Teachers’ Leadership Institute
2026-07-27 - 2026-07-31 | York University, Toronto, Canada, Canada
AKFC is excited to announce our Teachers’ Leadership Institute, July 27-31, 2026, at York University — empowering educators to bring global citizenship, sustainability, and international development themes into their classrooms.
Description: AKFC’s Teachers’ Leadership Institute (TLI) is a fully funded 5-day in person convening that aims to strengthen the professional capacity of educators across Canada. This initiative is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to effectively integrate global citizenship, sustainability, and international development themes into their classrooms. Through a combination of in-depth training sessions, collaborative learning opportunities, and access to educational resources, the Institute will enhance participants’ pedagogical strategies and deepen their subject-area expertise.
The Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) is a fully funded 5-day in person convening that aims to equip young leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to actively engage with global issues, promote sustainable development, and foster global citizenship. The academy will provide a collaborative learning environment where participants explore global challenges, leadership skills, and strategies for effective engagement.
The Teachers’ Leadership Institute (TLI) and Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) will occur concurrently.
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Youth Leadership Academy
2026-07-27 - 2026-07-31 | York University, Toronto, Canada, Canada
AKFC is excited to announce our Youth Leadership Academy, July 27-31, 2026, at York University — empowering young leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to foster global citizenship.
AKFC’s Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) is a fully funded 5-day in-person program that aims to equip young leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to actively engage with global issues, promote sustainable development, and foster global citizenship. The academy will provide a collaborative learning environment where participants explore global challenges, leadership skills, and strategies for effective engagement.
When: July 27-31, 2026
Arrivals: July 26
Full-day programming: July 27-31
Departures: August 1
Where: York University, Toronto, Canada.
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A Continuum from Menarche to Menopause: Understanding Cardiovascular Risk Across the Reproductive Lifespan
2026-07-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
The webinar will take place on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 8:00 AM PST.

Health Together, formerly Maternal and Infant Health Canada, hosts virtual webinars focused on sharing research, knowledge, and lived/professional experience related to women’s health, maternal and infant health, and socio-cultural factors that impact women and their health.
Dr. Rubee Dev is an Assistant Professor in the UBC School of Nursing and Affiliate Faculty in the School of Population and Public Health. Her research focuses on global women’s health, primary health care, and the intersection of reproductive and cardiovascular health among postpartum women.
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FOUNDATIONS: Girls Leading Change
2026-09-21 09:00 - 16:00 | Novotel, 3 Park Home Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6L3, Canada
A global conversation on protecting girls’ rights, advancing equality, and empowering the next generation of leaders.
How do we protect progress for girls in a time of growing backlash against gender equality?
Around the world, hard-won gains for gender equality are under threat, putting the rights, health, and future of adolescent girls at risk. As opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) grows, the need to invest in girls’ leadership, agency, and voices has never been more urgent.
Join Save the Children on September 21, 2026, for FOUNDATIONS: Girls Leading Change—a powerful conversation exploring what it will take to safeguard progress, advance the rights of women and girls, and ensure girls can shape the future they deserve.
Through powerful storytelling, expert insights, and firsthand perspectives, we’ll examine what’s at stake for girls around the world, why their leadership is essential to lasting change, and the collective action needed to protect their rights and expand opportunities for generations to come.
At this pivotal moment, we must confront the global backlash against gender equality, elevate solutions that are making a difference, and renew our shared commitment to ensuring every girl can learn, lead, and thrive.
Whether you are a policymaker, student, advocate, philanthropist, or supporter, your voice matters.
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Walk for Water 2026
2026-10-10 | Springs Preserve, Las Vegas
Join One Drop for the 10th Annual Walk for Water at Springs Preserve!
Take a step toward change at the 10th Annual Walk for Water in Las Vegas! This energizing event brings our community together to raise awareness and support solutions for the local and global water crisis.
Get ready for a morning filled with purpose and fun, featuring live entertainment, special guest appearances, interactive games, and educational activities for all ages.
This year’s event will be co-chaired by Crystal Hirschi and Brian Kunec, with Jay R Beatbox as your dynamic host!
As part of the scenic 2.1-mile walk through the beautiful Springs Preserve, you’ll have the option of carrying a bucket of water, a powerful symbol of what millions of women and children around the world do daily just to access clean water.
Walk. Learn. Connect. After the walk, explore the WaterWorks exhibit and discover how water shapes life, from the Vegas Valley to communities around the world.
Whether you walk, volunteer, or sponsor, you’re helping turn awareness into action and making a real difference for families near and far.
Walk locally. Think globally. Make a difference. Join One Drop!

