OPIRG Brock 2007-8 Annual Report (pdf) :
OPIRG Brock's 2007-2008 Annual Report summarizes how our organization has progressed this past year.
OPIRG Brock Enviro-Guide (pdf) :
Published by OPIRG Brock, this guide provides some great tips and information on how one can try and reduce their waste both on campus, and in the niagara community.
Supermarket Tour (pdf):
by Stella Lee, Caroline Liffman, and Cindy McCulligh (ISBN 0-9690545-7-2) OPIRG-McMaster.
Using the supermarket as a classroom, the Tour asks questions about the products on supermarket shelves, providing a focus for discussion on a wide range of food issues, from labour to labeling, from marketing to genetic manipulation, from pesticides to profit.
Ready for Action: A Popular Theatre, Popular Education Manual (pdf):
by Jenifer Anderson, Jennifer Michol, and Joshua Silverberg (ISBN 0969054580)
Provides an overview of ideas, materials, and resources dealing with popular theatre and popular education, and connects and links the theory to concrete exercises, which comprise the majority of this book. The focus is on concrete exercises for groups who want to jump into the popular theatre process. It includes energizer exercises, analytical exercises, reflection and evaluation exercises, as well as ideas for doing street theatre and pop theatre workshops. Currently available from The Catalyst Centre.
Civil Disobedience Booklet (pdf):
by Toronto Action for Social Change and Homes Not Bombs
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Civil Disobedience, Nonviolent Resistance, Direct Action, Creative Nonviolence,
(or Whatever You Want to Call It): A Booklet-in-progress with ideas, suggestions, discussions, and other stuff that you might want to check out before embarking on any of the above!
Migrant Workers in Ontario (pdf) :
by Melanie Kramer
This book is about the migrant farm workers who live and work in our communities throughout Ontario and Canada for up to eight months each year. It looks specifically at why Canada brings people from other countries to work in agriculture and attempts to explain some of the inequities, problems, and challenges these workers face.
Healthy Food, Healthy Community (pdf) :
by The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
Through this guide we hope to raise awareness of the importance of adequate access to nutritious food as a determinant of health and of community food security initiatives as a health promotion strategy. The guide is designed to educate and inspire Ontarians about community actions that promote food security. It raises many complex issues and challenges in community food security and provides information about many effective projects that are currently operating within the province. This guide will be particularly useful to community groups and individuals interested in starting or expanding a community food project.
GMO Guide (pdf):
'How to Avoid Genetically Engineered Food - A Greenpeace Shoppers Guide' is a handy pocket-sized 23-page booklet published by Greenpeace Canada. It lists over 1000 products found on grocery store shelves, and tells you which ones contain genetically engineered ingredients and which do not.
