Stand has received significant media coverage over the year, both informing Canadians about Darfur, while also inspiring Canadians to act against genocide.

Highlights of our media coverage include:

• Features and statements from Stand about the South Sudanese Referendum:
  • Editorial from Stand University of Toronto in The Varsity
  • Stand Carleton featured in The Charlatan
    

• Anne Wagner: Standing for Darfur on 20-something.ca
• Press for the Darfur Film Tour:
  • Taking a stand for Darfur in The Varsity
  • ‘Darfur’ in The Tyee
  • Special screening of Darfur provides alarming look at ongoing violence in Sudan in the National Post
  • STAND Canada presents Darfur: A Film By Uwe Bolle in She Does The City
  • Boll Does Darfur in the Montreal Mirror
  • Darfur Film Premieres Feb 4 in Schema Magazine
  • STANDing Tall Against Genocide in the McGill Tribune
• Interview with Anne Wagner, then-Principle Director of STAND Canada, on shedoesthecity.com
• Coverage of Stand’s 2009 Ottawa Rally for Darfur in The Epoch Times
• Two op-ed pieces in the Toronto Star, and one in the National Post
  • Read Toronto Star Op-Ed #1 here
  • Read Toronto Star Op-Ed #2 here
• A seven part Op-Ed series, “Saving Darfur”, in partnership with the National Post
  • Read Part one here
  • Read Part two here
  • Read Part three here
  • Read Part four here
  • Read Part five here
  • Read part six here
  • Read Part seven here
• Articles in the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Metro, 24, Hamilton Spectator
  • Toronto Star article on Day for Darfur Rally here
  • Toronto Star article on 1800-GENOCID(E) here
  • Hamilton Spectator here
  • Ottawa Citizen here
• Television news coverage on Global TV, and CTV, City TV, CH, CTV Newsnet
• Radio news coverage on CBC News Radio
• Appearances on MTV Live and MuchMusic

Campaigns

• “Rock the House” campaign led to over 6000 letters being sent to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• “10,000 voices for Darfur” culminated in a press conference on Parliament Hill, after a 12,000 signature petition had been presented in the House of Commons
• Well over 100 candidates from all political parties supported Stand’s “Speak the Name” election campaign, with 51 supporters being elected to Parliament
• Stand has staged two national conferences, providing in-depth leadership and advocacy training to over 115 young leaders from coast-to-coast.
• Stand has staged numerous rallies, with our three biggest (two in Toronto and one in Alberta) each attracting thousands.
• Stand’s targeted divestment campaign is active on several campuses that began work after the successful campaign at Queen’s University in 2007.