Global Health Students and Young Professionals Summit
Virtual , CanadaThe theme of this year's GHSYP Summit is Ideas to Impact: Toolbox Talks: Practical Skills for Becoming Global Health Professionals.
Discover upcoming events, activities and learning opportunities in global health, international development, and gender equality.
Please note that fundraising events and activities will not be posted to the calendar.
The theme of this year's GHSYP Summit is Ideas to Impact: Toolbox Talks: Practical Skills for Becoming Global Health Professionals.
Interested in applying to the Canadian Collaborative for Global Health? Join us for an informative discussion on November 29.
Promoting better nutrition outcomes through multi-sectoral approach in post-COVID 19 Asia and the Pacific
As a part of the release of ICRW’s newest brief on racial justice and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), we will discuss the importance of using a reproductive justice lens for U.S. advocacy on global SRHR.
Hear how LGBTIQ community-based organizations facing violence, stigma and discrimination are building safety at home.
The interactive panel will bring together human rights experts, political leaders, and grass-roots women's groups to showcase a Cities for CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) campaign.
This Human Rights Day, CREA Institute alumni from around the world gather to discuss their campaigns for inclusion over the last year, in the wake of a global pandemic. They share lessons learned and talk about ways in which they're practicing inclusion in their own work.
Join us on December the 13th for the celebration of Canada’s 30th anniversary of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by launching the GlobalChild Platform!
Join us and learn about the project's accomplishments and lessons learned as we look to the future of maternal and child nutrition in the Global South.
To support stakeholders in translating their commitments to concrete action, the World Bank, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), World Health Organization (WHO), and Results for Development (R4D) are hosting the Nutrition Financing week: a series of virtual N4G side events from January 24-27, 2022.
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
This panel brings together high-level experts, policy makers, policy analysts and other professionals for a conversation around the OECD DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society, approved by OECD Development Assistance Committee members, including Canada, in July 2021.
This panel brings together different perspectives around the ‘localization’ of food systems, food justice, and ending hunger.
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
Applying feminist principles requires us to rethink current ways of working in the international aid sector.
In this panel PWRDF’s Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, Bart Dickinson, together with partners from Village Health Works, Burundi; the Diocese of Masasi, Tanzania; and EHALE, Mozambique, will explore the impacts of COVID-19 through the data they have gathered and through real-life experiences on the ground.
In this panel, speakers will share insights on how community-led and grassroots solutions are transforming communities in Haiti.
You are cordially invited to an introductory meeting with the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister for International Development.
On World Cancer Day, February 4th at 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST, join the Partners In Health Board of Trustees for a wide-ranging discussion on PIH's work to bring high-quality cancer care to patients in Rwanda.
International Development Week (IDW) 2022 will take place from February 6 to 12!
This session will showcase the experiences of three organizations sharing lessons learned on gender transformative programming in the health sector.
Deux ans après le début de la pandémie : quels sont les impacts au niveau de la santé et de l’éducation en Amérique latine et en Afrique francophone?
A virtual panel hosted by the University of the Fraser Valley focusing on climate migrants and global and Canadian responses.
On February 9, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children Believe is holding a virtual panel to explore the ongoing issue of irregular migration in Central America and Mexico.
Join Salanga and ADRA Canada for a free webinar during International Development Week on What is CoLMEAL?
Each year Cooperation Canada recognizes outstanding individuals and projects in the sector with three awards, the Karen Takacs Award for women’s leadership, the organizational and individual Innovation and Impact Awards in honour of Lewis Perinbam.
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
Join BCCIC member organization Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan) to learn about the realities facing adolescent girls in the context of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
Join us for a panel where we discuss SDG 4, Quality Education, from a Youth Perspective.
Join Justice Education Society’s International Development Week Panel on “An Intersectional Approach to Combating Gender-based Violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle” with guest speakers and experts from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
CAGH is collaborating with the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNNTD) for International Development Week 2022 to host a webinar addressing the impact of NTD on the health of women and adolescent girls.
On Friday, February 11th, the Cuso Youth Engagement Advisory will host a speakers’ panel, “Youth, Speak Up! Perspectives on Global Development Issues.” Discussion topics will include Indigenous perspectives within International Development Studies, diversity, and inclusion.
Join us on February 11th, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, for an inspiring virtual panel with prominent Canadian women in science, technology, trades, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH Week) is a yearly campaign designed to raise awareness on sexual and reproductive health and promote resources to improve community health in Canada.
Join us for a conversation that will bring together Cuso International volunteers Rai Friedman and Carmencita Alcantara, who will speak about their personal volunteer journeys and their work in Ethiopia with the Agency for Civil Society Organizations.
