We’re only a few days away from this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM)! Starting at 11 a.m. EST, on Monday, November 17, the virtual AGM features key CanWaCH strategic and operational updates during the business meeting. It will be followed by a critical conversation you won’t want to miss, From Crisis to Continuity: A New Vision for Women’s Health and Humanitarian Response, between Kelsey Lemon, Naqa’a Albadah and Dr. Mike Mpoyi.
We’re excited to present a new training: Integrating LGBTQI+ programming! Held on November 25 and 27, it is designed to build the capacity and confidence of participants to integrate gender and sexual diversity into their efforts. It also provides tools to navigate resistance and the politics of ‘pushback’.
Please only register if you can attend both sessions. Space is limited to 30 participants. At this time, a maximum of two people per organization can register.
November 4 marked the release of Budget 2025 — and the sector came together to respond. Led by CanWaCH and Cooperation Canada, our joint response garnered more than 100 signatures in a single night from Canadian NGOs concerned about the planned cuts to the international assistance envelope.
Hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, the 2025 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) saw the global community gather last week to share knowledge, strengthen partnerships, and drive global progress to sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality. CanWaCH was pleased to co-host a reception with the Inter Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises bringing together members and partners to connect, share knowledge and strengthen collaboration across networks. Reflections from the CanWaCH delegation, comprised of youth and professionals from the membership, provided early first-hand insights on LinkedIn and Instagram! Keep your eye on Write to Thrive for blogs and interviews over the coming weeks.
Couldn’t make a session at our recent CanWaCH Academy? Or wish you could share your favourite session with a colleague? We’ve got your back! You can now watch the recordings of eligible Academy sessions and even check out some of the slide decks.
Membership renewal notices and voting information for the AGM have been sent to all CanWaCH member organizations. Membership fees must be paid before the AGM for your organization’s votes to be valid. If you would like to request a financial accommodation waiver, or if you have any questions about your membership invoice or AGM voting access, please email us at [email protected].
A multilingual webinar on October 29 explored how gender-transformative work is driving real impact in nutrition and health. Practical country examples from CARE Canada and Save the Children Canada, showcased how the Gender Transformative Framework for Nutrition (GTFN) and the Systems-Based Thinking (SBT) tool are being applied in South Sudan and Yemen to strengthen equity, inclusion and resilience.
Based in Surrey, BC? Results Canada is hosting A Hunger for Change, a November 15 event examining the role of Canada — and people like you — in ending the malnutrition crisis currently threatening the lives of millions of children around the world. Learn, connect and take action to help ensure every child has the nutrition they need to survive and thrive, no matter where they were born.
In celebration of National Child Day and World Children’s Day on November 20, join UNICEF Canada, youth advocates, partner organizations, and decision-makers for the Youth Advocacy Summit Showcase. An intergenerational event, you’ll hear directly from young people about their ideas and recommendations on children’s rights, climate change, education, governance and systems change, and health care.
This Healthy Pregnancy Hub brings together expert-reviewed, easy-to-understand content to help expectant parents make informed decisions about medication use. With a focus on accessibility, inclusion, and cultural relevance, the Hub supports healthier pregnancies by empowering individuals with the knowledge they need to confidently work with their health care providers.
Join their Grand Round on November 26 at 12 p.m. EST to learn more, ask questions, and be part of an open conversation around pregnancy and informed care.
The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has recently launched a questionnaire for CSOs. It seeks to support the collection of information for the upcoming five-year report on the implementation, dissemination, and continued relevance of the OECD-DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance (“DAC Recommendation”), to which Canada adheres.
Respondents are asked to kindly complete this questionnaire as fully as possible in English, French or Spanish and specify your organisation’s name in the file name of the uploaded questionnaire. To conform to OECD’s Data Protection rules, you are requested to upload your completed questionnaire at this link, by 30 November 2025. You are also requested to not share your completed questionnaire responses outside of your organization.
Canada’s Cuts to Critical Development Assistance Weaken Us All, Undermine Security, CanWaCH
From New York to Ottawa: What UNGA Revealed About Canada’s Global Health Future, Charmaine Crockett and Megan Aikens, CanWaCH, via Write to Thrive
Story of Mim Akter – A journey from darkness to hope, Sufia Nurani, Human Concern International, via Write to Thrive
Annual Report 2024, Action Against Hunger
Annual Report 2024-2025, IDRC
Building a Pathway to Where the Water Flows, One Drop
Canadian aid cuts will bite deeply in global crisis zones, relief agencies say, The Globe and Mail
Elvis and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: The Clinical Study That Saved His Life, Partners in Health Canada
From the frontlines of change: Advancing equity and climate justice through locally led action, Sophia Papastravou, World Vision Canada
In Sierra Leone, Maternal Care is Being Reimagined to Prioritize Dignity, Partners in Health Canada
Introducing Just Communication, an African-led initiative of Farm Radio, Farm Radio International
#LeadOnTB Hill Day: Advocates Call on Canada to Step Up the Fight Against TB, Partners in Health Canada
Nutrition for Health Professionals Courses: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health
Nature-based solutions for sustainable aquaculture food systems, IDRC
One Drop’s A·B·C for Sustainability Model, One Drop
Oxfam Canada Inequality Scorecard, Oxfam Canada
November 13, Thriving in safety: advancing adolescent health and rights & ending gender-based violence in Central and West Africa
November 13, Grad School Info Session: Master of Development Practice and Global Justice
November 13, The GEM Hub Town Hall 2025
November 13, Global Reads – AKFC’s Book Club x GCP (November Edition)
November 13, Building a sustainable future for the health and wellbeing of adolescents in Central and West Africa
November 15, Pathways to Gender Equality: Real Stories, Shared Futures
November 15, A Hunger for Change: A Canadian Call to End Malnutrition
November 17, CanWaCH 2025 Annual General Meeting
November 18, Global Health Spotlight Series – In Conversation
November 18, Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Justice: Finding our Feet; Standing our Ground
November 19, Clinical Talk: The latest in HIV PrEP and PEP
November 20, Youth Advocacy Summit Showcase
November 24, Health Together – Women’s health and health promotion in a marginalized community in Hong Kong
November 24-25, Child care for all summit 2.0
November 27, Global Healthcare Evening
November 27, Webinar: CROWNING US Education Event
November 27, Drivers of Change: Champions of Care in Nursing and Allied Health
November 28, High School Global Health Case Competition (Register by November 21)
December 10, Study findings: NOURISH-UK HIV and Infant feeding
Policy and Operations Officer, CanWaCH. Application deadline: Open until filled
Request For Proposals: Quebec Feasibility Study, Right to Play. Application deadline: November 13
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BCCWH. Application deadline: November 14
Conseiller.ère en communication et mobilisation, Médecins du Monde. Application deadline: November 15
PEGASUS Hybrid Conference 2026, PEGASUS Institute. Application deadline: November 15
Bilingual Donor Care Coordinator, Save the Children. Application deadline: Open until filled
Morocco – Psychology and Social Assistance Advisor (Partner: Kholoud), Oxfam-Québec. Application deadline: Open until filled
Field representative, Stephen Lewis Foundation. Application deadline: Open until filled
WAIMH 19th World Congress: Call for papers, WAIMH. Application deadline: December 1
U-Report Canada – Share Your Voice! Youth Opportunity with UNICEF Canada, UNICEF Canada. Ongoing.
Have an opportunity that you would like to share with us? Please contact us at [email protected].
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