Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) | 826 followers on LinkedIn. CANVAS | CANVAS supports nonviolent democratic movements through transfer of knowledge on strategies and tactics of nonviolent struggle. Our trainers and consultants are globally recognized experts from a multitude of countries, with firsthand experience in battling for democracy in their own countries. CANVAS delivers a refined knowledge on nonviolent strategies and tactics, based on both a standardized and tested training program and our leadership consultation program, in order to provide the knowledge to overcome political conflict and oppression.