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
On February 17, 2022 at 12:00 pm PST Days for Girls International will hold a special online event to celebrate this momentous milestone, hear the stories behind the numbers, and share our vision for 2022.
A panel discussion with the leaders and experts of maternal health advocacy!
This conversation will be an open discussion about the impact of the pandemic on women's economic security!
Join us this month as we celebrate successes and learn from challenges presented by African, Black and Caribbean (ABC) presenters.
Together|Ensemble is Canada’s national conference devoted to tracking progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Creating a North American dialogue on urban sustainable development and the role of women in achieving the urban SDG.
As we mark this year’s International Women’s Day, WAGE invites you to join us, as we recognize and celebrate Women Inspiring Women.
This webinar will bring together advocates and experts who have experience in building male engagement programs to discuss ways of incorporating men and boys in programming to end FGM/C.
The Feminist Economic Transformation Project (FET), is a participatory discussion series bringing together leaders and activists to vision key elements of feminist economic alternatives and futures across topics and regions.
The School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Bruyère Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, and the International and Global Health Office (IGHO) are collaborating to host this monthly global health seminar.
Join us for a 90 minute solutions-oriented panel where participants will unpack the inherent inequalities and patterns of injustice that almost always fall along the lines of race, class, ability and gender and propose a way forward for a more just, intersectional and inclusive global climate response.
This side event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women focuses on women leaders at the forefront of action on climate-resilient food systems globally, with responses from Canadian women in agriculture.
Addressing the interconnections between gender equality, the environment and sustainable development is crucial for SRHR and elevating the voices of women is central.
As climate-exacerbated natural disasters continue to increase in frequency and intensity around the world, the effects of climate change are more clear than ever - and women and girls are most susceptible to their impact.
This two-part series on public engagement brought to you by the Inter-Council Network examines current practices in public engagement and explores alternative practices for a more decolonial, anti-racist and feminist approaches in public engagement.
This two-part series on public engagement brought to you by the Inter-Council Network examines current practices in public engagement and explores alternative practices for a more decolonial, anti-racist and feminist approaches in public engagement.
The Summit, part of the Together for Learning campaign, will offer a unique opportunity to learn from the educational experiences of displaced youth and to engage with them as problem solvers and decision makers.
In recognition of World Tuberculosis Day, Plan International Canada invites you to participate in an upcoming virtual French-language session on March 30 at 9:30 a.m. EDT. Discuss women’s health, the importance of patient and survivor perspectives and gender equality as we work together to end tuberculosis in communities across Canada and around the world.
Join us for an insightful discussion on how youth in Canada can contribute to ensuring quality education for refugees as well as forcibly displaced children and youth around the world.
Join us with your morning coffee on April 5 at 9AM EST for a virtual roundtable focused on vaccine equity.
Join IntraHealth International and a panel of experts to explore how we can better prepare for future pandemics and increase our global health security by investing in and supporting health workers around the world.
This conversation for Our Planet, Our Health brings us into a fuller, sensory immersion of the reciprocal relationship between care for our planet and ourselves.
Despite being the majority in the profession, women in the health sector are paid 23% less than their male counterparts and millions of women are working unpaid or grossly underpaid in core health systems roles. Against this backdrop, Women in Global Health, in collaboration with the Frontline Health Worker Coalition, will hold a high-level event to launch WGH’s latest policy report, Subsidizing global health: Women’s unpaid work in health systems.
This event—the first of a series of quarterly CHW dialogues—will bring together CHWs from across sub-Saharan Africa in a knowledge-sharing conversation on what universal health coverage (UHC) looks like to them, how new policies have impacted their day-to-day work, and the impact of COVID on their ability to deliver essential health services.
During the webinar, we will explore the reforms needed to ensure that global health systems strengthen and cater to the fragile health structures of developing nations.
Join us in conversation with an inspirational woman leader in Global Health
Don’t let COVID-19 turn back progress on the health of women, children and adolescents.
Registration is now open for Plan Canada's Youth Summit!
Ahead of World Malaria Day, join us for this webinar to learn, take action, and mark the launch of our #FightForWhatCounts campaign!
Join the CVPD and UNICEF Canada for a webinar on the Road to Recovery for Routine Immunization: Lessons from COVID-19
Join us for CanWaCH Academy!
Join us for our Virtual Forum and take part in three days of virtual presentations, panels and discussions focused on supporting your work of restoring Indigenous midwifery and birth.
Speakers will delve further into the challenges, interventions and opportunities for school-age and adolescent well-being.
Speakers will delve further into the challenges, interventions and opportunities for school-age and adolescent well-being.
The Guttmacher Institute will hold a 60-minute virtual briefing on Wednesday, 17 May, 2022 , at 10:00 a.m. ET to highlight key findings of the study, related policy recommendations and the use of the new evidence for advocacy purposes.
