Shaw Cable is offering free long-distance telephone service to Japan this week, and free access to TV Japan on cable at channel 514 to its customers until March 31, 2011. For more information, please refer to their website.
If you are interested in local efforts pertaining to the recent events in Japan, you can find more information here
We have had a number of students ask about aid organizations in Canada and worldwide. The organizations listed below provide relief, emergency and/or evacuation response efforts to citizens and/or countries that require assistance.
Canadian Red Cross Doctors Without Borders
Government of Canada International Committee of the Red Cross
International Federation of the Red Cross International Organization for Migration
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations World Food Programme
World Vision International Development and Relief Foundation
Humanitarian Coalition (CareCanada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Quebec and Save the Children Canada)