ANNUAL CAMPAIGN FOR BUFA AND BROCK COMMUNITY SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
Annual Campaign for BUFA and Brock Community SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
Annual Campaign for BUFA and Brock Community Social Justice Fund (January - November 2008)
Dear Colleague,
The BUFA and Brock Community Social Justice Committee invites you to support the cause of social justice in our national and global communities.In fulfilling its mandate of fostering a critical intelligence, the university is responsible for actively promoting principles of social responsibility, justice, tolerance, and solidarity.The support of social justice is also one of the concerns of unions, though the Social Justice Fund initiative is directed at union members and non-unionized employees alike.
The BUFA Social Justice Committee was established to advance the cause of justice through the administration of funds designed to raise awareness and moneys for international and national development projects.Last year's campaign was the most successful to date in generating five thousand dollars.The SJ Committee and the six organizations that received the funds in December 2007 thank you tremendously for your generosity.
The VP of Finance and Administration and the Director of Human Resources will continue to help ensure that the SJF is effectively and efficiently managed.
Since social justice translates into a defence of human rights, the SJF will not be used to support charities; thus it is not in competition with the United Way Campaign, which concentrates on local charities.The SJF is intended exclusively to fund projects or programs designed to reform unjust social, political, and economic structures and to restore social justice.
In launching the current campaign, the BUFA Social Justice Committee has identified a number of justice causes and corresponding national and international justice organizations which advance those causes: 1) Sustainable Development: Oxfam Canada;2) Education: The Labourer-Teacher Program;3) Environment: Sierra Club of Canada;4) Health: Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders;5) Refugees: World University Service of Canada;6) Women: MATCH International Centre.All of the organizations have registered charity status, and we have provided a detailed description of and contact information for each organization.One of the organizations -- The Labourer-Teacher Program -- is exclusively Canadian.
We invite you to donate to the causes and organizations of your choice through tax-deductible ongoing or one-time automatic payroll deductions.Income tax receipts will be issued by the organizations.Payroll has opened accounts for the SJF, and annual campaigns will end 30 November to allow tax receipts to be issued to individual donors in a timely fashion.
Please send your completed form to HR, Payroll Dept., c/o Marilyn Chute.If you wish to receive another form, please contact the BUFA Office.Direct comments and inquiries about the SJF to the members of the BUFA and Brock Community Social Justice Committee: Elizabeth Sauer [Chair] (
), Tony Ward (), Richard Mitchell (
).
THANK YOU for helping to make our 2008 campaign successful!
Sustainable Development: Oxfam Canada
Founded in 1963, Oxfam Canada is a non-profit international development organization that supports community programmes in food security, heath, nutrition, and democratic development with an emphasis on working with women.The organization is member-based.Oxfam Canada is one of the 13 Oxfam organizations around the world that form Oxfam International.Together these organizations work to address the root causes of poverty, social injustice, and inequality. Oxfam Canada also carries out a number of campaigns that disseminate information about such issues as basic human rights, food security, and fair trade.
-Oxfam Canada, National Office, 250 City Centre Avenue.,
Suite 400, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6K7; tel: 613 237-5236; fax: 613 237-0524; www.oxfam.ca;; Char. Reg. #12971 6866 RR0001; E:
Education: The Labourer-Teacher Program
The Labourer-Teacher Program is the original program of FrontierCollege. FrontierCollege is a Canada-wide, volunteer-based, literacy organization that teaches people to read and write and nurtures an environment favourable to lifelong learning. Volunteers tutor people who have not had access to more formal education.The Program recruits, trains, and sends Labourer-Teachers to work and teach on farms across Canada.LTs provide educational opportunities to their co-workers and to others on-site.Subjects taught include English, French, math, and health and safety information.
- FrontierCollege,
35 Jackes Avenue, Toronto, ONM4T 1E2; , (416) 923-3591; 1-800-555-6523; fax: (416) 323-3522, web: www.frontiercollege.ca Char. Reg #10740 8445 RR0001.Char. Reg # for Frontier College Foundation is 89254 9965 RR0001.
Environment: Sierra Club of Canada Foundation (research and education branch of Sierra Club)
The Sierra Club, in existence since 1969, is a large environmental action group whose mission is to develop a diverse, well-trained grassroots network working to protect the integrity of our global ecosystems. The Sierra Club’s mission focuses on five overriding threats: loss of animal and plant species, deterioration of the planet's oceans and atmosphere, the ever-growing presence of toxic chemicals in all living things, destruction of our remaining wilderness, and spiraling population growth and over consumption. The national office is located in Ottawa and there are also regional chapters in British Columbia, the Prairies, and Eastern Canada.
- Sierra Club of Canada, National Office: Suite 412-1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ONK1N 7B7 tel: 613 241-4611; 1-888-810-4204; fax: 613 241-2292;
; web: www.sierraclub.ca/national
Donations to the Sierra Club of Canada.NO RECEIPTS.Supports critical advocacy work.Tax receipts are issued for donations to the Sierra Club of Canada Foundation ($10 or more).. Char. reg. #11914 9789 RR0001
Health: Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existent, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel. All this is done with the objective of rebuilding health structures to acceptable levels.
- Médecins Sans Frontières, 720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 402 Toronto, ON M5S 2T9; tel: 416 964-0619; 800.982.7903; fax: 416 963-8707,
; web: www.msf.org; Char. Reg. # 13527 5857 RR 0001
Refugees: WorldUniversity Service of Canada (WUSC) Student Refugee Sponsorship Program
WUSC is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which involves Canadians in international development in Canada and overseas. WUSC's mission is to foster human development and global understanding through education and training. For more than three decades, WUSC has supported development in over 50 countries throughout the world. WUSC links governments, non-governmental organizations and institutions, and community-based organizations with Canadian expertise, services, and resources to strengthen capacity and develop local potential. Student refugees have come from more than 29 countries, including Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Liberia, Myanmar, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda.
- WorldUniversity Service of Canada, 1404 Scott Street, Ottawa, ONK1Y 4M8;
; web: www.wusc.ca; tel: 613 798 7477; 1800 267 8699; fax: 613-798-0990; Char. reg. # 11930 4848 RR0001
Women: MATCH International Centre
MATCH International Centre is a women’s organization guided by a feminist vision of sustainable development which recognizes the diverse realities of women and respects their efforts at self-determination. To fulfill its mission, MATCH works in partnership with women’s groups in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America towards the empowerment of women and the achievement of the practical enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms through civil, political, economic and cultural justice. MATCH also undertakes public education in Canada on development and women’s issues, and works to build and strengthen the women’s movement nationally and internationally. Programs focus on Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
