OPIRG McMaster POLICIES
- OPIRG McMaster ANTI-HARRASMENT POLICY: Read it here
- OPIRG McMaster WORKING GROUP POLICY: Read it here
- OPIRG McMaster SUPPORT GRANTING POLICY: Read it here
- OPIRG McMaster PUBLIC INTEREST GRANT POLICY: Read it here
- OPIRG McMaster ROOM BOOKING POLICY: Read it here
- OPIRG McMaster NON-PERMANENT STAFF HIRING POLICY: Read it here
- OPIRG McMaster BUTTON-MAKER POLICY: Read it here
OTHER POLICIES
- McMaster University's Fair Trade Purchasing Policy, developed with OPIRG involvement
ONLINE RESOURCES
- Action for Change: A guide to activism with public interest research groups. First published 1994, this document offers guidance on working in groups, from holding effective meetings and consensus decision-making to building coalitions and planning events.
- OPIRG McMaster's ANTI-OPPRESSION interactive web page: test your knowledge and awareness of anti-oppression here. OPIRG Volunteers are encouraged to take a free anti-oppression workshop offered each term, but this tool will give you a good grounding of the issues. Check it out!
- OPIRG's Peggy McKay award is an annual award presented to an OPIRG working group showing creativity and initiative on the environment, in memory of Peggy McKay. This award was established by Paul McKay (journalist, environmental activist, and former OPIRG-Peterborough staff member) in 1988, in memory of his mother, Peggy, who died of cancer in 1987. By encouraging environmental action, the awards will hopefully lead to a decrease in the cause of her death.
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Click here to read a Civil Disobedience Booklet produced by HOMES NOT BOMBS
- I have Worms Under My Desk! OPIRG McMaster has a successful vermi-composting project in our office: got an apple core or banana peel you don't want to throw in the garbage? Drop it into our worm bin! Here is an instructional video if you want to set up your own!
OPIRG McMaster RESEARCH
- NEW! Green Roofs project, by Andrew Cruickshank, OPIRG McMaster, with funding from Summer Career Placements, Government of Canada
- The Importance of Local Initiatives in Finding an Effective Solution for Climate Change: An Evaluation of Potential Climate Leaders (Undergraduate Thesis Submitted to the Arts and Science Department) by Jocelyn Kennedy
- Seniors Living in North Hamilton (2009) by Amanda Lemus, OPIRG McMaster. Understanding Poverty, Aging, and Health.
- Campus Wide Battery Recycling Program, initiated by OPIRG McMaster Battery Recycling working group
- OPIRG's Supermarket Tour by Stella Lee, Caroline Liffman, and Cindy McCulligh 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
- Living The Environment: a compost heap of environmental action ideas, prepared by OPIRG McMaster Coordinator of Volunteers Randy Kay for the Hamilton Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council's Annual Living the Environment Conference
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Research carried out by students funded by Career Student Employment of Canada/OPIRG McMaster (1996-present) :Career Summer Placement History
OPIRG McMaster NEWSLETTERS
- Find current and back issues of OPIRG McMaster's topical newsletter PIRGSPECTIVES, featuring articles from volunteer working groups, published in print twice a year.