Sarah Judd

Innovation Lab 2026: Centering Community Participatory Knowledge Co-Creation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Date: January 30 & 31, 2026 Location: Regent Park Community Centre 402 Shuter St, Toronto, ON M5A 1X6 Kick-off International Development Week 2026 with the Knowledge for Change (K4C) Tkaronto Hub – the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC), the Center for Community Learning and Development (CL&D), the Knowledge Equity Lab at the University of Toronto Scarborough […]

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Prosperity Through Partnership: A Collaborative Networking Night

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Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026 Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm Location: Industrious Toronto, 33 Bloor Street East, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON This event is open to OCIC Members. Join us for an evening of conversation and connection with people working across international cooperation, impact investing, and housing rights. Meet new peers, share ideas, explore where

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25 Years of UNSC Resolution 1325: Canada’s Ongoing Commitment to Women, Peace, and Security

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Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm ET Location: Online As part of our International Development Week 2026 program, we’ll be examining Canada’s ongoing commitment to Women, Peace, & Security with an expert group of panelists. At this important juncture, marking 25 years since the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325

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Youth Policy-Makers Hub Alumni Panel: Navigating Careers in the International Cooperation Sector

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Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm ET Location: Online As a part of our IDW2026 program, we will be hosting a virtual panel for students and other individuals interested in working in the international cooperation and policy sectors in Canada. The panel will profile some of our Youth Policy-Makers Hub alumni to share their

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Innovation Lab 2026: Centering Community Participatory Knowledge Co-Creation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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AI & Civil Society Organizations: Agency, Labour Justice & Shared Futures

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Join us as we discuss how civil society organizations could interact with AI if we focused on agency, labour justice, and shared futures – for who, by who, and at what emotional and human cost? Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026 Time: 11:15am – 1:00pm EST Location: Online About the Speakers Dr. Matthew Smith is a Senior Program Specialist within

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Virtual Tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

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Join OCIC on Tuesday, December 9 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm (ET) for a special Virtual Explore the Galleries Tour, curated in recognition of Human Rights Day, observed annually on December 10. This live, 75-minute interactive tour is led by the team at Canadian Museum for Human Rights (https://humanrights.ca/) via Zoom. Together, we will explore powerful

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YPH Policy Matters: Youth Leadership in Global Policy

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OCIC’s Youth Policy Makers Hub (YPH) would like to invite you to our upcoming Policy Matters session on Youth Leadership in Global Policy. The session hosted in collaboration with the Young Diplomats of Canada (YDC) will be held on December 2, 2025, Tuesday, 6:00pm-7:30pm. We are pleased to have YDC delegates from Y7, one of

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities Conference: Inclusion Benefits Everyone

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The theme for this year’s event is Inclusion Benefits Everyone. Our goal for this year’s conference is to explore how being inclusive benefits everyone—not just people with disabilities—and to bust the myths that perpetuate exclusion. This virtual conference will be accessible to all and will feature ASL interpreters and real-time live captioning. Featuring guest speakers

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After the Budget: Leading with Courage in Uncertain Times by Laika Intungane

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After the Budget: Leading with Courage in Uncertain Times Laika Intungane | November 18, 2025 In October, I had the opportunity to attend the Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Forum 2025 in Ottawa as part of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) and as an Inter-Council Network Youth Delegate. It was a space where emerging and

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Innovation Lab 2026: Centering Community Participatory Knowledge Co-Creation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

25 Years of UNSC Resolution 1325: Canada’s Ongoing Commitment to Women, Peace, and Security

Youth Policy-Makers Hub Alumni Panel: Navigating Careers in the International Cooperation Sector

Innovation Lab 2026: Centering Community Participatory Knowledge Co-Creation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI & Civil Society Organizations: Agency, Labour Justice & Shared Futures

Virtual Tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

YPH Policy Matters: Youth Leadership in Global Policy

International Day of Persons with Disabilities Conference: Inclusion Benefits Everyone

After the Budget: Leading with Courage in Uncertain Times by Laika Intungane

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