Events

The Women Deliver 2019 Conference is happening in Vancouver and will be the world’s largest conference on gender equality, and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. Oikocredit Canada, the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) and Cuso International are pleased to invite you to Investing in Women and Girls, a Women Deliver […]

Join Heritage Toronto on this walking tour and walk in the footsteps of Toronto’s trailblazing women, who pushed boundaries in politics, broke the glass ceiling, and changed the course of history in their city. Explore the stories of suffragists, doctors, entrepreneurs, artists and others who faced adversity and challenged the status quo. Note: Certain portions

Humber’s International Development Institute (IDI) is offering a two-day course on the Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), facilitated by Universalia’s Hussein Amery, who is currently developing M&E frameworks for IDRC and UNHCR, among other organizations. This course explains key techniques and methods on the practice of M&E and how to apply them, using case

Midwives save lives when…… According to the UN, “since 1990, the world has seen a 44 per cent decline in maternal mortality rates. But despite this progress, some 830 women still die every day from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth. It’s about a woman every two minutes. And for every woman who dies, 20

The share of foreign aid in the national budget was 22% in FY 2017/18, compared to nearly 29% in FY 2016/17. It shows that Nepal now faces the challenge of mobilizing more resources for, inter alia, graduating to the developing country status by 2022, achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, and fulfilling the universally recognized

The lecture is part of the Winter 2019 Michael Baptista Lecture and CALACS Conference Keynote. Professor Bonilla will examine how catastrophic events like hurricanes, earthquakes as well as forms of political and economic crisis, deepen the fault lines of long-existing racial and colonial histories. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted before and after Hurricane Maria, she

With less than six months left in his mandate, Trudeau is about to break another promise. The proposed ombudsperson for responsible enterprise would have given people harmed by Canadian mining abroad a tool to begin to hold these corporations to account. However, a troubling announcement made on April 8 makes it clear that they instead

Innovation in the Last Mile is an event bringing together new, bold ideas with individuals and organizations who are working to reduce suffering and maintain human dignity in humanitarian settings. This short-talks event features speakers, videos and performances about the work of humanitarians reaching some of the most vulnerable and marginalized people in the world,

Sur Gallery presents Power in Resistance May 2 – June 29, 2019 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2, 2019, 8-10PM Artist talk with Carlos Colín and Lucia Cuba: Thursday, May 2, 2019, 7-8PM Curator Tour: May 31, 4PM ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: This exhibition exposes voices of resistance and resilience that flourish throughout the Americas as a

Webinar is open to everyone who has an interest in advocacy and ending global poverty. RESULTS Canada’s mission is to create the political will to end extreme poverty. We believe that through using Canada’s democratic system, citizen advocates can take action and make a global impact by engaging locally with their Member of Parliament (MP).