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SUMMARY:Global Perspectives\, Local Action: The SDGs and YOUth
DESCRIPTION:The Alberta Council for Global Cooperation\, the University of Alberta\, and MacEwan University are excited to present Global Perspectives | Local Action: The SDGs and YOUth on February 1 from 12:00PM to 2:00 PM. This event will connect young people with one another around their interests in the Sustainable Development Goals! \nA one-hour panel discussion will feature past and present members of ACGC’s Top 30 Under 30\, as they discuss the SDG they are most passionate about and the work they do to achieve it in Alberta and globally. Following this panel\, small networking circles will be hosted to allow participants to connect and engage with our speakers. Space in these networking circles will be limited\, so register today to ensure you are able to connect. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/global-perspectives-local-action-the-sdgs-and-youth/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210202T133000
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SUMMARY:Female Genital Mutilation - A Canadian Issue Too\, Why Should We Care?
DESCRIPTION:Join the End FGM Canada Network for a free webinar on why FGM/C is a critical issue for Canadians to understand.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nFemale Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a Canadian Issue too. \nUnofficial estimates indicate that we have more than 100\,000 survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada (FGM/C\,) and possibly thousands of girl at risk. \nJoin the End FGM Canada Network for a free webinar on why FGM/Cis a critical issue for Canadians to understand. \nModerator Professor Bilkis Vissandje will help us explore the context of FGM/C in Canada. Speakers include survivor and activist Maryam Sheik from Newfoundland; Gynecologist\, Obstetrician and FGM/C expert Dr. Angela Deane from Calgary; psychotherapist Veronique Harvey from Montreal; and Klara Hillman\, a public policy specialist with a special interest in FGM/C from Vancouver. \nThe End FGM/C Canada Network is a non-partisan group of individuals and organizations working to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) both in Canada and abroad. We focus on urging the Canadian government to acknowledge that FGM/C is an issue here too\, and to create a National Action Plan to support survivors and to protect girls at risk in Canada. In addition\, we work to encourage the Canadian government to take a lead internationally and focus more development aid on the human rights battle to end FGM/C worldwide. To do this\, we bring together our members and other stakeholders to collectively influence the policies and practices of the Canadian government. \nThe Speakers: \nDr. Bilkis Vissandjée is a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Montreal. She is a researcher at the SHERPA frontline research Centre and the Montreal Centre for International Studies around issues related to women’s health in the context of migration and diversity. She currently leads a transnational and international Team grant funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research and the European Commission on addressing the complex experiences related to female genital mutilation/excision in migrant-host countries. Dr. Vissandjée has recently been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion Policy of the Canada Research Chairs Program. \nMaryam Sheikh is a human rights campaigner. She has worked at the grassroots and national policy levels to combat gender-based violence in her native Kenya. In 2019\, Maryam came to Canada to save her daughter from female genital mutilation/cutting. She is an FGM/C survivor who uses her pain to help end this human rights abuse. She has done much work de-linking FGM/C from Islam. Maryam recently received a Master’s degree in Anthropology from Memorial University in St. John’s\, Newfoundland. \nDr. Angela Deane is an obstetrician gynecologist with a special interest in caring for survivors of FGM/C. She is working to improve the medical care of FGM/C survivors through education and multidisciplinary collaboration within the healthcare system. Angela is mentored by Dr.Marci Bowers (California\, USA) and in 2019 worked with her international team in Kenya on a 2-week medical mission performing clitoral restoration surgery for Kenyan survivors of FGM/C. \nVéronique Harvey is a social worker and psychotherapist specializing in intercultural issues and trauma. She has worked closely and extensively with refugees. From 2007 to 2010\, she worked as African community counsellor at the Sanctuary for Families\, a non-profit organization based in New York supporting victims of domestic violence. Most of her clients had undergone FGM/C. Upon her return to Montreal in 2010\, she worked as psychotherapist for the Adult Mental Health team at CLSC Sud-ouest de Verdun