The Toronto G20 took place in 2010, at the tail end of the anti-globalization movement of the 1990s and 2000s. The crackdown on the summit protests culminated in what remains the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. In the lead-up to the G20, and through the fallout afterwards, MDC was one of the main organizations providing legal support. As part of that, we created legal education materials for protesters.
The G20 was preceded by several other global summits and convergences across Canada, the United States, and the world that drew large protests. Similar legal collectives elsewhere emerged or focussed their work on organizing in support of those protests.
More than a decade later, many of these materials are out of date, and many of those organizations are no longer active. We’re preserving the information that used to live on our “Resources” and “Links” pages here for historical purposes.
Resources
Take a look at our thoughts on what to do if the police come knockin’, available in both English and French.
Parents and caregivers bringing children to the G20 convergence (also available as a PDF).
Legal information about borders and immigration for US visitors is here and also available as a PDF.
US legal geeks might also be interested in our US/Canada legal primer, also available as a PDF.
Links
Activist Legal Resources
Olympic Resistance Network Legal – Know Your Rights Guide PDF (Vancouver – some BC specific information)
McGrady Civil Disobedience Guide (Vancouver)
People’s Commission on Security Certificates advisory on If CSIS Comes Knockin’ (Montreal)
CCLA Know Your Rights Manual
http://ccla.org/?page_id=4860
BCCLA Arrest Guide
http://www.bccla.org/05pubs.htm
UVic Civil Disobedience Guide
http://www.elc.uvic.ca/publications/
Suing the Police in Small Claims Court (slightly out of date)
http://charneylaw.ca/helpfuldocs/HowtoSuethePoliceandPrivateSecurityinSm…
Toronto Cyclists Union
http://bikeunion.to/mycity
Legal Information/Assistance
Legal Aid Ontario
http://lao.on.ca/en/
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
http://www.hrto.ca/hrto/?q=en
Human Rights Legal Support Centre
http://www.hrlsc.on.ca/en/index.htm
Office of the Independent Police Review Director (Police Complaints)
https://www.oiprd.on.ca/cms/
Small Claims Court (Ontario)
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/scc/
Community Legal Education Ontario
http://www.cleo.on.ca/english/index.htm
CanLII
http://www.canlii.org/en/index.php
Allies
OCAP http://ocap.ca/
No One Is Illegal http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/
Community Mobilization Network http://g20.torontomobilize.org/
Legal Collectives
Midnight Special Law Collective (Oakland, California)
Coldsnap Legal (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
JustUs Legal Collective (NYC)
Just Cause Law Collective (Santa Cruz, California)
Legal Support Ottawa
http://www.flora.org/legal/index.html
Legal Organizations
Law Union of Ontario
http://www.lawunion.ca/
National Lawyers Guild
http://www.nlg.org/membership/committees_massdefense.php