Wed. August 6, 7:00 PM EDT - Zoom
Webinar: How to start a Divestment Campaign
Join Just Peace Advocates and organizers from Retired Teachers Divest, Queers for Palestine Toronto, Toronto Writers Against the War on Gaza, and the Coalition du Québec URGENCE Palestine to learn how to develop an impactful campaign! We will be talking about how to:
Find information and analyse data
Develop a strategy and pick targets
Factors that impact your campaign
There will also be time for a Q&A! Come join activists from across the country and learn / share tips and tricks to make our campaigns even more impactful.
Resources
Below you will find links to some resources, including recent reports that have been used for various divestment campaigns:
Summary of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s recent report
“From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide”: A Damning Indictment of the Corporate Machinery
Analysis of 7 major public sector pension plans shows over $16 billion USD invested in war crimes and genocide
Our Pensions Are Funding Genocide
Canadian charitable sector evidence of financial complicity in Israeli war crimes and genocide
Analysis of CPPIB’s 2024 investments shows more than $27 billion invested in complicit companies
CPPIB Investments in War Crimes, Genocide, and Apartheid Increase to Over $27 Billion in 2025
Analysis of BMO, TD, Scotiabank, RBC, and CIBC shows more than $132 billion invested in complicit companies
Analysis of CDPQ investments show over $27.4 billion invested in complicit companies
CDPQ 2024 Report Analysis: $27.4 billion invested in 76 companies
Summary of 12 submissions to the UN Special Rapporteurs call for input on complicit companies
Business and Human Rights, Canadian institutions and Sectors complicity, Submissions to the UN