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 Hunger Crisis: Causes, Context, Response

Virtual , Canada

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.

Virtual Community Exchange 3

Virtual , Canada

The VCE is an informal, interactive, and community-driven opportunity for you to engage with the wider IATI Community.

Bethune Round Table 2022

Virtual , Canada

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!

Menstrual Health in Crisis Webinar

Virtual , Canada

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.

PMA IPUMS Webinar

Virtual , Canada

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.

Restoring Indigenous Midwifery and Birth Forum

Virtual , Canada

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.

Reclaim the Gains

Virtual , Canada

Don’t let COVID-19 turn back progress on the health of women, children and adolescents.

Community Health Worker Voices on UHC

Virtual , Canada

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.

Subsidizing global health: Women’s unpaid work in health systems

Virtual , Canada

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.

Health Workers Matter for Global Health Security: Here’s Why

Virtual , Canada

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.

Vaccine Equity Roundtable

Virtual , Canada

Join us with your morning coffee on April 5 at 9AM EST for a virtual roundtable focused on vaccine equity.

Parlons de La Tuberculose

Virtual , Canada

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.

Towards an Intersectional Climate Response: Tackling Environmental Racism

Virtual , Canada

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.

Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Virtual , Canada

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.

Annual Days for Girls Celebration

Virtual , Canada

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.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #15: Life on Land

Virtual , Canada

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.

Panel Discussion: #MyJourneyInSTEM

Virtual , Canada

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)

Bending the Arc Screening

Virtual , Canada

Get your popcorn ready: In celebration of International Development Week 2022, Partners In Health Canada is screening the all-time favourite global health and social justice film, Bending the Arc!

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #6: Clean Water & Sanitation

Virtual , Canada

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.

Cooperation Canada Awards 2021

Virtual , Canada

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.

Free Webinar: What is CoLMEAL?

Virtual , Canada

Join Salanga and ADRA Canada for a free webinar during International Development Week on What is CoLMEAL?

Meeting our Minister

Virtual , Canada

You are cordially invited to an introductory meeting with the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister for International Development.

Maintaining the Gains – People, Projects and Partnership in the Time of COVID-19

Virtual , Canada

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.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #5: Gender Equality

Virtual , Canada

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.

‘Localizing’ Food Systems

Virtual , Canada

This panel brings together different perspectives around the ‘localization’ of food systems, food justice, and ending hunger.

Exploring the OECD DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society

Virtual , Canada

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.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #3: Good Health & Well-being

Virtual , Canada

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.

Nutrition Financing Week

Virtual , Canada

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.

ENRICH Impact Event

Virtual , Canada

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.

The Canadian Launch of the GlobalChild Platform

Virtual , Canada

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!

CREA Alumni Talks: Bring People In

Virtual , Canada

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.

Democracy for Human Rights through CEDAW

Virtual , Canada

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.

Racial & Reproductive Justice: Key Components of Global SRHR

Virtual , Canada

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.

Sexual and Reproductive Justice now! A call to action two years on from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) + 25 Nairobi Summit

Virtual , Canada

SheDecides 25x25 youth leaders will be discussing the first HLC report No Exceptions, No Exclusions with high-level commissioners at two years of the Nairobi Summit. Speakers will also analyse key international examples of what is holding SRHR back and how we can move SRHR forward. This is a crucial moment for sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.

Accelerating Global Efforts to Reduce Gender-Based Violence: Unleashing the influence of the church and other faith-based organizations to address the hidden pandemic

Virtual , Canada

On the eve of this year’s 16 days of activism, join World Renew & the CRCNA for the launch of a GBV advocacy guide and a 45-minute dialogue on how concerted efforts to address GBV can be strengthened by tapping on the influence of the church and other faith-based organizations.

Narratives in Global Health

Virtual , Canada

Join us in learning about the role of global health in advancing health outcomes and the Sustainable Development Goals at home and abroad!

NTDs as a barometer for progress in health systems in times of COVID-19

Virtual , Canada

The Global Health Learning Network is a platform for knowledge growth and exchange with the goal to build a community of practice in global health that reaches across researchers, practitioners, and learners from all global health domains to include members of the public with an interest in global health.

Building Forward Better: Advancing SRHR for Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Virtual , Canada

Discussions around climate change and sexual and reproductive health rarely occur in the same spaces, despite ever growing evidence showing that they should. Climate change threatens human health and rights—and has a disproportionate effect on the most vulnerable girls and women, in all their intersecting identities. True climate justice is not possible without considering gender […]

Celebrating Girls: A virtual town hall

Virtual , Canada

Mark your calendar! As a valued member of the Cuso International community, you are invited to our next virtual town hall on October 14th, 2021.

IATI Virtual Community Exchange 2

Virtual , Canada

IATI's second Virtual Community Exchange (VCE 2) will take place on 12 - 13 October 2021, from 12-3pm UTC and will feature two days of informal, interactive and community-led sessions.

EM2030 UN World Data Forum Webinar – Gender Data Gaps

Virtual , Canada

Equal Measures 2030 is convening a webinar in the context of the UN World Data Forum that explores how demand-driven partnerships have addressed gender data and accountability gaps.

Reshaping the World of Work for Women

Virtual , Canada

COVID-19 has strained global health systems beyond capacity, and the economic fallout has been far-reaching: job losses, wage cuts, small businesses closing their doors, and the added burden to social safety networks and government programs.

Strengthening Community-Led Health Systems

Virtual , Canada

This dialogue provides a platform for health sector practitioners and experts to share best practices on applying community-led development (CLD) in the health sector, discuss obstacles, and develop pathways for decolonizing global health.

Semaine de la vérité et réconciliation

Virtual , Canada

Cette année, nous sommes fiers d’annoncer que l’événement Chaque enfant compte passe d’une journée à une semaine complète de programmation sur la vérité et réconciliation. L’activité virtuelle sans précédent de l’année dernière a attiré plus de 500 000 élèves, enseignants et membres du grand public. Ensemble, nous pouvons miser sur le succès de Chaque enfant […]

One Health Connect 2021

Virtual , Canada

One Health Connect 2021 is an innovative virtual event that will feature a panel of three world-leading experts from each of the domains of One Health to highlight the importance of transdisciplinary approaches to address present and future challenges that threaten human, animal, and environmental health.

Icon