and for RIVO\, an intervention network helping victims of organized violence. She currently has her own private practice where she continues her clinical work with victims of organized and systemic violence\, including FGM/C. Véronique holds a Master of Social Work from New York University and a psychotherapist license from the Ordre des psychologues du Québec. She is a member of l’ordre des travailleurs sociaux et thérapeutes conjugaux du Québec. \nKlara Hillmann graduated from Simon Fraser University with a master’s degree in public policy in 2019. Her thesis focused on the lack of awareness and action on female genital mutilation/cutting in Canada. This work led her to connect with other activists. Together they founded the End FGM Canada Network. Before she came to Canada\, Klara worked with Germany’s Terre des Femmes on a project to change attitudes towards FGM/C within practicing communities in Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/female-genital-mutilation-a-canadian-issue-too-why-should-we-care/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210206T170000
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SUMMARY:Global Perspectives\, Local Action: Community Asset SDG Hackathons
DESCRIPTION:Post-Secondary students are invited to participate in Community Asset SDG Hackathons\, focused on identifying groups in their on- and off-campus communities currently addressing the SDGs. These 3-hour events will help youth to learn what work is already being done in their community\, and provide a resource list for community members interested in volunteering and becoming engaged in addressing the SDGs. \nThe Hackathons will take place on February 6\, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Participation spaces are limited so register today!! And don’t worry – no coding experience is needed! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/global-perspectives-local-action-community-asset-sdg-hackathons/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210208T144500
DTSTAMP:20210209T143835Z
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SUMMARY:Global Health Impact Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this one-of-a-kind virtual event over three days exploring three key\, timely themes for success in the next era of Canadian leadership and investment in global health: \nInnovation. Creativity. Diversity\nCanWaCH’s annual flagship event has a new format and a program filled with high-profile Canadian speakers\, stories and case studies from our members and learning opportunities for all audiences. \n→ FREE REGISTRATION ←\nDOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM!\n  \n\n\nLoading… \n\n \n\nPowered By Whova \n best virtual event platform \n\n \n\n  \nThe program will celebrate learning and provide knowledge exchange opportunities in key areas\, including new approaches to engaging Canadians and youth\, gender transformative programming\, innovative partnerships\, leveraging data to demonstrate impact and more. Together we will explore how to be intentional about our innovation and to seek out strategies to disrupt with previously unimagined ways of doing things. We will leverage our creativity to tell stories of our work\, our partners and our programs. We will actively pursue a diversity of voices and perspectives to strengthen the impact of our work \nWhy attend? The GHI-X will:\n→ Seek to find ways to engage Canadians and decisions makers in this new digital norm\n→ Explore innovative models to design effective programs in the next era of Canadian leadership in global health and international development\n→ Feature stories from Canadians dedicated to advancing the health and lives of women and children around the world during a global pandemic \nREGISTER NOW!\n\n  \nThank you to our partners.  \n \nProgram undertaken with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/global-health-impact-exchange/2021-02-08/
CATEGORIES:Events and Conferences,Webinars and Online Events,CanWaCH Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210209T144500
DTSTAMP:20210209T143835Z
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SUMMARY:Global Health Impact Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this one-of-a-kind virtual event over three days exploring three key\, timely themes for success in the next era of Canadian leadership and investment in global health: \nInnovation. Creativity. Diversity\nCanWaCH’s annual flagship event has a new format and a program filled with high-profile Canadian speakers\, stories and case studies from our members and learning opportunities for all audiences. \n→ FREE REGISTRATION ←\nDOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM!