informing & inspiring change
with grassroots solutions to global issues
Welcome to the site for The Paradigm Shift Project! PSP is an innovative non-profit organization changing the way we see and support the developing world through documentary media, and we invite you to help us make shift happen!
Created in 2008, The Paradigm Shift Project is a registered Canadian charity fulfilling a missing role in the realm of non-profits. We connect people around the world to grassroots projects in developing countries, also providing these organizations with tools that enable them to reach out for support. We focus our documentary work on contemporary and pressing issues in sustainable development. Through our films, we show that even with the world’s toughest issues, there is indeed hope. Grassroots organizations all around the world are finding and implementing solutions to the world’s toughest problems, and it’s easy for us to help and get involved – but only if we know about them! PSP is a facilitator, building important relationships to bridge socioeconomic and geopolitical divisions in our world. PSP is also an educator, informing us on the issues, and more importantly, how we can be part of the solutions.
upcoming events
20.09.11-22.10.11: PSP Exhibition at Wiegand Gallery in Belmont CA
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Be The Shift: October 26th at the Duke of Westminster
Click here to get tickets to PSP’s film screening and silent auction in Toronto!
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PSP’S Latest Project Unveiled!
Waste management is an issue in countries all around the world, but on the Island of the Gods its arguably more closely tied to all aspects of life. PSP’s next project will feature innovative solutions emerging to tackle Bali’s garbage issues. Read more about the project here!
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Want to get PSP to give a presentation in your classroom?
PSP offers fun, interactive and free in-class workshops for grades 1-12 to teach our youth how they can make a difference in the world. Click here to download the brochure to learn more, and click here to register!
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Shift Happens Stationery Note Cards For Sale! - NEW PHRASES!
12 Note cards in bright colours and shifting sentiments printed on recycled paper with 30% post-consumer content. Click here for pictures & gift options!
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Make Shift Happen: PSP’s Toolkit for Activists
For people wanting to do more, download PSP’s toolkit for activists with ways on how you can get involved in PSP’s work, host your own screening, get your workplace involved, hold your own fundraising event, and take action on the issues you see in our films. Available For Download Here!
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Thanks to DoJiggy for awarding us with $1,000 toward our education outreach! PSP was one of only 10 organizations in all of North America to win this award!
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Thanks to Ontario Trillium Foundation for awarding us with $2,600 toward our education outreach!
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Thanks to DoSomething.org and Change for the Children for granting us $1,500 toward our education outreach! Click here to see the project we submitted that is gaining support from all over North America!
watch the films
Rice Cultivation in Bali & The System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
From the Earth to the Pot: Urban Agriculture & Food Security in Lima, Peru
Greasy Palms: The Impact of Indonesia’s Palm Oil Plantations
Malaysia’s Invisible Children: The Rights of Street, Stateless & Refugee Children
NEW! Voicing Disaster: Responding to Natural Disasters as Global Citizens
Registered Charity #: 837999820RR0001
448 Saint Johns Road, Toronto, ON M6S 2L2 Canada
Canada: +1.416.356.3129
Hong Kong: +852.9815.2904
Indonesia: +62.812.3752.9357
The Paradigm Shift Project works to advance education on important issues relating to poverty, ecology, health and community development in developing countries. Through the production of documentary films and educational materials that are informed by local communities and those who work to help them, PSP works to demystify international development for the general public through education initiatives, and to teach our youth how each individual can help to create positive change in our society.
