Dru Oja Jay

Dru Oja Jay is a co-founder of the Dominion and the Media Co-op and the co-author of Offsetting Resistance, a critical report on Environmental NGOs.

 

 

Books by Dru Oja Jay

Paved with Good Intentions

Paved with Good Intentions

Canada’s Development NGOs on the Road from Idealism to Imperialism

Nik Barry-Shaw, Dru Oja Jay

“NGOs are as Canadian as hockey,” declared a 1988 Parliamentary report. Few institutions epitomize the foundational Canadian myth of international benevolence like the non-governmental organization devoted to development abroad. This book raises important questions about these organizations and their development projects: Just how “non-governmental” are organizations that get most of their funding from government agencies? What impact do these funding ties have on NGOs… (more information)