\n  \n\n\nLoading… \n\n \n\nPowered By Whova \n best virtual event platform \n\n \n\n  \nThe program will celebrate learning and provide knowledge exchange opportunities in key areas\, including new approaches to engaging Canadians and youth\, gender transformative programming\, innovative partnerships\, leveraging data to demonstrate impact and more. Together we will explore how to be intentional about our innovation and to seek out strategies to disrupt with previously unimagined ways of doing things. We will leverage our creativity to tell stories of our work\, our partners and our programs. We will actively pursue a diversity of voices and perspectives to strengthen the impact of our work \nWhy attend? The GHI-X will:\n→ Seek to find ways to engage Canadians and decisions makers in this new digital norm\n→ Explore innovative models to design effective programs in the next era of Canadian leadership in global health and international development\n→ Feature stories from Canadians dedicated to advancing the health and lives of women and children around the world during a global pandemic \nREGISTER NOW!\n\n  \nThank you to our partners.  \n \nProgram undertaken with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/global-health-impact-exchange/2021-02-09/
CATEGORIES:Events and Conferences,Webinars and Online Events,CanWaCH Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210209T210000
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SUMMARY:Breakout!!! with the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:Do you know the Sustainable Development Goals well enough to make it out in time? \nJoin the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation and University of Calgary on February 9 for an evening of trivia and escape room fun! \nYou’ll be able to join a team with other participants to solve riddles\, puzzles and challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals\, all from the comfort of your couch at home! You’ll be able to click and explore in different rooms\, uncovering SDG-themed riddles in order to unlock doors\, and escape before the timer runs out! The first team to escape wins bragging rights\, along with an SDG care package! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/breakout-with-the-sdgs/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210210T144500
DTSTAMP:20210209T143835Z
CREATED:20201112T193321Z
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SUMMARY:Global Health Impact Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this one-of-a-kind virtual event over three days exploring three key\, timely themes for success in the next era of Canadian leadership and investment in global health: \nInnovation. Creativity. Diversity\nCanWaCH’s annual flagship event has a new format and a program filled with high-profile Canadian speakers\, stories and case studies from our members and learning opportunities for all audiences. \n→ FREE REGISTRATION ←\nDOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM!\n  \n\n\nLoading… \n\n \n\nPowered By Whova \n best virtual event platform \n\n \n\n  \nThe program will celebrate learning and provide knowledge exchange opportunities in key areas\, including new approaches to engaging Canadians and youth\, gender transformative programming\, innovative partnerships\, leveraging data to demonstrate impact and more. Together we will explore how to be intentional about our innovation and to seek out strategies to disrupt with previously unimagined ways of doing things. We will leverage our creativity to tell stories of our work\, our partners and our programs. We will actively pursue a diversity of voices and perspectives to strengthen the impact of our work \nWhy attend? The GHI-X will:\n→ Seek to find ways to engage Canadians and decisions makers in this new digital norm\n→ Explore innovative models to design effective programs in the next era of Canadian leadership in global health and international development\n→ Feature stories from Canadians dedicated to advancing the health and lives of women and children around the world during a global pandemic \nREGISTER NOW!\n\n  \nThank you to our partners.  \n \nProgram undertaken with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/global-health-impact-exchange/2021-02-10/
CATEGORIES:Events and Conferences,Webinars and Online Events,CanWaCH Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210210T150000
DTSTAMP:20210209T023957Z
CREATED:20210208T150551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T023957Z
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SUMMARY:Food Security: Building a Just\, Sustainable Recovery Locally\, Nationally\, and Globally Part 2: National & Global Examples
DESCRIPTION:Join the International Development Program at Centennial College during International Development Week (IDW) on two sessions to discuss “Food Security: Building a Just\, Sustainable Recovery Locally\, Nationally\, and Globally\,” on Wednesday\, February 10 @ 10:00 am-12:00 pm & 1:00-3:00 pm. Speakers from around the world and in Canada will examine local\, national and global approaches to ending hunger\, the effect of climate change on food\, and what is needed to build a just and sustainable post-pandemic recovery.
