Events

Empowering Women and Girls to Build Stronger Communities Through Food Security

Discussions will explore how conflict, climate shocks, and economic instability disproportionately impact women and girls, particularly in relation to access to essential livelihood resources. Drawing on evidence from Canadian civil society partners, the event will highlight practical approaches—such as climate-smart agriculture, locally led adaptation, and community development—that directly advance Canada’s triple nexus approach (humanitarian–development–peace) and

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How We Won the Landmark Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits in Canada, and at What Cost

Justice Across Borders: Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits & Canadian Corporate Accountability October 6, 2025 Join Grahame Russell (Rights Action), Murray Klippenstein and Cory Wanless (lawyers for the 13 Maya Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs) as they discuss how they won the landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits in Canada, the criminal trial in Guatemala against Mynor Padilla (Hudbay former head of security),

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YINTAH Film Screening

Join Amnesty International Canada’s Gender Rights Specialized Team for an evening screening of Yintah, a powerful documentary that follows Wet’suwet’en land defenders as they stand against pipeline expansion on their territory. Told through the voices of two women leaders, the film captures the struggle, resilience, and ongoing fight for Indigenous sovereignty. Wednesday, September 24th 6pm

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Workshop Series on Effective and Strategic Campaigns with Montana Burgess of Mountaintop Strategies

Montana Burgess of Mountaintop Strategies will help ENGO’s design campaigns and implement designs to run effective and strategic campaigns through this interactive 2-part training series. This workshop is for ENGO staff or core volunteers trying to figure out how to develop a new campaign, revamp an existing campaign, or anyone wanting to brush up on

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Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Foundations Lab

Dates: Thursdays, October 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27 & December 4, 1-2:30 PM ET Cost: $100 (Zoom Meeting, camera and audio enabled) Maximum 25 participants. ‍ The JEDI Foundations Lab is designed for organizations who are ready to explore strategies specific to policies, processes, and culture, and discuss how to use inclusion principles to bring a transformative lens

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Climate Solutions Innovation Forum – The Starfish Canada Showcase

What began as a blog in 2010 has grown into an environmental education charity that empowers youth to imagine and build a climate-resilient future. Through writing, workshops, and community gatherings, The Starfish Canada helps strengthen connections across the environmental sector, welcoming individuals from all disciplinary backgrounds. We envision a climate-resilient future shaped by all youth.

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Anna-Liza Badaloo on Why Transformative JEDI Change Goes Beyond Policy

Date:  October 17 from 1 – 2:30 PM ET (Zoom Webinar) Cost: Free ‍ Organizations often start their Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) journey with policy change. But when it comes to implementing and maintaining momentum on JEDI initiatives, policy is just the tip of the iceberg. What really creates transformational JEDI change? Fostering an

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Land, Power, and Belonging: Unpacking Environmental Racism in Canada with Chuk Odenigbo

This presentation explores the layered realities of environmental racism in Canada through a critical lens that connects colonisation, whiteness, and racialized geographies. Participants will engage with the concept of therapeutic landscapes—spaces often celebrated for healing and wellbeing—but interrogate who truly feels safe, welcome, and restored in these environments. We will examine how settler-colonial narratives have

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