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There are many risks associated with not-for-profits and charities carrying out activities abroad. One often overlooked but very significant risk is the financial risk associated with market changes and related currency exchange rate fluctuations. This presentation will discuss strategies that not-for-profit and charitable organizations can implement to reduce the costs associated with international development work. […]

Cost: $35  Engineering Effective Events   Tuesday, March 26, 2019 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Eastern Time In this webinar, you’ll learn how to turn your event into the must-attend occasion on your community’s social calendar while adding significant value to your brand, operations and bottom line. We’ll use case studies to run you through

This February, join other professionals and lifelong learners in Vancouver in this small-scale, interactive two-day course that aims to better your understanding of economic concepts and information relevant to a green economy. Grounded on ecological economics, this course will teach you ways to retrofit markets and environmental policies, rethinking the valuation of environmental benefits and

Protect. Educate. Empower. It is what Right to Play does for 1.9 million children each week. Our programs protect, educate, and empower children so they can heal from the harsh realities of poverty, war and abuse, safeguard themselves from disease and stay in school, so they can create a better future for themselves and their

For its seventh year, Canada’s National Fair Trade Conference is heading to Ottawa! Scheduled for March 1-2, 2019, we’re booked in at the Shaw Centre, “Canada’s Meeting Place”. Two keynotes, twenty-four breakout sessions, a tradeshow, and the Canadian Fairtrade Awards (At Lowertown Brewery) are in the works! We hope you can join us.

The 47-minute documentary After the Storm: Building the Pope Francis Village is an inspiring journey that follows poor coastal communities in the Philippines who lost everything to Super Typhoon Haiyan. When local organizations supported by Development and Peace –Caritas Canada arrive to work alongside these communities, they are confronted by survivors who are dispossessed, living

Fr. Nawras will give an update on the situation in Syria and speak on why bridging borders and not building walls is crucial for our time. Fr. Nawras is the regional director for Jesuit Refugee Service Middle East which works with displaced civilians in Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries. This topic might be of