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/food-security-building-a-just-sustainable-recovery-locally-nationally-and-globally-part-2-national-global-examples/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210210T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210210T210000
DTSTAMP:20210114T161051Z
CREATED:20210114T161051Z
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SUMMARY:Top 30 Under 30 Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This year\, we will celebrate the 10th Annual Top 30 Under 30\, featuring 30 accomplished youth from Alberta and around the world contributing towards the Sustainable Development Goals. \nJoin the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation on February 10th\, 2021 at 6:00 pm to celebrate the 2021 Top 30 Under 30! Sign up below to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/top-30-under-30-celebration-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210211T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210211T110000
DTSTAMP:20210208T213034Z
CREATED:20210208T213024Z
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SUMMARY:CSOCD59 Side Event: A Socially-Just COVID-19 Response for Youth
DESCRIPTION:59th Session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSOCD59): Side-Event on A Socially-Just COVID-19 Response for Youth \nDATE AND TIME: Thursday\, February 11th from 8:30 am – 9:45 am(Eastern Standard Time) \nCONTEXT: \nWith less than ten years to meet 169 sustainable development targets and even less time to meaningfully address the impending climate crisis\, the 59th Session of the UN Commission for Social Development is a crucial opportunity to address the distinct needs of youth\, compounded by new challenges around COVID-19. \nThe International Relations Students’ Association of McGill University (IRSAM) has identified the following themes around sustainable development with limited progress for youth: gaps in access to technology\, a socially-just COVID-19 response\, the role of technology in democracies\, the criminalization of COVID-19 guidelines\, as well as youth homelessness\, child welfare and child protection. \nExacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic\, remote learning has become a common alternative in several countries where inadequate access to technology hinders learning outcomes and prevents youth from acquiring the technical skills that have become necessary globally. Disruptions to education and training\, unemployment\, and income loss have also increasingly impacted them due to a lack of distinct labour and social protection for youth—a group that has been historically vulnerable to labour exploitation. In particular\, youth are over-represented in part-time\, casual\, contract informal and precarious work. As living costs have steadily risen during the pandemic\, policymakers often overlook the lack of adequate employer-paid sick leave benefits and poor working conditions\, favouring penalties for non-compliance with public health guidelines instead. Starkly high numbers of homeless youth represent the failure of eroding social protection systems that have disproportionately impacted the wellbeing of vulnerable groups. \nOBJECTIVES: \nOur proposed side event\, titled: “A Socially Just COVID-19 Response for Youth” seeks to highlight and amplify the voices of youth and youth allies in multi-regional and multi-sectoral dimensions. It also seeks to increase awareness about the obstacles facing youth during the COVID-19 pandemic by presenting multiple perspectives on the topic and discussing how governments\, organizations\, and various institutions can respond to their needs. \nThe International Relations Students’ Association of McGill University (IRSAM) is joined by partners\, the Center for Community Regeneration and Development and the African Center for Human Advancement\, Social and Community Development as partners in hosting the event. \nThe objectives of the side event include: \n\nTo examine the rise and increase in issues facing youth during the pandemic globally through a multi-sectoral and multi-regional approach\, including remarks from youth\, regional development organizations\, women’s rights organizations and other advocacy groups.\nTo outline the need for action concerning issues that disproportionately affect youth\, including the mental health crisis\, addiction\, unemployment and labour exploitation\, incarceration\, homelessness\, and inadequate and unaffordable access to healthcare.\nTo present and discuss approaches to addressing the challenges young people are increasingly experiencing during the pandemic\, and to impel the importance of taking action in regions affected by COVID-19.