The OPIRG Provincial Network is a registered charitable organization called Ontario PIRG. A “PIRG” is a Public Interest Research Group — there are many all across Turtle Island. The OPIRG Provincial Network is a decentralized body that provides support for, and facilitates collaboration between individual PIRGs in Ontario. We are comprised of a series Public Interest Research Groups based in communities across the Province. These PIRGs share similar mandates and policies, but function autonomously in their everyday workings. Rooted in the belief that we are strongest when we collectively work together, the Provincial Network strives to facilitate communication, share resources, and build and strengthen relationships between PIRGs.
Vision
The Provincial Network of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group provides
the opportunity for the members of the individual PIRG Chapters to meet, exchange ideas and resources, support each other, access training opportunities and work together in starting new PIRGs.
Goals
Members of the provincial network accept the following as basic goals for the
organization:
- To motivate civic participation and responsibility by encouraging members and other citizens to become concerned, informed, and active in their community
- To recognize the interconnectedness, and pursue an integrative analysis, of social and environmental issues
- To respect and encourage local and global ecosystem integrity
- To strive for equity for all people by opposing all forms of oppression such as those based on gender, race, class, ability, and sexuality
- To work in a cooperative way, employing a consensus decision-making process
- To work in solidarity with environmental and social justice movements.