Archived News

World Oceans Week Symposium - June 1

Celebrating and Protecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Save our Seas and Shores PEI will mark World Oceans Week, which runs from June 1st to 8th with a symposium -on June 1st.

May
15
2019

NOVEMBER 28-CANCELLING DONOR APPRECIATION EVENT

The weather's just not cooperating!

Given the weather forecast, and the possibility of high winds combined with rain and eventually snow this evening, we are cancelling our event that was going to take place at 7:30 at Spicy Chef.

Nov
28
2018

PEOPLE'S FORUM ON JUST TRADE & DEVELOPMENT

Saturday, November 3rd, 1:30 to 4:30 pm at the PEI Farm Centre

With Pam Palmater on the Impact of International Trade Agreements on Indigenous Peoples and Gavin Fridell on Free Trade and Beyond.

Oct
25
2018

2017 Daniel O'Hanley Lecture

Challenges Facing Immigrant Women

Latin American Mission Program presents the Annual Daniel O’Hanley Memorial Lecture Sunday, October 29 at 2:00pm. Presenter: Dr. Sara Torres, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Dalhousie University. Topic: "Challenges Facing Immigrant Women".

Oct
13
2017

Equal in Dignity - Equal in Rights - a great success!

Forum on Migrant Worker Rights Attracts over 60 People

Speakers at the April 16 event included migrant workers, activists, and members of unions and of faith communities.

Apr
29
2016

Comprehensive Changes Needed in Foreign Worker Program

A Press Release by the Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights - Canada

Atlantic Canada has a seasonal economy, and seasonal industry has come to depend on migrant workers to keep things running.

Feb
24
2016

International Migrants Day

Let us MOVE together for Justice

The whole world celebrates International Migrants Day today. On December 18, 1990 the UN General Assembly signed and adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

Dec
18
2015

Canada-wide migrant worker coalition calls on Trudeau to MoVE for Real Change

Canada calls for end to discrimination against migrant workers

Migrant worker groups from PEI to British Columbia held media events today to call upon the new Liberal government to end the practice of tying temporary foreign workers to their employer – a practice the groups are calling discriminatory.

Oct
28
2015

Cooper Institute Supports the Coalition for Migrant Rights - Canada

You can add your voice to theirs just as we have!

For the first time, on October 28, 2015 migrant worker groups from coast to coast to coast have joined together and formed a singled unified voice for migrant worker rights.

Oct
28
2015

Coalition for Proportional Representation Response to White Paper on Electoral Reform

PEI Coalition has mixed reaction to recently-released white paper

The community-based organization, PEI Coalition for Proportional Representation (PR), met on Thursday, July 9, 2015 immediately after the release of the White Paper on Democratic Renewal. The reaction of the PR organizing committee is mixed.

Jul
20
2015

A New Community Voice for Proportional Representation

By Marie Burge and Brenda Oslawsky

Published on Monday, June 29th, 2015, in The Guardian, Charlottetown

Jul
7
2015

Temporary Foreign Workers Project Update

Cooper Institute continues its work with Temporary Foreign Workers in PEI

Since the fall of 2010 Cooper Institute has been working to build knowledge about the growing numbers of temporary foreign workers (TFW’s) in PEI. There were 297 TFW’s in PEI in 2007, and this number continues to rise steadily, reaching 825 in 2011.

Mar
15
2015

Foreign workers on PEI ignored in heated debate about program

Commentary

Community and labour groups have sounded the alarm about the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for over a decade.

Jun
30
2014

Economic desperation exists among long-time community members, migrant workers

Commentary by Josie Baker, May 30, The Guardian, Charlottetown

Over the past four years Cooper Institute has been doing research and community engagement on issues surrounding the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in PEI.

May
30
2014

Community Groups Consult with Community Services and Seniors Deputy Minister and Staff

Organized by the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income, co-hosted by the PEI Food Security Network

Community groups and Department staff to engage in a discussion about the need for Social Assistance rates to reflect the true cost of a nutritious diet for families and individuals in Prince Edward Island.

May
30
2014

New Project to Provide Leadership Training and Accompaniment to Women Migrant Workers in PEI

Cooper Institute is a recipient of a 2014 Interministerial Women's Secretariat Grant

Migrant Women Lead is part of the ongoing work of Cooper Institute of research, community engagement, and policy work on the issues surrounding the Temporary Foreign Worker program in PEI.

May
15
2014

Cooper Institute Celebrates 30 Years

Marie Burge speaks to Matt Rainnie on Island Morning

For three decades the Cooper Institute on PEI, a not-for profit community organization, has focused on research, education, community development and works with community groups who want positive political, economic, social, and cultural change.

May
10
2014

National Report Card on Temporary Foreign Workers

Prince Edward Island's treatment of Temporary Foreign Workers is evaluated

New report cards evaluate protections for migrant workers across Canada

May
17
2013

Honouring the Haitian people in our words and actions

Commentary published in the Charlottetown Guardian on January 6th, 2011

Letter to the editor by Marie Burge, submitted on behalf of Cooper Institute.

Jan
12
2011

Planning for Domestic Fair Trade - An Outline

Cooper Institute and National Farmers Union develop an outline for a plan to implement domestic fair trade

After spending several months in consultations with a key group of farmers and food activists, Cooper Institute and the National Farmers Union have come up with an outline of a plan for domestic fair trade.

Nov
9
2010

Haiti: A Brief History of Haitian Hope in the Face of Foreign Contempt

A three-part essay by Marie Burge

This opinion piece was published in March 2010 in the Charlottetown Guardian and in la Voix Acadienne.

Mar
29
2010

Cooper Institute celebrates 25 years

Friends of Cooper Institute gather at Timothy's on May 29

Friends of Cooper Institute gather at Timothy's to celebrate 25 years of community development work on PEI.

Jun
25
2009