\n\nThe outcomes of this event will include multi-stakeholder and multiregional collaboration amongst stakeholders in civil society on the challenges facing youth during this pandemic. In collectively articulating a socially just response to the pandemic that considers the distinct needs of youth\, the event will aid in the review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups\, specifically the World Programme of Action for Youth\, and promote increased awareness of youth issues amongst attendees. \nFORMAT \nThis event will take place during a 75-minute period and consist of an opening segment\, remarks from each speaker\, interactive discussions including participants and a short closing segment. \nThe tentative programme for this event will include remarks by Opeyemi Marcellina Aderinto – Executive Director for the African Centre for Human Advancement social and Community Development\, Patrick Maloum – Coordinator at the African Network of Young Leaders For Peace and Sustainable Development\, and Sahar Jafrani – Executive Director at the Youth Institute for Health & Development. These remarks will be followed by a presentation of Policy Recommendations by IRSAM Youth Advisory Delegation and a guided discussion session with participants on a socially-just COVID-19 response for youth. \nIn collectively articulating a socially just response to the pandemic that considers the distinct needs of youth\, the event will aid in the review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups\, specifically the World Programme of Action for Youth. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nJulia Anderson is the Chief Executive Officer for the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH). She has over 15 years of senior and executive-level experience in international development\, not-for-profits\, civil society\, human rights and gender equality. Julia works closely with multiple stakeholders on international development policy-related issues\, from Canadian and global decision-makers to young leaders. In 2019\, Julia spearheaded the shaping of a renewed collective vision by Canada’s global health sector that resulted in a $14-billion\, 10-year investment by the Government of Canada. As CanWaCH CEO\, she continues to champion bold\, innovative – and even disruptive – approaches to advancing the health and rights of women and girls around the world. Julia holds a Master of Arts degree in Canadian and Indigenous Studies from Trent University and an Executive Certificate in Conflict Management from the University of Windsor Law School. Julia grew up in Grande Prairie Alberta but now lives with her partner and five kids in Peterborough\, Ontario. \nJuliette Fazekas has been based in New Delhi since 2018. As Project Manager on Youth Advocacy\, her work is to carry the voices of Youth on the international stage. \nMaloum Patrick is an activist of human rights\, writer\, and a specialist on governance and peacebuilding programs. In 2017 he was awarded the Public Peace Prize in the category of committed in nonviolence and reconciliation. He is also the coordinator of the Pan-African network called the African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development. Under the leadership of that platform\, he coordinates the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition in Africa which is made up of about 500 organizations. \nOpeyemi Marcellina Aderinto is one of Africa’s emerging young leaders and a speaker. As the Executive Director of the African Centre for Human Advancement\, Social and Community Development and Business Development Manager at Dataworks Analytics and Consultancy Services\, she promotes “the youth in me” and is driven by her passion for youth and community development. Prior to that she was the Country Director AFYIDEF\, Former Registrar at ASDIR\, also former Executive Assistant / Public Relations Officer to the Nigerian Representative of the African Union ECOSOCC and a Member of the Social Affairs Cluster of African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council. She was also an Assistant Lecturer\, Department of Mass Communication\, Dorben Polytechnic\, Bwari Abuja from 2014 to 2018 and Cooperate Image DMFB as well as the Coordinator of Irish Academy of Public Relations in Dublin. She was also the Budget Manager\, Peer to Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge Project in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Opeyemi obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Mass Communication and PGD from the National Open University of Nigeria\, ND and HND from the Federal Polytechnic Offa Kwara state. \nSahar Jafrani is the Executive Director & Founder at the Institute for Youth Health and Development (IYHD)\, a young public health-focused non-profit organization that works to improve the health and wellbeing of racialized\, immigrant\, and newcomer young people through impactful programming\, advocacy\, engaging youth in research\, knowledge translation\, and innovation. She is an activist and internationally recognized multidisciplinary storyteller whose professional background outside of IYHD has included working across the public and private sectors with local\, national\, and global human rights organizations and at the intersections of technology and social impact. \nCONTACT US \nIf you have any questions about the event or have accessibility needs\, please contact Eyitayo Kunle-Oladosu at external@irsam.ca. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/csocd59-side-event-a-socially-just-covid-19-response-for-youth/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210211T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210211T133000
