Oscar Alvarado (Canada)


Oscar Alvarado

Oscar Alvarado (The Coalition for Gun Control): Oscar is a dual citizen of Canada and Panama whose academic, professional and volunteer work has taken him to all continents. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French. After receiving his BA in Biomedical Science and Economics from McGill University, Oscar spent a year in Kazakhstan as an English teacher with the United Nations Volunteers. He then earned an MA in Environmental Security from the UN University for Peace in Costa Rica. Prior to his AP fellowship, Oscar also interned at the Security Governance / Counter-Terrorism Laboratory of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) in Turin, Italy.



20 Oct

A Transformational Canadian

Dr. Wendy Cukier, President and co-founder of the Coalition for Gun Control and Associate Dean

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Posted Oct 20, 2010

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09 Oct

Oh, someone else wants a gun registry too?

“Tom, if irony were made of strawberries, we’d all be drinking a lot of smoothies

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Posted Oct 09, 2010

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27 Sep

Gun registry dodges bullet from bad headline

September 22, 2010: House of Commons – Parliament Hill Ottawa, ON Vote: That the Second

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Posted Sep 27, 2010

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22 Sep

Canada and a certain neighbour country’s lobbyists

It all sounds a bit too familiar. A political issue with a perceived division between

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Posted Sep 22, 2010

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14 Sep

Private Member’s Astroturf

Things that the Conservative Party has done in the past two weeks to emphasize that

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Posted Sep 14, 2010

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20 Aug

When chiefs fall and fried chicken doesn’t help your cause…

9 months ago, RCMP Chief Superintendent Marty Cheliak was vetted and hired as Director General

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Posted Aug 20, 2010

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09 Aug

And Now Up For Battle: The Long-gun Registry

Democracy Inaction! One of the first things that I experienced while working with the Coaltion

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Posted Aug 09, 2010

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26 Jul

Gun Control in Canada: A History (Part 2)

Unfortunately, Canada is also not immune to gun-related violence and tragedy. On December 6, 1989

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Posted Jul 26, 2010

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06 Jul

Whose Streets.. Our Streets?

All I want is for this to be just another account of the peace, confusion

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Posted Jul 06, 2010

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22 Jun

Gun Control in Canada: A History (Part 1)

While the intense debate over gun control in the United States is well known around

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Posted Jun 22, 2010

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