Events

Rise for Climate Toronto!

The climate is heating up and so are we! Torontonians won’t stand by while our federal and provincial governments are actively destroying our chances to create a livable future. For all of us. For our children. When: Saturday, September 8th, 12noon Where: 361 University Ave (just south of Armory Street) On September 8, gather together […]

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Tuberculosis on Film: Free talk and screening of “The Lucky Specials”

Tuberculosis on Film: free talk and screening of The Lucky Specials Thursday, September 13, 5:30 – 9:00 pm Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Room 610 In advance of the first-ever United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB), on September 26, 2018 the Office of Global Public Health Education

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Get The Job You Want! A Workshop for Aspiring Humanitarian Aid & International Development Workers

On September 30th, 2018 Jo Rodrigues will help you with a strategy to get the job you want from a place of empowerment rather than fear! Who is this workshop for? People who • Want to work in international development or humanitarian aid. • Don’t want to waste their time applying endlessly for jobs or

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SDGs Reporting Training

An interactive workshop for sustainability professionals to learn how to keep track of and report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Global Compact Network Canada is excited to offer a workshop session with industry leaders and global experts on how to report on the SDGs. We have invited renowned industry leaders and experts on the

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“The Long Way Home” Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Abousfian Abdelrazik’s knows the value of home. Between 2003 and 2006, he was abducted, detained and tortured by Sudanese authorities at the behest of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). When he was finally released in 2006, the Canadian government refused to issue him travel documents, denying his right to mobility, a right protected by

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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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