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SUMMARY:Visez les objectifs en 2021
DESCRIPTION:En cette Semaine du développement international\, le monde est complètement différent de ce qu’il était il y a un an. Il en va de même pour le volontariat et le partenariat et comment nous pouvons nous soutenir les uns les autres\, partager nos aptitudes et nos compétences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLes volontaires canadien-ne-s et nos partenaires locaux en Afrique sont des agent-e-s de changement déterminé-e-s à travailler en collaboration depuis des décennies pour atteindre les objectifs indivisibles des Nations Unies. Bien sûr\, la pandémie actuelle de COVID-19 a mis en difficulté les économies\, les communautés et les organisations de la société civile d’une manière que nous n’avions jamais vue auparavant. Comment peut-on encore faire une différence\, se concentrer sur les personnes\, la prospérité\, la planète\, le partenariat et la paix pour construire UN SEUL MONDE? \n\n\n\n\nJOIGNEZ-VOUS A NOS CONVERSATIONS\nEngagez-vous avec nos volontaires canadien-ne-s le 11 février et nos partenaires africain-e-s le 10 février pour une assemblée virtuelle avec SACO\, Cuso International\, le Bureau international des droits de l’enfant\, Oxfam Québec et World Renew alors qu’iels partagent leur travail et discutent de l’impact de la pandémie. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCONVERSATION – L’ÉGALITÉ\, ÇA COMPTE – 11 FÉVRIER 2021\n\n\n\n\nREJOIGNEZ-NOUS le 11 février de 12 h 30 à 13 h 30 pour une conversation avec trois volontaires de Carrefour pour apprendre comment les Canadien-ne-s continuent de créer un monde plus équitable et durable en engageant et en responsabilisant les individus\, les organisations et les communautés par l’apprentissage mutuel\, la solidarité et l’action collective malgré la COVID -19. \nQue signifie être un-e citoyen-ne du monde? Comment les Canadien-ne-s peuvent-ils continuer à partager leurs compétences et s’engager à bâtir UN SEUL MONDE sans pauvreté\, égalitaire et respectueux des droits des femmes et des filles? \nAsseyez-vous\, virtuellement\, avec trois volontaires qui partageront leurs points de vue de la collaboration volontaire classique au volontariat électronique et au travail dans le pays en tant qu’expatrié-e. \nCatherine Plante-Rodrigue – Étudiante en Coopération internationale à l’Université de Sherbrooke\, Catherine a réalisé un mandat en ligne avec Carrefour Internationale en tant que Conseillère en agriculture et genre pour le projet de périmètres maraîchers des femmes de Darou au Sénégal\, d’octobre 2020 à janvier 2021. Elle a également étudié  l’agriculture urbaine\, en coopération interculturelle et en gestion et intervention en loisir. En 2018\, elle a travaillé en RDC-Congo sur une pièce de théâtre sociale contre les violences faites aux femmes et aux jeunes filles. \nCaroline Aubry-Abel – Volontaire avec Carrefour d’août 2019 à mars 2020 en tant que Conseillère en égalité genre pour l’Agence nationale du volontariat au Togo. Elle a également dirigé un organisme québécois de prévention des violences à caractère sexuel et elle a été la présidente-fondatrice de l’Union étudiante du Québec qui représente aujourd’hui plus de 85 000 étudiant-e-s universitaires québécois-e-s. \nMoustapha Dembele – Conseiller en appui à la programmation en Côte d’Ivoire pour Carrefour\, il mesure au quotidien les défis et les succès des organisations de la société civile. Autodidacte\, multidisciplinaire et désireux d’apprendre\, il participe à la formulation et à la mise en œuvre de stratégies inclusives et durables en vue d’une justice sociale\, et particulièrement autour des droits des femmes et des filles.  \nPosez vos questions sur les récompenses et les défis uniques du volontariat\, de l’engagement et de la collaboration avec des partenaires et des communautés à l’étranger. Comme nous ne pouvons pas être physiquement ensemble\, nous serons #Ensemblealamaison. \n\n\n\n\nINSCRIVEZ-VOUS ICI
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/visez-les-objectifs-en-2021/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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SUMMARY:Learn how to enhance demand for civil registration services through training on communication for development