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Geneva Health Forum Conference 2026
2026-11-10 - 2026-11-12 | Geneva
The conference theme: Rethinking Cooperation in Global Health. This theme will be explored through three key areas:

New forms of collaboration in global health;
Health promotion and community engagement;
Access to healthcare in conflict and crisis situations.

Key Dates

Call for contributions: July 1 to September 1, 2026
Conference: November 10 to 12, 2026, at Campus Biotech in Geneva

Full details and the submission portal are available on the conference website: https://conference2026.genevahealthforum.com
Attached is the call for contributions overview, detailing the themes, submission guidelines, and timeline.

International Migrants Day
2026-12-18, 2027-12-18, 2028-12-18, 2029-12-18, 2030-12-18 | Ontario
Throughout human history, migration has been a courageous expression of the individual’s will to overcome adversity and to live a better life. Today, globalization, together with advances in communications and transportation, has greatly increased the number of people, who have the desire and the capacity to move to other places.
This new era has created challenges and opportunities for societies throughout the world. It also has served to underscore the clear linkage between migration and development, as well as the opportunities it provides for co-development, that is, the concerted improvement of economic and social conditions at both origin and destination.
Migration draws increasing attention in the world nowadays. Mixed with elements of unforeseeability, emergency, and complexity, the challenges and difficulties of international migration require enhanced cooperation and collective action among countries and regions. The United Nations is actively playing a catalyst role in this area, with the aim of creating more dialogues and interactions within countries and regions, as well as propelling experience exchange and collaboration opportunities.

International Day of Education
2027-01-24, 2028-01-24, 2029-01-24, 2030-01-24, 2031-01-24 | Ontario
Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking the cycle of poverty that is leaving millions of children, youth and adults behind.

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
2027-02-05 - 2028-02-05 | Ontario
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights, the health and the integrity of girls and women.
Girls who undergo female genital mutilation face short-term complications such as severe pain, shock, excessive bleeding, infections, and difficulty in passing urine, as well as long-term consequences for their sexual and reproductive health and mental health.
Although primarily concentrated in 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East, female genital mutilation is a universal problem and is also practiced in some countries in Asia and Latin America. Female genital mutilation continues to persist amongst immigrant populations living in Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
To promote the elimination of female genital mutilation, coordinated and systematic efforts are needed, and they must engage whole communities and focus on human rights, gender equality, sexual education and attention to the needs of women and girls who suffer from its consequences.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science
2027-02-10, 2028-02-09, 2029-02-14, 2030-02-13 | Ontario
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years, the global community has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science.
At present, less than 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are women. According to UNESCO data (2014 – 2016), only around 30 per cent of all female students select STEM-related fields in higher education. Globally, female students’ enrolment is particularly low in ICT (3 per cent), natural science, mathematics and statistics (5 per cent) and in engineering, manufacturing and construction (8 per cent).
Long-standing biases and gender stereotypes are steering girls and women away from science related fields. As in the real world, the world on screen reflects similar biases—the 2015 Gender Bias Without Borders study by the Geena Davis Institute showed that of the onscreen characters with an identifiable STEM job, only 12 per cent were women.
In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/212 declaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

World Day of Social Justice
2027-02-20, 2028-02-20, 2029-02-20, 2030-02-20, 2031-02-20 | Ontario
Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of social justice when we promote gender equality, or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.
For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity. The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN System’s commitment to social justice. The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all, through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights at work.

World NGO Day
2027-02-25, 2028-02-24, 2029-02-22 | Ontario
The universal concept of the World NGO Day is to Celebrate, Commemorate and Collaborate – the various NGOs around the world, and the people behind them that contribute to society all year around.
World NGO Day is to inspire people to become more actively involved within NGO sector and encourage a greater symbiosis between NGOs and both the public and private sector.
World NGO Day is an international calendar day annually observed on 27 February.
