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Currently, Global Action Network is working on several vital campaigns, including: countering the heavily subsidized public relations campaign waged by the Canadian fur industry achieving legislation banning cetaceans in captivity in Quebec establishing bylaws forbidding the use of animals in entertainment in several municipalities lobbying for a Quebec animal welfare act, as well as stronger animal protection laws in Canada's Criminal Code blocking two factory farms from setting up in rural Quebec communities gathering video evidence of criminal code and regulatory violations in Canadian factory farms, slaughterhouses, animal transport, and stockyards for our national campaign Education is the foundation of many of our activities. To this end, GAN provides presentations for schools and universities, and coordinates many public lectures on animal issues. To date, we have organized well attended events by Dr. Neil Barnard (PCRM), Ralph Nader (Green Party), Dr. David Suzuki (Suzuki Foundation), Howard Lyman (Earthsave), Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society), Jeffrey Masson (author, When Elephants Weep), Steve Wise (author, Rattling the Cage), and Ric O'Barry (author, To Free a Dolphin), amongst others.At present, Global Action Network has a dedicated staff of four, as well as an extensive volunteer base, including communications, legal, political, medical, and veterinary professionals. We rely on government and foundation grants, and contributions from the general public.
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Design Against Fur 2005 Winners On Monday, 16 May the judges for the Canadian leg of the 2005 Design against Fur Poster competition met in Montreal to evaluate submissions that came in from all over the country.With almost a hundred poster submissions to evaluate, they had their work cut out for them.This year, Design Against Fur was lucky to have an excellent array of the very best designers from three of Montreal’s finest graphics and communications agencies. Bob Beck of Dialect Design, George Fok of Amen–Epoxy and Louis Gagnon of Paprika all put their extensive expertise together to come up with the winning designs for 2005.Global Action Network and the Fur Free Alliance are pleased to announce that the following students took top honours in the Canadian Design Against Fur competition for 2005. Congratulations, both to the winners and everyone else who took the time to submit an entry! 1st Liz Hayward York University, Toronto. 2nd Nelson Leung York University, Toronto. 3rd Magdalena Ciechonska York University, Toronto.