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our free virtual training series on communication for development developed for practitioners and experts seeking to enhance public demand for civil registration services.\n  \nSocial and Behaviour Change (SBC) communication has developed rapidly in the last decades\, towards engaging and mobilizing communities and populations to find solutions to their problems and to become the promoters and owners of programmatic results. Promising results from areas such as health\, reduction of harmful practices\, local development\, gender equity and others have proved that engaging communities and factoring in social norms\, can help programs go way beyond what was possible with traditional communication programs\, predominantly based on providing information. \nThis series of 3  training sessions is based on the newly developed handbook on “Civil Registration\, Vital Statistics\, Identity Management: Communication for Development targeting CRVS practitioners in LMICs” developed by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) with technical and financial support from the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems. The handbook provides guidance on the use of different tools to research\, design\, implement strategies and measure Social and Behavior Change/ Communication for Development. \nThis  training series will introduce and prepare the participants on the use of the Social and Behavioral Change tools\, develop an understanding and awareness of the objectives and value of behavioral change tools\, and also open the discussion on opportunities and challenges\, exploring the needs and interests for further training in the area. \nTRAINING DATES:\n11th February 2021 (13:00-15:00 Eastern Africa time) \n\nSocial and behavior change for effective Civil Registration and Vital Statistics\n\n17th February 2021 (13:00-15:00 Eastern Africa time) \n\nFactoring in social norms for results in Civil Registration and Vital Statistic programming\n\n10th March 2021 (13:00-15:00 Eastern Africa time) \n\nCommunication for CRVS in conflict\, emergencies\, and fragile settings\n\nThe training will be in English with simultaneous translation in French. The presentation will be provided in English and French. \nREGISTER HERE for one or more training sessions. To get the full training we encourage you to participate in all three sessions.
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/learn-how-to-enhance-demand-for-civil-registration-services-through-training-on-communication-for-development/
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SUMMARY:Mediastyle Masterclass: Expand Your Communications Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:Our team has managed media relations for large events and trained dozens of organizations. We’re ready to share some of our secrets.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nFor the first time ever\, we’re hosting a masterclass series focused on expanding your communications toolbox. This will be offered as an online extension of the work we do in the Commons\, our social communications lab. \nThese remote training sessions will be held over the lunch hour on Fridays and are perfect for those looking to sharpen their approaches as we enter a post-pandemic world. \n\n\n\n\nFeb. 12: Is the Press Release Dead? \nFeb. 26: 5 Missing Pieces from Your Comms Strategy \nMar. 12: Is Anyone Listening? Member and Audience Engagement \nMar. 26: Finding your Brand Voice
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/mediastyle-masterclass-expand-your-communications-toolbox/2021-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210217T120000
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SUMMARY:Building Better Family-Friendly Workplaces in the Age of COVID & Beyond
DESCRIPTION:In this online session\, we will dig into the following questions:\n\nWhat support do children and families need from businesses before\, during and after COVID-19\, and how can these needs be met?\n\n\nWhat are the challenges to implementing family-friendly policies such as paid parental leave\, access to affordable childcare\, and flexible working arrangements and how can we overcome them?\n\n\nHow are companies in the U.S. and Canada are tackling these difficult issues both at headquarters and throughout their value chains?\n\n\nHow can taking a child rights approach to family friendly policies benefit both working families and business?\n\nWe will hear perspectives from:\n\nTolu Lawrence\, Vice President of Strategic Growth and Engagement\, Promundo-US\, steering committee member of the Parental Leave Corporate Taskforce & PL+US Board Member\nJulie Sutton\, Senior Director Government Affairs and Global Impact\, VF Corporation (home to brands including Vans®\, The North Face®\, Timberland® and Dickies®)\nAyman Alvi\, Director of Global Benefits\, Scotiabank
