World Water Day is a moment of reflection, action, and awareness, emphasizing the fundamental role of water in our lives. For me, this day holds a deeply personal significance, intertwining with my essence, experiences, and the very fabric of my existence.
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Are you ready to dance and paint in free-flowing motion? As part of OCIC’s World Water Day 2024 activities, let’s come together for ‘Creating Ripples: A Community Arts Workshop to Celebrate World Water Day 2024,’ a special workshop that’s all about the essence of water, combining the fluidity of movement and the beauty of performance and visual
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As part of OCIC’s World Water Day 2024 activities we are excited to announce our partnership with the 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling community for “Calming the Waters: Stories of Water, Peace, and Life,” a special themed Friday storytelling night. This event aims to highlight stories about water, including personal narratives, folk tales, fairy tales, songs, and other oral pieces. We
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This CSW68 side event addresses the persistent challenges hindering the achievement of SDGs, particularly SDG5 and SDG8, with a focus on unpaid care work’s critical role in the achievement of economic empowerment, especially for women. Women shoulder disproportionate care work responsibilities, which leads to time and asset poverty limiting their economic empowerment and public leadership
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We’re excited to partner with Crossroads International for this exciting in-person event in Toronto! Crossroads will be celebrating their incredible partnership with TUSONGE Community Development Organisation in Tanzania. Join us as we welcome the Executive Director of TUSONGE to Canada as part of a South-North exchange of the Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP). TUSONGE’s mission focuses
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About the Event: Are you interested in a career in international cooperation? Join our virtual International Development Week 2024 (IDW2024) Career Panel to be taken on a career journey by young professionals who bring diverse personal experience, expertise and backgrounds to their role. The panel will explore: Panelists’ personal career paths Perspectives on the ways
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About the Event: Recognizing the urgent need for concerted efforts in addressing the intersectionality of gender and water issues, our International Development Week 2024 panel on ‘Navigating Gender and Water Challenges Globally’ seeks to shed light on initiatives taken by organizations and experts from across the globe. The gendered impact of lack of safe and
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Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 Time: 10:00am to 7:00pm EST Location: Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo Language: English This year OCIC’s Innovation Lab 2024 will offer a unique in-person opportunity for people and organizations interested in reflecting upon their relationship to water and climate issues in local and global contexts, and in building and
About the Event: Ahead of the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), five of our Youth Policy-Makers Hub (YPH) members have combined the diverse perspectives and suggestions of youth (ages 18-35) in the province of Ontario to present recommendations for engaging youth in discussions relating to poverty and financing, through
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Call to Action: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and ISRAEL November 3, 2023 We share our deep concern for the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding for nearly a month following the October 7 attack and killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas in Israel, and the ongoing Israeli military siege and killing of Palestinian civilians
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