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The ‘boys in shorts’ era in the aid sector has come to an end
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Not In My Name
Ottawa, ON — September 16, 2025 — Today, over 70 prominent Canadians, including actors, scholar, artists, and activists came together to say “Not In My Name” demanding that the Canadian government end its complicity in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. This campaign, coordinated by Oxfam Canada, is a sweeping public outcry against silence, inaction,…
Oxfam Canada highlights top priorities as Parliament begins Fall sitting
As MPs and Senators return to Ottawa to begin the Fall sitting of Parliament, Oxfam Canada recognizes the complex challenges the federal government faces. These include geopolitical and trade tensions at our own border and beyond, the rising cost of living, climate chaos, growing authoritarianism, and the rapid evolution of powerful emerging technologies like A.I.…
Oxfam: Palestinians pushed into deeper crisis with Israeli displacement order on entire Gaza City
1 million people being forced towards unliveable, so called “humanitarian area” in mass forced displacement. Israel’s intent to displace around 1 million civilians, half of whom are living in famine, is impossible and illegal Oxfam said today, while the Israeli military continued to flatten Gaza City building by building as its mass forced displacement of…
Oxfam reaction to IPC report confirming famine in Gaza Governorate
Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) report published today confirming a famine in Gaza Governorate which is predicted to expand to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September, Oxfam’s Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Mahmoud Alsaqqa said: “The famine in Gaza is entirely driven by Israel’s near-total blockade of…