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/__trashed/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210223T200000
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SUMMARY:Advocacy skills webinar series: getting LTEs and op-eds published
DESCRIPTION:Results Canada is hosting an interactive\, year-long webinar series that will help equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to be an active advocate for eradicating poverty worldwide. \nWhether you’re new to advocacy or a seasoned Results volunteer\, you will benefit from topics following two broad streams: skills expansion and issues knowledge. \nJoin us for the second webinar of our series! This webinar will be focused on developing your skills in getting letters to the editor (LTEs) and op-eds published. \nHere is what you can expect to learn: \n– Refresher on our EPIC method for effectively communicating\n– Why getting LTEs and op-eds are a powerful advocacy tactic\n– How to go about getting LTEs and op-eds published \nThere will be time to interact with other participants\, plus a question and answer period to wrap it all up. We hope you will leave feeling refreshed and motivated to get started on your own LTE or op-ed. \n*Disclaimer: this webinar will be recorded and the recording will be shared with attendees and others unable to join. The webinar is in English but you can ask your questions in French. \nRegister today!
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/advocacy-skills-webinar-series-getting-ltes-and-op-eds-published/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210226T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210226T103000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Beijing+25
DESCRIPTION:Join DAWN Canada on February 26 \, 2021 at 9 am Eastern Standard Time for a virtual public engagement called Beyond Beijing +25: an intersectional approach to engaging civil society on girls\, women\, trans and gender non-conforming folks with disabilities.\n\n\nIn this discussion we will analyze how systemic oppressions (ableism\, racism\, colonialism\, sexism\, heteropatriarchy and other system of oppression) shape the lives of Indigenous\, racialized\, rural\, and gender diverse girls\, women\, trans and gender non-conforming folks with disabilities. This conversation is meant to centre the margins: those living at the intersection of multiple oppressions. \nDAWN Canada will be joined by a group of esteemed international panelists who will speak from their lived-experiences of systemic oppressions as well as share their visions for solutions to address societal oppressions and barriers from an intersectional perspective. \nRegister \nConfirmed panelists: \nNidhi Goyal\, disability justice activist and co-founder of Rising Flame\, India \nMildred Omino\, Gender and Disability Rights activist who advocates for the sexual and reproductive health rights of girls and women with disabilities\, Kenya \nSarah Jama\, Social Justice activist and co-Founder Disability Justice Network of Ontario\, Canada \nRavyn Wngz\, African\, Bermudian\, Mohawk\, 2Spirit\, queer transcendent individual and member of the Toronto Black Lives Matter (BLM-TO) Steering Committee \nModerated by : Nelly Bassily\, Director of Youth Initiatives and International Relations at DAWN Canada. \nThe panel will be given in English with English CART Captioning and ASL interpretation\, for all other language and accessibility needs\, please fill out the registration form.
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/beyond-beijing25/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210226T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210226T133000
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UID:10001459-1614340800-1614346200@canwach.ca
SUMMARY:Mediastyle Masterclass: Expand Your Communications Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:Our team has managed media relations for large events and trained dozens of organizations. We’re ready to share some of our secrets.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nFor the first time ever\, we’re hosting a masterclass series focused on expanding your communications toolbox. This will be offered as an online extension of the work we do in the Commons\, our social communications lab. \nThese remote training sessions will be held over the lunch hour on Fridays and are perfect for those looking to sharpen their approaches as we enter a post-pandemic world. \n\n\n\n\nFeb. 12: Is the Press Release Dead? \nFeb. 26: 5 Missing Pieces from Your Comms Strategy \nMar. 12: Is Anyone Listening? Member and Audience Engagement \nMar. 26: Finding your Brand Voice
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/mediastyle-masterclass-expand-your-communications-toolbox/2021-02-26/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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