CSJ RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

What CSJ RESEARCH AND EDUCATION does

CSJ Research and Education is a federally incorporated Canadian charity (Charitable Registration #871834826 RR0001) headquartered at 454 College Street, Toronto, that operates as the tax-receipt-eligible research and education arm of the Centre for Social Justice. Its core offerings are a weekly community newsletter aggregating social justice news and calls to action, a library of research publications on economic inequality, corporate influence on public policy, and neoliberalism (titles include 'Austerity Against Democracy,' 'Financial Meltdown,' and 'Challenges for Urban Social Justice Movements'), and episodic community advocacy projects on issues such as fossil fuel pension divestment and school reopening during COVID-19. The organization serves individual social justice advocates, academic researchers, policy advocates, and labour movement organizations, distributing content through its website (socialjustice.org), email newsletter, social media, and partner channels including The Bullet and LeftStreamed.

CSJ Research and Education generates revenue exclusively through donations, with no commercial products, paid services, or fee-for-service offerings. Donations are accepted one-time or recurring via the organization website, by mail (cheque or money order), and through the third-party CanadaHelps platform, which provides instant charitable tax receipts. The legal architecture is bifurcated: donations to the advocacy work of the Centre for Social Justice are not tax-deductible, while donations to CSJ Research and Education are, allowing supporters to choose between funding unrestricted advocacy and funding the research-and-education program. There is no proprietary technology, no application, no API, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities — the platform is a conventional content-publishing and community-organizing operation.

The go-to-market motion is community-led and event-driven: the organization relies on its weekly newsletter, research publications, panel discussions, film screenings, book launches, rallies, and educational forums to sustain engagement, supported by strategic partnerships with the Socialist Project, York University (via board member and political science professor Greg Albo), and major Canadian labour organizations including CUPE, OPSEU, and the Toronto & York Region Labour Council. The board of directors — Greg Albo, Josephine Grey, Michael Ma, Robert MacDermid, Ali Mallah, Pance Stojkovski — provides governance, with Pance Stojkovski identified as the single named staff member.

Name

CSJ RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Legal name

CSJ Research and Education

Website

https://socialjustice.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CSJ Research and Education is a Toronto-based Canadian charity (CRA #871834826 RR0001) and the research arm of the Centre for Social Justice, publishing a weekly newsletter, social-justice research reports, and community advocacy projects for activists, researchers, and labour organizations across Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Social Justice Research and Advocacy

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE)

Keywords

• Social justice research
• Policy analysis publications
• Community advocacy
• Educational materials
• Non-profit charity

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Accepts one-time and ongoing donations from individuals and organizations. Donations support either advocacy or research and education work. CSJ Research and Education is a registered charity (Charitable Registration # 871834826 RR0001) and can issue charitable tax receipts, while the Centre for Social Justice (advocacy arm) cannot issue tax-deductible receipts.
2. CanadaHelps Platform: Accepts donations through CanadaHelps.org, a third-party charitable giving platform.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CSJ Research and Education is the charitable arm of the Centre for Social Justice that publishes research reports and educational materials on social and economic issues. Its program focuses on the growing gap between rich and poor, corporate influence on public policy, and policy alternatives. It distributes a weekly newsletter, organizes community projects, and accepts tax-deductible donations as a registered Canadian charity.

Product overview

CSJ Research and Education is a charitable arm of the Centre for Social Justice that focuses on publishing research reports and educational materials on social and economic justice issues. The organization operates as a platform combining a weekly community newsletter, published research reports, and community advocacy projects. Its core offerings include the CSJ Newsletter for community communication, publications covering topics like inequality and corporate influence on policy, and community-based advocacy campaigns on various social justice issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSJ Newsletter A weekly community newsletter providing updates on social justice events, calls to action, articles, and advocacy opportunities for the Toronto social justice community. Subscribers receive weekly updates from CSJ and can cancel at any time.
• Publications and Reports Research reports and educational materials published by the CSJ Foundation for Research and Education on social and economic issues, including research on the growing gap between rich and poor, corporate influence on public policy, and policy alternatives.
• Community Projects Community-driven advocacy campaigns on social justice issues such as keeping schools open during COVID-19, pension fund investment in fossil fuels, and other social justice initiatives.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Socialist ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partner for research publications including 'Financial Meltdown' (2010) which explores the economic crisis and political struggle. Both organizations collaborate on events and educational materials.
• Socialist Project / The BulletcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bullet newsletter and LeftStreamed video platform serve as key distribution channels for social justice content, regularly featuring CSJ events, publications, and related commentary.
• Board of Directors (Greg Albo, Josephine Grey, Michael Ma, Robert MacDermid, Ali Mallah, Pance Stojkovski)coreOthersBoard members include academics (Greg Albo, Professor of Political Science at York University), community organizers, and labour representatives who provide governance and strategic direction.
• Various Unions and Labour OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with labour organizations including CUPE, OPSEU, Toronto & York Region Labour Council on events, campaigns, and publications. Labour movement organizations regularly featured in newsletter and co-sponsor events.
• York UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic connections through board member Greg Albo (Professor of Political Science) and collaborations on research publications and events.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Tyee: Independent progressive online news outlet covering BC and Canadian politics, inequality, and labour issues—sharing CSJ's audience of movement-oriented readers and donor-supported funding model.
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA): Canada's leading progressive think tank, conducting research on inequality, public policy alternatives, and corporate influence—directly overlapping CSJ's research mandate and progressive policy positioning.
• Maytree Foundation: Canadian private foundation focused on poverty reduction and economic inclusion through research, policy advocacy, and grantmaking—an analogous charitable research-and-education entity.
• Briarpatch Magazine: Saskatchewan-based progressive magazine covering social justice, labour, and activism in Canada—similar in audience, ideological positioning, and community-supported operating model.
• Canadian Dimension: Long-running progressive Canadian magazine covering politics, economics, and social movements, with a comparable left-aligned editorial stance and reader-supported funding approach.
• Parkland Institute: Alberta-based progressive research institute producing studies on economic inequality, social policy, and alternatives to neoliberalism—a comparable regional research-and-education non-profit.
• Ricochet: Independent progressive Canadian journalism outlet covering social and economic justice topics, funded by reader contributions—an analogous movement-aligned media and education platform.
• Broadbent Institute: Canadian progressive institute focused on political education, training, and research, with similar movement-building goals and a comparable donor-supported operating model.
• Socialist Project: An established co-publishing partner operating The Bullet newsletter and LeftStreamed video platform; engages in similar left-leaning research, publications, and event programming for the Canadian social-justice community.

Broad incumbents

• Pew Research Center: A much larger, well-resourced nonpartisan research organization producing social science and policy research; relevant as a broader incumbent shaping the social-research publishing category in which CSJ operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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