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PLEDJ | Canada
A Nonprofit in Montréal | Tiohtià:ke | Québec
PLEDJ is a social change organization dedicated to building the capacity of global indigenous and marginalized communities to foster collective empowerment, sustainable development, and transformative justice.
We combine emancipatory education, participatory research, and applied community practice that integrate academic expertise and local knowledge to create best practices driven by people from the Global South.
EVENTS
Upcoming Events
Mar 23, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.UdeM – Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, 3150 Rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal, QC H3T 1N8, Canada (salle C-3061)Un dialogue entre étudiant.e.s., professeur.e.s, et membres de la communauté civile dans un contexte de polarisation, sur la thématique suivante: Religion, laïcité et appartenance : expériences et perspectives
Feb 23, 2026, 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ESTMcGill University Centre(SSMU)Room 203, 3480 Rue McTavish, Montréal, QC H3A 1X9, CanadaThis conversation brings together students, professors, and community leaders to explore how justice, solidarity, and resistance to hate are expressed across different faith traditions.
Dec 10, 2025, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Vancouver, 2616 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z3, CanadaRSVP to an Interactive Interview with Amal Elsana Alj’jooj on her memoir “Hope is a Woman’s Name”
FEATURED PROJECTS
Social Work for Social Justice |
A McGill Partnership
A two-year program that brings together a cohort of emerging leaders from marginalized communities in conflict-affected regions to engage in rigorous academic training, experiential learning, and applied fieldwork in social work, justice, and peacebuilding.
OUR STRATEGIES
PLEDJ's work focuses on people in the Global South who are in positions of structural marginalization made vulnerable because of their economic, social or political status, such as women, indigenous peoples, racial and religious minorities, and refugees.
PLEDJ engages leaders and activists from these communities in the design of practical models of civic organization, social work, capacity-building, and research which directly impact their lives.
PLEDJ works with academic and policy-making partners to develop interdisciplinary programs that provide innovative education and training solutions that address unequal balances of power that marginalized peoples face.
VIDEO GALLERY
The Solidarity Dialogues Launch - Panel Discussion (May 22, 2024)
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