Non-governmental Directories.:
- Hillwatch. A directory of Canadian and international think tanks.
http://www.hillwatch.com/PPRC/Think_Tanks.aspx
- Policy Experts. Search experts and organizations by name or issue.
http://www.policyexperts.org/last_name/last_name.cfm
- University of Alberta Libraries Canadian think tank directory. Listings of Canadian think tanks with annotations and brief descriptions.
http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/business-canadianthinktanks
NGOs, advocacy groups, research organizations, think tanks, etc.:
- Action Canada for Population and Development. Women’s reproductive rights. http://www.acpd.ca
- Amnesty International. Human Rights. http://www.amnesty.org
- Animal Alliance of Canada. Animal rights. http://www.animalalliance.ca/
- Anti-Slavery. Human Rights. http://www.antislavery.org
- The Association for Women’s Rights in Development. Women’s rights. http://www.awid.org
- Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. Sports rights. http://www.cces.ca/en/home
- Canadian Council for Refugees. Human rights. http://ccrweb.ca
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Various. http://www.cifar.ca
- Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy. Environment. http://www.cielap.org
- Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights. Human Rights. http://claihr.ca/wordpress/
- Canadian Nature Federation. Environment. http://www.naturecanada.ca
- Canadian Patient Safety Institute http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/English/Pages/default.aspx
- Canadian Policy Research Networks. Various. http://www.cprn.org/index.cfm
- Canadian Red Cross. Humanitarian. http://www.redcross.ca
- Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Education. http://criaw-icref.ca
- Care Canada. Development. http://care.ca
- Consultative Group On International Agricultural Research. Environment. http://www.cgiar.org
- CUSO International. Development. http://www.cusointernational.org
- Disabled Peoples’ International. Civil Rights. http://www.dpi.org/
- Doctors Without Borders. Development. http://www.msf.ca
- Egale Canada. LGBT Rights. http://egale.ca
- Fraser Institute. Economy. http://www.fraserinstitute.org/
- Free the Children. Human Rights. http://www.freethechildren.com
- Friends of the Earth Canada. Environment. http://foecanada.org
- Greenpeace Canada. Environment. http://www.greenpeace.org/ca
- Habitat for Humanity. Development. http://www.habitat.ca
- Human Rights Internet. Human Rights. http://www.hri.ca/
- Human Rights Watch. Human Rights. http://www.hrw.org
- Institute for Research on Public Policy. Development. http://www.irpp.org
- Institute of Public Administration of Canada. Development. http://www.ipac.ca
- International Development and Refugee Foundation. Development. http://www.idrf.com
- International Development Research Centre. Development. http://www.idrc.ca
- International Institute for Sustainable Development. Development. http://www.iisd.org
- Lawyers Without Borders. Human Rights. http://www.lwob.org/Pages/Default.aspx
- John Howard Society of Ontario. Criminal Justice Issues. http://www.johnhoward.on.ca
- National Aboriginal Health Organization. Aboriginal Issues. http://www.naho.ca
- National Council of Women of Canada. Women’s Issues. http://www.ncwc.ca
- Oxfam. Development. http://www.oxfam.org
- PEN Canada. Freedom of Expression. http://pencanada.ca
- Polaris Institute. Energy, water, corporations. http://www.polarisinstitute.org
- UNICEF. Development. http://www.unicef.org
- Women Action. Women’s Issues http://www.womenaction.org
- World Wildlife Fund. Environment. http://www.wwf.ca
- World Watch Institute. Environment. http://www.worldwatch.org