Events

Le Prix Karen Takacs Award – Call for Submissions

CCIC is looking for submissions for the Karen Takacs award. The award was named after a celebrated and cherished leader of the Canadian international community, Karen Takacs. She worked tirelessly for 20 years to improve the lives and advance the rights of women and girls locally, nationally, and internationally. This award serves to honour outstanding […]

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Amnesty International Toronto Organization 2018 Regional Meeting

Join AITO for our 2018 Regional Meeting featuring workshops, keynotes and panels on various human rights topics. Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018 Location: Oakham House, Ryerson University, 63 Gould Street, Toronto (Note: This venue is wheelchair accessible) Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sign in between 8:15 – 8:55 am) Cost: $60 Deadline to register:

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Film Screening of “Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd”

The Amnesty International Ajax/Pickering Youth Council will be hosting their first film screening focusing on Human Rights. Synopsis: This feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. These Turkic-speaking Muslims, persecuted by the authorities in Beijing, escaped to the Middle East where

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The CGEN Forum: Engineering Research and Innovation for Poverty Reduction

Almost 3 billion people in the world today continue to live on less than $2.50 per day. Collectively, they are known as the Base of the Pyramid (BoP), and they constitute an invisible and unserved market blocked by challenging barriers that prevent them from realizing their human potential for their own benefit. At the core

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16th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference

The Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale on April 13-14, 2019, is the world’s leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,000 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, professionals and students from all

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Calgary Green Economics Intensive: A Two-Day Training for Non Economists

Position yourself and your organization to be an agent of change. Join other professionals and lifelong learners in this small-scale interactive course. Learn about 5Rs for re-orienting the economy for a greener 21st Century. This two-day intensive is part of the Economic Literacy Project (ELP) which centres on training and knowledge building that supports the

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Brand Strategy & Design

Thursday, September 20, 2018, 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern A strong brand underpins and supports an organization’s ability to achieve its goals. It is recognized and respected, and conveys what makes an organization unique. Creating and maintaining a brand requires clarity, strategy and a systematic approach to communications and design. In this webinar you will explore the

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Sustainability Network Toronto Fall 2018 Workshop Series: Economic Literacy Project

The Economic Literacy Project (ELP) centres on training and knowledge building that supports the development of a smarter and sustainable economy. The training program consists of a series of six, ½ day training workshops this spring at the Centre for Social Innovation – Spadina in Toronto that will build ENGO capacity by increasing the knowledge

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Community Conversations That Matter – Fight to end FGM

On Friday August 3, 2018, Ethiopian UNICEF Youth Ambassador Hannah Godef, Enheed and Cuso International will host a documentary short film viewing and conversation on the fight to eradicate the dangerous practice of female genital mutilation. Join activist Hannah Godef as she travels to the remote village of Afambo in Ethiopia’s Afar region to meet

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