Did COVID-19 impact contraceptive use? Don't miss an excellent introduction to longitudinal analysis as PMA and IPUMS use PMA data to examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic impacted contraceptive use.
Chat & Connect with an inspiring global health leader
Join the Equal Futures Network, a CanWaCH initiative, for an interactive incubator session exploring meaningful youth engagement in the lead up to our first-ever gender equality summit, Equal Futures 2022, from June 7-8, 2022 in Ottawa.
OBJECTIVES: 1. To present the latest research on COVID-19 vaccination coverage across Ontario. 2. To discuss the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period, with a focus on how to support families navigating vaccination decisions. 3. To support those working with pregnant and expectant families in making informed COVID-19 vaccination-related decisions throughout […]
Pandemic Periods and Girls Health Ed are partnering to bring you a thought-provoking and action-orientated discussion in observance of Menstrual Health Day on May 27.
Join Results Canada for a civil society roundtable with Winnie Biyanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
The summit will provide an in person forum for the gender equality movement in Canada to come together, in all its diversity, to build connections, strengthen capacity, share expertise, and shape a path towards a fairer and more equitable Canada.
The 2019–2020 Global Resources Report: Government & Philanthropic Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Communities is coming soon!
Using a feminist lens, the seminar panel will discuss the needs of displaced persons and broader, media coverage, humanitarian response and foreign policy.
Are you interested in global surgery? Want to hear from interdisciplinary surgical providers and #healthcare professionals from around the world? Come to the Bethune Round Table 2022!
On June 23, Aga Khan Foundation Canada is pleased to host Nature-based Solutions, Climate Resilience, and the SDGs, welcoming a panel of experienced practitioners who aim to reduce climate risks, advance climate resilience, and support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
You are invited to our next virtual town hall in recognition of World Refugee Day 2022.
In honour of World Refugee Day, join us on Saturday, June 25, 2022, from 12:30 to 3:00 PM ET, to deepen your understanding of equality and human rights and the connection to the refugee crisis.
Registration is now open for Plan Canada's Youth Summit!
The VCE is an informal, interactive, and community-driven opportunity for you to engage with the wider IATI Community.
Engage in a discussion about the implementation of the SDGs, the shortcomings in implementation for those left furthest behind, and best practice responses to emerging threats to LGBTI+ communities.
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Women’s political leadership is critical for achieving the SDGs, including improving gender equity and SRHR in UHC outcomes. Join us for a virtual discussion tackling these issues on the sidelines of the UN High-level Political Forum.
On Wednesday, July 13, at 12pm ET, four member agencies of the Humanitarian Coalition will be hosting a Twitter Space to discuss the causes, context and response to the hunger crisis.
Join the Country Advocacy Working Group and the Interagency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises for a dynamic discussion on navigating the unique challenges of delivering sexual and reproductive health services in humanitarian and fragile settings
Registration is now open for Plan Canada's Youth Summit!
Patient case studies, interactive trivia, and group discussions on the subject of gender bias in health experiences and medical care.
On August 12th, 2022, the 1st IDEAS for Gender Equality Community Building Event will be held in beautiful downtown Toronto, Ontario
WGH will be hosting, in partnership with other CSOs, four regional town halls in selected regions where there are high numbers of humanitarian emergencies that expose communities to Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment
Lucky Iron Fish is hosting a digital lunch and learn session to showcase their latest data and research on the use of the Lucky Iron Fish to address iron deficiency anemia. Lucky Iron Fish offers a novel tool for iron deficiency anemia and provides in-depth training and resources for program implementation. Over the past 4 […]
In recent months, we've heard our members share the complexities and challenges of engaging communities and harnessing the power of social media to amplify their social impact. The Equal Futures Network, a CanWaCH initiative, has been working with the team and community at the On Canada Project to design a resource that helps leaders, communications practitioners, and social media managers […]
Engage with the Population Council and invited experts from UN-Habitat, PSI, and the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in a panel discussion regarding urban disparities in SRHR, and the challenges and opportunities for leveraging the urban context to tackle these disparities. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are a critical component of […]
Engage with the Population Council and invited experts from UN-Habitat, PSI, and the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in a panel discussion regarding urban disparities in SRHR, and the challenges and opportunities for leveraging the urban context to tackle these disparities. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are a critical component of […]
We’re Discussing Unpaid Care this Gender Equality Week!
GLOBAL STORIES OF CHANGE THAT CHANGE OUR GLOBAL STORY This September join the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) community for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Symposium 2022: ‘Global Stories of Change that Change Our Global Story’. This year our AGM will be held virtually on September 22 and will include a formal business meeting with […]