Webinars and Online Events

Join us for this webinar to mark World Immunization Week! The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of vaccines as one of the great scientific innovations of our time. To end the pandemic, the majority of the world needs to be immune to COVID-19 and the safest way to achieve this is with a vaccine. […]

In this edition of Oxfam Live, we will discuss the impact of vaccine inequality and how the world’s richest countries have exercised a “me first” approach when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, buying up more than half the total supply – with grave consequences for people around the world living in poverty. Register to join us […]

About the Event The COVID-19 crisis is reversing years of hard-won gains in women, children and adolescent health. One year on, with disrupted health systems and economies severely impacted, women and children in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries have been hardest hit by this secondary crisis. To help countries reclaim the gains, the […]

The Storytellers Symposium is an annual event where select participants from across Plan International Canada’s Youth Engagement programs are given the opportunity to showcase some of the skills and knowledge they have gained throughout the year. Join us to hear speakers share their passion for global issues through speeches, spoken word, art, and other creative […]

Welcome to the Indigenous, Local and Global Health Office’s Equity Film Series where we engage in discussions about social and health equity issues facing the communities we work with. Switching Rhythm shares the journey of the Guyana Program to Advance Cardiac Care (in partnership with the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, the University of Calgary and the […]

For the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia (IDAHOTB), Dignity Network Canada, along with our member organizations EGIDES and Fondation Emergence are organizing a virtual panel discussion with activists from several countries across the Francophonie. We are excited to have Erykah Werner (Egides, Canada/Rwanda), Melody Boateng (Syngerie Trans, Benin), Soufiane Hennani (la collectif Elille), Pegguy […]

This webinar will mark the global launch of the initiative Youth Act4Food Act4Change in support of GoodFood4All. In the event, the youth champions will introduce the pledge, the website, and explain the idea behind a campaign. This is an interactive session where the youth champions will answer questions from the audience. In the event, the […]

Adolescence marks a period of rapid growth with high nutritional needs. Good nutrition can fuel optimal physical and mental growth, giving adolescents the strength and focus to study, work and fully participate in their communities. Iron deficiency anaemia is the number one cause of lost disability-adjusted life years in adolescent girls (10–19 yrs) and boys […]

Nothing for us, without us! Youth are integral to building health promotion campaigns that are geared towards them. During this webinar, Action Canada’s National Youth Advisory Board and staff will walk you through the creation of two STI testing campaigns geared towards youth, outline best practices in youth engagement, and share key learnings from the […]

Do you want to respond to and design policy structures for public health advocacy for BIPOC women, non-binary, and gender diverse persons? About this event Do you want to respond to and design policy structures for public health advocacy for BIPOC women, non-binary, and gender diverse persons?   As Youth Policy Advocates from the Ontario […]

Join us for this webinar to learn (or re-learn!) how you can effectively use digital advocacy to #RaiseYourHand for education. COVID-19 has created the largest education disruption in history, with the number of out-of-school children growing substantially for the first time in decades. The urgency to act on education has never been greater. The pandemic […]

In this 30min documentary, we follow the lives of four, very different, very complex midwives from South Sudan and Canada, as they negotiate a diverse array of personal and professional challenges in an ongoing search for respect in their respective midwifery practices. NOTE: The screening is free for everyone, but is also part of the […]

On behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), we are pleased to announce the launch of Global Health 3.0: CIHR’s Framework for Action on Global Health Research, 2021-2026. This Framework was developed through an extensive consultation process that engaged over 400 researchers and stakeholders to better understand Canada's challenges and opportunities in global […]

Felwine Sarr Decolonization and International Development, is it not antithetical?  The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for our 2021 Conference will be the renowned Senegalese philosopher, economist, and musician–Professor Felwine Sarr, Duke University. In discussion with Rwando-Canadian scholar Jeanne-Marie Rugira, Université du Québec […]

Description This dialogue will introduce the idea of how to be Parentsmart at work, and what Parentsmart employers can gain from supporting working parents, both in terms of competence development as well as other wins and KPIs. It will also provide insights on how to engage leaders and role models. The session will  feature Tiina […]