Our BIPOC Inclusion Lab provides brave spaces for ENGO staff to share experiences, resources, and best practices to foster BIPOC-welcoming and affirming workplaces. This Community of Practice consists of six, two-hour sessions held weekly. Our BIPOC Inclusion Lab offers ENGO staff the opportunity to: Discuss the joys and challenges of BIPOC inclusion in a safe, […]
Join Cuso International for Taste of the World during International Development Week 2025! Our event, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, celebrates Canada’s 35-year commitment to international development, highlighting the unifying power of food. Shared meals connect us beyond borders, transforming strangers into allies. Through storytelling, recipe sharing, and communal dining, we’ll explore how food interconnects
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As of 2021, there are over 7 million young people in Canada between the ages of 15 and 29, and they are the country’s most diverse and educated demographic group. As youth experts and youth, we know the power and value of activating youth in our work. Across all sectors, we depend heavily on the
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The University of Guelph is hosting a virtual conversation with Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (UN) in New York for International Development week. Hear from one of Canada’s foremost leaders in diplomacy and international development as he reflects on Canada’s leadership role in promoting sustainable, inclusive and
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International Development Week 2025- Locally Led Development- How do we do it? (French to follow below) Description: Join us for a lively discussion on the ins and outs of locally led development. The event will start off with a talk by Professor Maïka Sondarjee on locally led development and decolonization in the development sector. This
Positioning for the Future: OCIC Symposium 2025 Kick off International Development Week (IDW) 2025 in a two-day Symposium for OCIC members, associates, partners, and youth with interest in positioning for and co-creating our collective future. Take time for reflection and learning, taking into consideration key principles, values, trends, priorities and drivers of change shaping the
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As part of International Development Week 2025, Cooperation Canada and IDRC are proud to present a reception and a screening of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos, a powerful, thought-provoking film that offers a riveting critique of urban development and forced evictions in Africa’s largest city, Lagos. Directed by the Agbajowo Collective, this striking debut film
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Dates: January 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 2025 from 1-3 PM ET Engagement organizing (EO) involves building your organization’s people power by identifying and recruiting people who share your organization’s interests, cultivating relationships with them, and supporting them in specific ways to volunteer, donate and advocate for your cause. It allows
Are you thinking about AI and how it affects your work? Concerned about the impact of AI on climate change? Want to get a handle on how policy making might affect you — or how you might shape it?Canadian non-profits need to get involved in advocacy relating to artificial intelligence policy. It’s complex and fast-moving.
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This session will outline the political landscape of the upcoming federal election. It will cover: Current and trending public opinion, voter trends and likely electoral outcomes; Implications, challenges and opportunities for environmental policy; The importance of relationship building across parties and with relevant constituencies; How and where to pitch platform asks; Election strategies; and How
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