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Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Carleton (OPIRG)

326 UC, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
ph: 613-520-2757
fax: 613-520-3989
e-mail: opirg@carleton.ca
web site: www.carleton.ca/opirg
Contact:
Karen Hawley as above
Mike Bushthought (ag270@ncf.ca)

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Language of correspondence: English

Purpose: Provide an office and resource centre where students can create programming (educational and research-oriented) on environment and social justice issues.

Scope of activities: Canada-wide

Year founded: 1981

Membership: 35 (active), 13,000 (supporting)

Staff: 2

Listserve: opirg-events-request@ox.org; subscribe in body of message.

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Activities: Our Caribbean/Latin American Solidarity (CLAS) working group is engaged in promoting and educating about the alternative, grassroots peace process in Colombia.

Our Economic Justice Working Group works with "Homes not Bombs" and corporate issues.

Our Radioactivist Working Group works on nuclear phaseout.

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Main issues:

Canadian defence policy

Depleted uranium

Economic costs of the arms race

Non-violence/culture of peace

Nuclear abolition

Women and peace