Collection search - Halifax Initiative fonds [textual record (some electronic), graphic material]
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Halifax Initiative fonds [textual record (some electronic), graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:6 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual record (some electronic), graphic material (photo) (Electronic) Finding aid is a file list of volumes 1 and 2 including some digital information at the file level. MSS2659 (90: Open)
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Record information Halifax Initiative fonds [textual record (some electronic), graphic material]
Date:1995-2014.Reference:R16092-0-X-EType of material:Photographs, Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:5086549Date(s):1995-2014.Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:CanadaAdded country of publication:United States, IndonesiaExtent:20 cm of textual records.
10.2 MB of textual records (155 files).
144 photographs : col.Language of material:EnglishAdded language of material:English, FrenchScope and content:The fonds consists of the operational documents of the Halifax Initiative. This includes meeting minutes, correspondence, press releases, reports and publications. Also included in this fonds are photographs of various events and people associated with the organization.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Halifax Initiative : The Halifax Initiative (HI) was formed in 1994 as a coalition of Canadian human rights, environment, development, labour and faith-based organizations concerned with the international financial system, specifically the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its institutions, and Canada's participation in them. It was established in the context of an international movement of non-governmental organizations focused on evaluating the role and the World Bank and the IMF at the time of their 50th Anniversary. Canadian NGOs founded the HI to ensure that demands for fundamental reform of the international financial institutions were high on the agenda of the G7's 1995 Halifax Summit.
HI worked through research, education, advocacy and alliance-building to transform the international financial system and its institutions to achieve poverty eradication, environmental sustainability and an equitable re-distribution of wealth. Their work has primarily focused on the World Bank, the IMF, debt and the Tobin Tax. In 1999, they started an NGO Working Group on Export Development Canada (EDC), recognizing the critical role of export credit agencies in the international financial system.
In 2015, the Halifax Initiative closed its operations. That same year a new organization, Above Ground, was established to build on the Halifax Initiative's work on corporate accountability. Through research and analysis, Above Ground exposes human rights violations associated with the overseas operations of Canadian companies.Additional information:General note:Donated in 2015 by the Halifax Initiative.Arrangement note:The fonds is divided into six series: Correspondence; Minutes; Working group on EDC; Press releases, media advisories and briefs; Reports and papers; and photographs.Source:Private -
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