People's Health Movement – North America
PHM Canada has signed on to a letter (seen below) written by PHM Global to the WHO-DG asking for the release of Palestinian Activist Shatha Odeh. To view the original post and other signatories, please click here. To, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General World Health Organization Date: 11th July, 2021…
PHM Canada signed on to the Environmental Defence Canada’s movement to push back against the ongoing subsidy of the fossil fuel industry through the promotion of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This movement included the sending of messages to our elected officials and the public that said supporting CCS…
PHM Canada signed on to the Americas Program joint organizational statement (seen below) on the David Castillo Trial for Murder of Berta Cáceres. David Castillo was a former military intelligence officer and head of DESA, the energy company responsible for the dam project on the Rio Gualcarque that Berta and…
PHM Canada, along with other organizations across the world, signed onto ONE Canada’s joint statement (seen below) calling on the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, to act more urgently on his government’s commitment to share vaccines with COVAX. COVAX is a global COVID vaccine distribution initiative to ensure…
PHM Canada signed onto The Gaia Foundation’s collective statement calling on the EU to abandon its plans to massively expand dirty mining as part of EU Green Deal and Green Recovery plans. To see the full collective statement, please click here. Pour voir la version française, visitez ici. A global…
PHM Canada signed on to Environmental Defence Canada’s joint statement (seen below) calling for Canada to align its public financing with our climate commitments. To view the original statement and a briefing, as well as a letter written to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade,…
Joint Statement for April 7 (Le français suit en bas.) For many years, April 7 has been recognized by the World Health Organization as World Health Day which was initiated to raise awareness about global health. In past years, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) Europe and the European Network against…
Advocacy for the creation of safer communities FOR ALL has been at the forefront of many recent social injustice campaigns. We invite you to be a part of these social movements by joining us, PHM Canada, in signing onto this historic declaration created by prison abolitionists from across Canada.…
A discussion of Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) as they relate to the new Covid-19 vaccines and their patents. Written by members of PHM Canada for publication in The Conversation. Read the full article here. COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people By: Ronald Labonté and Mira Johri …
An analysis of the discourse on safety during the COVID19 pandemic for the Canadian Medical Association Journal by a few members of PHM Canada. Read the full article here. Reimagining safety in a pandemic: the imperative to dismantle structural oppression in Canada Nikisha Khare, Farah Shroff, Blessing Nkennor and Baijayanta…