Events

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

Nicaragua, one of Latin America’s lowest income countries, has experienced dictatorship, revolution, neoliberalism and authoritarian populism all in the space of forty years. In April of this year, Nicaraguan university students initiated an uprising against the authoritarian regime of president Daniel Ortega that seemed to hold the possibility to redefine the country. Streets exploded with

When: Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST Where: A Different Booklist, Toronto, ON Join us for a discussion on finance, mining, and the university. We are thrilled to announce the incredible list of participants: Anna Zalik will facilitate the discussion. Anna is a faculty member at York University where she

In recent years there has been an increased emphasis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the humanitarian field. Despite this, greater consideration still needs to be given to the experiences of women as humanitarians, the impact that their leadership has in humanitarian response and the barriers they face in achieving leadership roles. On Tuesday,

Kick-start the action at OCIC’s Holiday Pop-up Marketplace (FREE-ENTRY) — home to ethically produced and fair-trade gifts, free activities for children and youth to learn about social issues, and time for you to connect with prominent social activists, gender equality warriors, and feminist movement makers… Visit to the beautiful and accessible Centre for Social Innovation