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Ian Thomson

@ifthomson

Policy team lead at @OxfamCanada

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Today we are in Ottawa to support mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation to regulate Canadian companies operating overseas

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Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis are impacted the most yet are the least responsible. Countries like Pakistan are facing the consequence of inaction and bear the loss and damage caused by #ClimateChange.

Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis are impacted the most yet are the least responsible. Countries like Pakistan are facing the consequence of inaction and bear the loss and damage caused by #ClimateChange.
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Applications are OPEN! We’re thrilled to be partnering with Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity for this year’s Youth Summit funded by Development Canada & Health Canada and PHAC.Make sure to apply by Nov 28 for the opportunity to learn alongside SRHR community leaders and activists! Apply here:bit.ly/3TlNiKH

Applications are OPEN! We’re thrilled to be partnering with <a href="/CCGSD_CCDGS/">Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity</a> for this year’s Youth Summit funded by <a href="/Canadadev/">Development Canada</a> &amp; <a href="/GovCanHealth/">Health Canada and PHAC</a>.Make sure to apply by Nov 28 for the opportunity to learn alongside SRHR community leaders and activists! 
Apply here:bit.ly/3TlNiKH
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We made a list. We checked it twice. We found out who's Naughty or Nice! Our 2022 Naughty or Nice List is OUT! Which Canadian fashion brands made a real commitment to a living wage, and who is lagging behind? 🎁 bit.ly/3Au1XNl 🎁 #WhatSheMakes

We made a list. We checked it twice. We found out who's Naughty or Nice!  

Our 2022 Naughty or Nice List is OUT! Which Canadian fashion brands made a real commitment to a living wage, and who is lagging behind? 

🎁 bit.ly/3Au1XNl 🎁

#WhatSheMakes
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Powerful testimony from Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability RCRCE Emily Dwyer today on why weak bills like #S211 are a distraction and could kill momentum for real corporate accountability reform.

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Hello holiday shoppers! Check out which Canadian fashion companies were naughty or nice this year to the women who makes our clothes.

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Thank you to the MPs on #CIIT committee for inviting Oxfam Canada to testify yesterday on environmental and human rights impacts of 🇨🇦 #mining abroad. Governments should hold companies accountable with human rights due diligence legislation now. Seamus O'Regan Jr Mary Ng #cdnpoli

Thank you to the MPs on #CIIT committee for inviting <a href="/OxfamCanada/">Oxfam Canada</a> to testify yesterday on environmental and human rights impacts of 🇨🇦 #mining abroad. Governments should hold companies accountable with human rights due diligence legislation now. <a href="/SeamusORegan/">Seamus O'Regan Jr</a> <a href="/mary_ng/">Mary Ng</a> #cdnpoli
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✨Our Policy and Campaigns Director, @Diana_Sarosi was interviewed by Janice Dickson published in The Globe and Mail about the Liberal government’s feminist assistance agenda at risk unless Ottawa increases its foreign aid spending. Read below to learn more: ⬇️ bit.ly/3IRSjY7

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Happy #IWD! Wondering how well the Canadian government advanced feminist action and gender equality over the past year? Check out Oxfam Canada Feminist Scorecard, where our team of policy experts grade the government in 12 policy areas.

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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discriminations and we want to reaffirm our commitment to ending racism in all its forms. We recognize strength in diversity and inclusivity.

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discriminations and we want to reaffirm our commitment to ending racism in all its forms. We recognize strength in diversity and inclusivity.
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What do you think of the term “developing countries”? Ever felt uncomfortable saying “beneficiaries”? Oxfam introduced a new Inclusive Language Guide and sets out why it’s time for all of us to consider the power in the words that we use. Read our blog: bit.ly/3FHZBwP

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Today marks the 10th Anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, one of the deadliest incidents in the history of the garment industry. Here are 10 facts you should know about garment industry in #Bangladesh: ⤵️

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THANK YOU x 43,000 🧡💚💜 Today we headed to Parliament Hill with our partners to meet with Canadian lawmakers and delivered the petition YOU signed demanding a robust corporate accountability legislation! We stand with the women who make our clothes. #WhatSheMakes

THANK YOU x 43,000 🧡💚💜

Today we headed to Parliament Hill with our partners to meet with Canadian lawmakers and delivered the petition YOU signed demanding a robust corporate accountability legislation! 

We stand with the women who make our clothes. #WhatSheMakes
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🙌 Oxfam is encouraged by Canada’s announcement to contribute $450M to the Green Climate Fund and further encouraged by the 50% increase over the previous contribution. loom.ly/jct1h_8

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As the world comes together for International Day of Care and Support, we urge you to support carers and their #RightToCare. Stay tuned and watch this space to know why it is time to #InvestInCare. Illustration by nidameyer #CareCareCare #CareforCareWork #TimeToCareAndSupport

As the world comes together for International Day of Care and Support, we urge you to support carers and their #RightToCare. 
Stay tuned and watch this space to know why it is time to #InvestInCare.
Illustration by <a href="/nida_meyer/">nidameyer</a>
#CareCareCare #CareforCareWork #TimeToCareAndSupport
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80% of world’s 67 million domestic workers are women — 90% of them don’t have access to social security, and more than half have no limits on their working hours. (Time to Care, Oxfam 2020) Here's what Sonia George from SEWA India & IDWF - International Domestic Workers Federation has to say. #RightToCare

80% of world’s 67 million domestic workers are women — 90% of them don’t have access to social security, and more than half have no limits on their working hours.
(Time to Care, Oxfam 2020)
Here's what Sonia George from SEWA India &amp; <a href="/IDWFED/">IDWF - International Domestic Workers Federation</a> has to say.
#RightToCare
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💔 As fighting resumes so do the voice messages from our colleagues who are fleeing for their lives in Gaza. ✊🏽 We cannot and will not stop talking about Gaza. #CeasefireNOW ADD YOUR NAME : act.oxfam.ca/page/137342/da…

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REACTION: Canada votes in favour as the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

REACTION: Canada votes in favour as the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
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REACTION: Oxfam International response to the outcome of #COP28 "COP28 was miles away from the historic and ambitious outcome that was promised," said Oxfam International's Nafkote Dabi. Read reaction here: oxf.am/COP28outcome

REACTION: <a href="/Oxfam/">Oxfam International</a> response to the outcome of #COP28

"COP28 was miles away from the historic and ambitious outcome that was promised," said <a href="/Oxfam/">Oxfam International</a>'s Nafkote Dabi.

Read reaction here: oxf.am/COP28outcome
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It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay and finance climate solutions. Take action today by calling on Canada to fight the climate crisis: act.oxfam.ca/page/156598/ac…