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Allan Lissner
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NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Toronto

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Allan Lissner is an award-winning photographer, videographer, editor, multimedia producer and graphic designer based in Toronto, Canada.

Born in Denmark to a Danish father and a Philippine-Canadian mother, Allan was raised in Ethiopia, Liberia, USA, Nepal, Lithuania, Denmark, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Canada.

Allan has completed degrees in Visual Studies, Philosophy, and Sociology from the University of Toronto, and in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design.

Some of the organizations Allan has done work with include Amnesty International, GlobalAware Independent Media, the Indigenous Environmental Network, Make Poverty History, Oxfam, the Norwegian Church Aid Tanzania, the Sierra Club, the United Nations Development Program, and the United Nations Women’s Association in Bangladesh.

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Indigenous Resistance at COP16 Climate Conference

Environment

Indigenous Resistance at COP16 Climate Conference

A protest was organized by La Via Campesina, the world’s largest federation of peasant and smallholder farmers, the anchor of the 1000 Cancúns Global Day of Action for Climate Justice f...
by Allan Lissner, on 10th of December 2010
Reclaim Power: Copenhagen Climate Protests

Environment

Reclaim Power: Copenhagen Climate Protests

As the COP 15 climate talks entered their final days and world leaders converged on Copenhagen, thousands demonstrated in the streets of Copenhagen as part of the “Reclaim Power” moveme...
by Allan Lissner, on 16th of December 2009
Tar Sands Protest in Copenhagen

Environment

Tar Sands Protest in Copenhagen

Nearly a hundred people gathered outside the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, to demand climate justice for indigenous communities that are being impacted by the tar sands.
by Allan Lissner, on 14th of December 2009
Copenhagen Climate Protest

Environment

Copenhagen Climate Protest

Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, towards the COP15 United Nations Climate Conference to demand that the leaders sign a fair, ambitious, an...
by Allan Lissner, on 12th of December 2009
Someone Else's Treasure - Guatemala

Society

Someone Else's Treasure - Guatemala

Indigenous communities in the western highlands of Guatemala speak out against Canadian gold mine operating in their territories. Part of Someone Else's Treasure, an ongoing proje...
by Allan Lissner, on 28th of November 2009
Toronto Housing Crisis

Society

Toronto Housing Crisis

The City of Toronto is struggling to cope with an ongoing housing crisis. The following photos tell the stories of a few of the people who have found themselves losing control over thei...
by Allan Lissner, on 17th of July 2009