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Interactive Workshop on Creating Career Paths in Global Health Research

26/01/2012

The Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) and the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) are pleased to present an interactive workshop on global health research career paths at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association...

Canadian Partnerships Small Grants Competition

11/01/2012

IDRC invites applications for its 2011-2012 Small Grants for Innovative Research and Knowledge-Sharing. Provided through our Canadian Partnerships program, these grants support research, knowledge-building, and knowledge-sharing projects. They...

Latest Projects

Latin American Security, Drugs and Democracy (LASDD) Fellowship Program

This grant will support a program of fellowships and workshops on the link between security, organized crime, drugs and democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The program is expected to h

Using ICTs to Address Water Challenges in Uganda

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play an important role in helping communities prepare for and adapt to the effects of climate change. Various projects can attest to the potential

Events

Taking IT Global

07/02/2012

Come and listen to Michael Furdyk, co-founder of TakingITGlobal, who will share the online community’s experiences in developing a global network of youth activists interested in global issues and creating positive social change.Doors open at 6:30...

Highlight: Workshop on Engendering Policy through Evaluation in India

15/01/2012

The Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) held a workshop on “Engendering Policy through Evaluation:  Uncovering exclusion, challenging inequities’ on December 15-16, 2011 in New Delhi, India. This was the first workshop held under a project...

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Governments and civil society seek ways to develop social and solidarity economy

Governments and civil society seek ways to develop social and solidarity economy

In mid-October, entrepreneurs, social activists, government ministers, and academics from 67 countries came together in Montreal to find ways to promote the social and solidarity economy. Millions of Canadians already participate in this economy...

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