The writing of The Leap Manifesto was initiated in the spring of 2015 at a two-day meeting in Toronto attended by representatives from Canada’s Indigenous rights, social and food justice, environmental, faith-based and labour movements.
Signatories.
Initiating Signatories
Alanis Morissette
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Arcade Fire
Ashley Callingbull
Avi Lewis
Bishop Mark MacDonald
Bruce Cockburn
Carole Pope
Charles Taylor
Clayton Ruby
David Suzuki
Denis Villeneuve
Dionne Brand
Dominic Champagne
Donald Sutherland
Elliot Page
Father Jean-Marc Biron
Father Peter Bisson
George Elliott Clark
Gord Downie
Guujaaw
Hassan Yussuff
John Ralston Saul
Joseph Boyden
Judy Rebick
Leonard Cohen
Leslie Feist
Maude Barlow
Michael Ondaatje
Naomi Klein
Neil Young
Nino Ricci
Pamela Anderson
Patricia Rozema
Philippe Falardeau
Rachel McAdams
Rawi Hage
Robert Bateman
Roy McMurtry
Sarah Harmer
Sarah Polley
Stephen Lewis
Tantoo Cardinal
Tegan & Sara
Thomas King
William Gibson
Xavier Dolan
Yann Martel
Initiating Organizations
350.org
Alternatives
Black Lives Matter - Toronto
Canada Youth Climate Coalition
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Catherine Donnelly Foundation
Citizens for Public Justice
Coule Pas Chez Nous
Council of Canadians
CUPE Ontario
David Suzuki Foundation
Defenders of the Land
Ecology Action Centre
Food Secure Canada
Greenpeace Canada
Idle No More
Kairos
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
Mining Watch
No One Is Illegal - Vancouver Coast Salish Territories
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Oxfam Canada
Polaris Institute
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Sierra Club Canada Foundation
Stand
The ETC Group
This Changes Everything
Toronto York Region Labour Council
More Initiating Signatories
Allan Adam
Amara Possian
Amy Miller
André Frappier
Andrea Harden
Angela Bischoff
Anthony Garoufalis-Auger
Art Manuel
Bianca Mugyenyi
Bill Phipps
Brian McKenna
Campbell Stuart
Candace Savage
Clayton Thomas Mueller
Crystal Lameman
Daniel Cayley-Daoust
Dave Bleakney
Diana Bronson
Dru Jay
Ellen Gabriel
Emily Vey Duke
Emma Ruby-Sachs
Eric Pineault
Eriel Deranger
Franz Hartmann, PhD
Gabor Mate
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
Geoff Bickerton
Geraldine Anderson
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
Harsha Walia
Jennifer Castle
Joanna Kerr
Joel Plaskett
John Cartwright
John Clarke
John Dillon
John Greyson
John Vaillant
Joy Kennedy
Julie Delahanty
Katerina Cizek
Katie McKenna
Kyo Maclear
Larry Rousseau
Leanne Simpson
Linda Spalding
Louise Dennys
Martin Lukacs
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Mike Palacek
Paul Moist
Peter Keleghan
Professor Dolores Chew
Professor Ellen Judd
Professor Eric Shragge
Propagandhi
Reilly Yeo
Robyn Benson
Roger Rashi
Russell Diabo
Sarah Archibald
Shary Boyle
Sid Ryan
Steven Staples
Tim McCaskell
Tony Clarke
Trevor Herriot
Tzeporah Berman
Vag Halen
More Initiating Organizations
Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
Centre for Gender Advocacy
Cinema Politica
Climate Justice Montreal
Council of Canadians - Kawarthas
Council of Canadians - Kelowna
Council of Canadians - Peterborough
CUPE Local 1979
Divest McGill
East End Against Line 9
Enviro Commons
For Our Grandchildren
Friends of Clayoquot Sound
Greenspiration
Kelowna Peace Group
Le Monde a Bicyclette
LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests)
People for Peace, London, Ontario
Radical Imagination Project
Smart Change
Spirited Social Change
The Stop oléoduc movement
Theatre for Living
Toronto Environmental Alliance
Toronto Raging Grannies
Turning the Tide
UBC Students for Climate Action
Unite Against Austerity Campaign
Organizational Endorsements
Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
ACORN
Alerte Pétrole Rive-Sud
Alliance Against Poverty (AAP)
Alternatives North
AmiEs de la Terre de Québec
Annapolis EDA NDP
Arusha Centre
Attac Ontario
ATTAC-Québec
BrainFeed
Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion (BROKE)
Canada, Who Cares?
Canadian Association of Professional Employees
Canadian Climate Forum
Canadian Council on Social Development
Canadian Federation of Students
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation/La Fédération canadienne des coopérative de travail
Canadians for Justice
Carbon Busters
Cause+Affect Design
Center for Emergent Diplomacy
Centre for Social Justice
Cercle des Premières Nations de l’UQAM
Check Your Head
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Chorale du peuple (Occupons Montréal)
Chrysalis Society
Citizens’ Alliance of Prince Edward Island
Clayoquot Action Society
Climate Impact Network - University of Toronto
Climate Justice Saskatoon
ClimateFast Canada
Coalition for a Clean Green Saskatchewan
Coalition for the Protection of PEI Water
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE)
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
Collectif du Mur de femmes contre les oléoducs et les sables bitumineux
Committee for Future Generations
Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain-CSN (CCMM-CSN)
Convoi-citoyen
Coopérative de recherches en entrepreneuriat et en apprentissages: Basses-Laurentides
Cordoba Centre for Civic Engagement and Leadership
Council of Canadians - Northwestern Territorities Chapter
Council of Canadians - Prince Albert, SK
Council of Canadians - Regina, SK
Council of Canadians - Saint John, NB
Council of Canadians - Thunder Bay
Cowichan Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians
Degrowth/Decroissance Canada
Democracy Watch
DestiNATIONS: Carrefour of Indigenous Arts and Cultures
Development and Peace-Caritas Canada
Divest Concordia
Divest Dal
Divest Victoria
DM Music & Sound
Earthroots
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Durham Local
Environment Hamilton
Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE)