally) was to make sure the NGOs gave a clear message to the representatives of the 8 leaders (the Sherpas as they are called) shortfall of resources to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria had to receive priority attention. This proved to be a very complex challenge.
Click HERE to learn more details about the meeting...
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Meet Volunteer Advocate Jean-Michel Laurin
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You may know him as the voice of interpretation on National Calls. But Jean-Michel Laurin is also a new Board member and active Gatineau Group volunteer. As an advocate for business by day, what motivates Jean-Michel to dedicate his off-hours to lobbying for solutions to poverty? Read on...
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"Microcredit was the issue at the first E&A meeting I attended and even though I was studying economics at the time, I didn't know much about the issue and I thought the stated objectives seemed very idealistic. I wrote my letters despite my cynicism, but to see microcredit gain so much prominence and importance as a tool to eliminate poverty in so little time really impressed me and showed me the power that a relatively small group of people like RESULTS can have. At the beginning talking about microcredit felt a bit esoteric - we seemed to be the only ones who held such a firm belief in it - but slowly people got convinced and now it's become what it is. RESULTS has been a big part of that because back then nobody in the general public knew what microcredit was..."
Click HERE to read the rest of Jean-Michel's interview...
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500th letter by Bruno published!
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Gatineau volunteer Bruno Marquis is living proof that, in a healthy democracy, a citizen does have a voice and can express his/her opinion. There is always room for each of us to send our own letter to the editor. The trick is to send it.
CONGRATULATIONS BRUNO!
Bruno receives certificate of recognition at Gatineau group meeting from special guest MP Francine Lalonde.
Click HERE to read a recently published letter by Bruno in the Edmonton Sun.
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Grameen Foundation CEO Alex Counts dines with Toronto volunteers
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On a quick trip to Toronto, the CEO of the Grameen Foundation made time
to hang out with our Toronto volunteers over good food and good
conversation.
Toronto Group Leader Nadja Gale, TB Activist and Toronto Group member Winston Zulu look on as Alex discusses the power of microfinance
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former RESULTS US employee, Alex said he needed his RESULTS volunteer
fix, "I always come away from being with RESULTS volunteers more
energized than I was before."
Click HERE for Alex's inspiring comments to volunteers...
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