The Amazon, the Congo Basin, and the Boreal Forest are often described as the planet’s lungs — these regions absorb enormous amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and breathe out oxygen. Their protection is crucial in mitigating climate change. Canadian Jesuits International is pleased to invite Rigobert Minani SJ (Ecclesial Network of the Congo […]
Waiting to exhale: Ecological justice for the Earth’s lungs Read More »
OCIC is excited to officially launch Tapestry 2030 Season 2 in partnership with Cultural Seeds, Heart-Links | Lazos de Corazón, the Primate’s World Development and Relief Fund, and Rayjon Share Care of Sarnia Inc., and their respective international and community partners. Building on the success of our first ‘Tapestry 2030’ series launched in February 2021
To be effective, nonprofits must recruit board members who support their ideals, represent the diversity of the community, and bring a wide range of skills. Does your board measure up? If not, why not? Where do they need improvement? How can you support them — as staff or a fellow board member — in doing
Sustainability Network welcomes back Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) to discuss his latest reports to Parliament. Commissioner Jerry V. DeMarco and Principals Kimberley Leach, James McKenzie and David Normand from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada will join us to discuss the issues covered by these recent CESD reports:
The Institute for Change Leaders (ICL) teaches the skills that organizers, activists and campaigners need to win social change. The core curriculum comes from Marshall Ganz, a Harvard professor who codified the relationship-building organizational framework they teach. The fundamentals of community organizing focuses on five key leadership practices: telling stories, building relationships, structuring teams, strategizing,
Olivia Chow of the Institute for Change Leaders Training Organizers to Build Movements Read More »
Join the ICN on Friday, March 25th at 12PM (EST) to reflect on decolonial approaches in public engagement. The ICN will collaboratively reflect on key challenges and tensions associated with doing public engagement in decolonial ways. Drawing on insights from ICN’s research project on Feminist, Anti-racist and Decolonial Approaches in Public Engagement, they will focus
Workshop: Exploring Decolonial Approaches in Public Engagement Read More »
Join the ICN in a webinar on Thursday, March 24th at 11am (EST) to reflect on public engagement. The webinar is based on the current research project by the ICN exploring decolonial, anti-racist and feminist approaches to public engagement. This is an opportunity to share some methodological insights and preliminary findings as informed by a
Rethinking Public Engagement Approaches through a Decolonial, Anti-racist, & Feminist Read More »
April 5, 12, & 26, 2022 Improve organizational readiness at managing crisis using scenario-based planning About this event The global crisis due to the coronavirus has highlighted the importance for small and medium-sized organizations (SMO) to adopt risk management strategies. As the pandemic continues as a constant trigger, SMOs must reconcile the impact on their
Spur Change: Risk Management Training Series Read More »
Human rights are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is reflected in the Agenda’s explicit commitments to “realize the human rights of all”, the relevance and significance of the various sustainable development goals to fulfillment of human rights, and the Agenda’s broader call that sustainable development must be inclusive of
Let’s talk menstrual equity and menstrual health and make every day a better day for women and all who menstruate. Did you know? Endometriosis is a common condition experienced by 1 in 10 women, trans and non-binary menstruators of reproductive age. The disease can cause debilitating conditions, including chronic pelvic pain, and is sometimes associated
Menstrual Equity is Menstrual Health Read More »
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