Our Mandate

OPIRG-Windsor MANDATE:

OPIRG-Windsor's mandate is to promote education, research and action on environmental and social justice issues to create a better world.

BASIS OF UNITY

Be it resolved that the Ontario Public Interest Research Group at the University of Windsor commits to:
 

• creating a space free of sexism, racism, classism, heterocentrism, ableism and ageism;
   
• working in a non-hierarchical, co-operative and non-authoritarian way emphasizing consensual decision-making process and alternative organization structure;
   
• respecting diversity and fostering an inclusive environment;
   
• helping people learn the necessary skills to effect change and nurturing a milieu where learning is encouraged;
   
• bridging the gap that has developed between the academic world and the general community;
   
• providing the resources and support to individuals and groups to work on social change;
   
• and linking the efforts of those groups with others pursuing similar goals on campus and in the community;
   
• challenging the existing social, political and economic order and offering alternatives;
   
• working on a broad range of issues, as identified by members, emphasizing research of issues concurrently, and working on issues in a unique way;
   
• encouraging citizens to participate in all their civic responsibilities.