From Indignation To Mobilization“AFTER THE QUEBEC SPRING: MERGING THE STRUGGLES”Festival of Solidarity 2012Saturday June 9, 2012 from 11am to 11pmÉcole Le Plateau, 3710 Calixa-Lavallée, Parc...>>>
A day long greening event to inaugurate the garden seasonHorticulture advice and tips for growing in the cityHeritage seeds and seedlings, compost, soil, and Alternative's Self-watering garden...>>>
Join us for a movement
building conference with Québec, First Nations and Canadian organizations! Alternatives, the Council of
Canadians and a number of Québec and First Nations...>>>
The CIVICUS World Assembly Is Back This September! CIVICUS is
a unique opportunity to come together in order to find innovative ways to
strengthen civil society!
The
assembly will...>>>
Location: Camp Papillon de St-Alphonse de Rodriguez situated in the Lanaudière region. (View the map)
Back for a 17th year!
Since 1994, the Alternatives' Days have been an...>>>
WHAT HAPPENED IN DAKAR AT THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM?Come join us for the discussions in the auditorium of the Atwater Library(1200 Atwater Avenue x
St.Catherine West - Atwater subway)Where...>>>
Location: University of Quebec at Montreal, J.A. DeSève Pavillion, local DS-R510; 320 St-Catherine Street East, Montreal
Organized by: Alternatives and Canadian Dimension magazine
Watch and listen to...>>>
Location: Offices of Alternatives, 3720 Ave. du Parc, 2nd floor (Bus 80 north from Metro Place-des-Arts)Information: 514 982 6606 x2294Hosted by: The coalitions Pas de démocratie sans voix! and...>>>
Moving Forward: an inter-community discussionWhat is the University’s role in supporting the sustainable food movement in Montreal?With Alternatives urban agriculture and food secrurity expert...>>>
We regret that this event will take place uniquely in French, and no translation is available. Journée de travail pour l’élaboration d’un plan d’action collectif
"Au pouvoir...>>>
The anti-war coalition Collectif Échec à la guerre is organizing a People’s Summit Against War and Militarism on November 19 -21, 2010, and invites civil society organizations in Québec, as well as...>>>
On November 18th, Alternatives was present at the Montreal International Film Festival (RIDM) to show our support and solidarity with the vision of the film "Aisheen - Still Alive in Gaza". We also...>>>
The time to mobilize is now! 20 countries cannot decide the future of the entire world. To change the system and and "business as usual" and to create another world, civilians cannot continue...>>>
NOVEMBER is synonymous for international solidarity in Quebec. Every year, various quebecois organizations mobilize themselves during this period of the end of the year to inform and mobilze the...>>>
Alternatives welcomes you to the 16th edition of Alternatives’ Days to participate with hundreds of other activists in debates, discussions and activities grouped this year under the title:...>>>
The Alternatives Rooftop Garden Project, Greening Duluth and the Université de la Terre present Know it and Grow it! – a block party promoting the greening of Montreal.Join us for the inauguration of...>>>
In order to mark the participation of one thousand interns of international solidarity within our organization, Alternatives is hosting a series of events from May 11th to 15th. The purpose is to...>>>
This April 14th, Alternatives, the Institute of International Studies of Montreal of UQAM, Quebec Women’s Federation and the Coordination du Quebec de la Marche mondiale des femmes (CQMMF) invite you...>>>
From October 8th to 12th in 2007, Alternatives held its annual Alternatives Days, but this year it was in conjunction with the Quebec Social Forum. The events brought together an impressive array of...>>>
Alternatives took to the streets on Saturday to call for the withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan as part of a nationwide anti-war protest on October 27th 2007. The protest, which drew more...>>>
The 13th edition of Alternatives’ Days took place from the 23rd to the 26th of August at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Several hundred people participated in workshops and seminars which...>>>
MONTREAL, Canada — The NGO Alternatives revealed the first independent feasibility study on the implementation of a vast infrastructure the size of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the...>>>
With Mustafa Barghouti, former presidential candidate of the Palestinian Authority, Muchel Warschawski, Israeli journalist, Phyllis Bennis, militant, write and American researcher. And many other...>>>
The Cabaret is the closing event of the New Brazil Seminar on June 6th and 7th at UQAM, presented by Alternatives and the Perseo Abramo Foundation from Brazil, in collaboration with the...>>>
Alternatives, and Brazil's Fundação Perseu Abramo,in collaboration with the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) and the Centre de recherches et d'études sur le Brésil (CERB),
are sponsoring a...>>>
From Kabul to Baghdad, Washington conquers the worldMrs. Phyllis Bennis and M. Pierre-Jean Luizard are in Montreal to participate in a public conference organised by Alternatives, a non-...>>>
In collaboration with Carrefour Tiers-Monde
Context:
Since 1996, every autumn, Quebec Days of International Solidarity offer with
the support of the Department of International Relations...>>>
In 2002 Alternatives organized a weekend long event to raise
awareness about the extent and range of effects the United States’ imperialist
tendencies are having on the entire world, especially...>>>
Context: Algeria
erupted into brutal civil conflict in 1992 after the army cancelled elections
in order to prevent an increasingly popular Islamist political party from
taking power. Islamist...>>>
Between January 31st and Febuary 5th, 2002, a global conference was held in Porto Allegre, Brazil, that sought to assess the devastating societal effects brought on by gloablization. It was the...>>>
Context:
The Free Trade Area of the
Americas (FTAA) was a proposed extension of NAFTA in which trade barriers among
all countries in North and South America (excluding Cuba) would be reduced or...>>>
Context:
Between 1978 and
2000, with the introduction of the capitalist economic system, China’s economy
grew substantially. The emergence of the market economy required a change in
the roles of...>>>
In collaboration with the Carrefour
Tiers-Monde and the Museum of Civilization:
Date: Sunday, November 5th 2000
Location: Museum of Civilization
10h-16h30
Information
kioks of the...>>>
In
collaboration with Carrefour Tiers-Monde :
Context:
Each
fall since 1996, Quebec Days of International Solidarity offer international
solidarity with the support of the Department of...>>>
The desert can be beautiful and grand like a silence imposed upon us: life hides inside of it. But desertification is like reducing someone to silence : a way to sentence to death what is...>>>
In April 2000 Alternatives, in association with Radio Basse-Ville and Café L'Abraham-Martin, organized an evening concert
featuring genres of music and dance from around the world. Attendees enjoyed...>>>
The Agora popular youth forum was a meeting held for young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 from all backgrounds to discuss the exclusion of youth from politics, a trend being observed around the...>>>
Context:
After
instituting various pro-western modernization policies, the Shah of Iran was
overthrown in 1979 and replaced by a strict theocratic regime. The overwhelming majority of...>>>
In January of 1999 Alternatives organized a public
round-table conference-style evening where four lively and critically acclaimed
writers from around the world shared their thoughts and experiences...>>>
Context:In March of 1995 the largest amount of leaders at that time convened in Copenhagen at the UN Summit for Social Development. The summit pledged that their main objectives of development would...>>>
