Cocoa Camino

Fair Trade

Producer Partners

Confederación Nacional de Cacaocultores Dominicanos (CONACADO) – in Spanish only
www.conacado.com

Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Valle Río Apurímac (CACVRA) – in Spanish only
www.cacvra.com

Fair Trade Certifying Bodies & Associations

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) is the worldwide Fair Trade standard setting and certification organization.
www.fairtrade.net

TransFair Canada is the Canadian member of FLO and the only certifying body for Fair Trade products in Canada.
www.transfair.ca

The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) is the global network of Fair Trade Organizations.
www.ifat.org

The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) is a North American-based association of Fair Traders whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide.
www.fairtradefederation.org

The European Fair Trade Association is a network of 11 Fair Trade organizations in 9 European countries.
www.european-fair-trade-association.org

Fair Trade Networks

The Canadian Student Fair Trade Network (CSFTN) is a national network of high school and post-secondary students and student organizations advocating for Fair Trade principles and purchasing policies.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csftn/

The Ottawa Fair Trade Network (OFTN) promotes local awareness and support for Fair Trade in the Ottawa-Gatineau community.
http://ato.smartcapital.ca/oftn/

Fair Trade Toronto raises awareness and promotes Fair Trade in the GTA.
www.fairtradetoronto.com

The Vancouver Fair Trade Coffee Network promotes Fair Trade coffee through education and awareness-raising.
www.fairtradevancouver.ca

Fair Trade and Ethical Consumerism

Équiterre develops projects that empower citizens to make environmentally and socially responsible choices.
www.equiterre.qc.ca/en/

The Fair Trade Resource Network's goal is to raise consumer awareness about improving people's lives through Fair Trade alternatives.
www.fairtraderesource.org

Make Trade Fair is an Oxfam International campaign aimed at changing the unfair rules of world trade.
www.maketradefair.com

Oxfam Canada builds lasting solutions to global poverty and injustice, working with allies in Canada and around the world to change unfair policies and practices.
www.oxfam.ca

Global Exchange’s Fair Trade Cocoa Campaign. Global Exchange is a U.S.-based advocacy group dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice.
www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/
fairtrade/cocoa/index.html

The campaign for Fair Trade and Ethical Consumerism of the CSN (Confédération des syndicats nationaux) – in French only
www.csn.qc.ca/Campagnes/equiterre-2005.html

Marquis Project
www.marquisproject.com/index.html

Carrefour Tiers Monde is a not-for-profit organization aimed at raising public awareness in the Québec area about international development and solidarity – in French only
www.carrefour-tiers-monde.org/accueil/jsp/index.jsp

The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones.
www.maquilasolidarity.org

The mission of the Coalition québécoise contre les ateliers de misère is to raise public awareness in Québec about the existence of sweatshops in the clothing industry and to improve working conditions in sweatshops – in French only
www.ciso.qc.ca/ateliersdemisere/

Child Slavery

Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org

International Labor Rights Fund Campaign against Child Labor in the Cocoa Industry.
www.laborrights.org/projects/childlab/cocoa.htm

Fair Trade and Global Education Resources for Teachers, Parents and Students

TransFair Canada’s resources include a teacher’s guide and curriculum tools and a Fair Trade action plan for students.
www.transfair.ca/www/en/education/

The Fair Game™ is a series of short role-playing games which explore the costs and benefits of world trading systems. The Fair Game™ was designed in Manitoba for use in Grade 10 Geography and Grade 12 World Issues classes.
www.marquisproject.com/fairgame.html

The Otesha Project was created to mobilize youth to create local and global change through their daily consumer choices.
http://otesha.ca

Trading Fairly in Our World is a Catholic curriculum unit about Fair Trade designed for grade 6 students in Ontario.
www.eoccc.org/fairtrade/index.html

Global Education Teaching Resources of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation includes an elementary school unit plan on Ethical Consumer Choices.
www.bctf.ca/SocialJustice.aspx?id=6218

Curriculum units created by teachers of the Global Education Network.
www.global-ed.org/curriculum.htm

VIDEA (Victoria International Development Education Association) has been involved in the promotion and delivery of global education in Victoria and the Southern Vancouver Island area since 1977.
http://videa.ca

World Inter-Action Mondiale is an Ottawa-based global education organization with online tools and resources for educators.
www.wiam.ca

Global Exchange’s resources for educators around Fair Trade cocoa.
www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/
cocoa/fairtradeintheclassroom.html

Oxfam Canada’s Education for Global Citizenship Resources
www.oxfam.ca/educators

Oxfam UK’s Resources for Teachers
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm

The Fair Trade Schools Pack developed by the Co-operative College and the Co-operative Group (UK).
www.co-opfairtrade.co.uk/schools_pack/

The Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand has developed two education kits, one tailored to Australian and the other to New Zealand curricula.
www.fta.org.au/resources/educationkit

The butterfly 208 program has been designed to help Canada's youth realize the human connection they share with people from around the world.
http://bp208.ca/

Check Your Head educates young people on global issues, by looking at the connection between global events and local realities.
www.checkyourhead.org

Media Awareness Network offers resources to support young people’s media and information literacy.
www.media-awareness.ca

UNICEF Canada’s mandate is to raise funds in support of UNICEF’s work for children in 156 countries and territories and build awareness among Canadians about the issues facing the world’s children.
http://unicef.ca

CHF offers Global Education Resources for Canadian teachers.
www.chf-partners.ca

Free The Children is the largest network of children helping children in the world.
www.freethechildren.com