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...
Clean water is essential to life and health, yet almost a billion people lack access to this basic necessity. Climate change, urbanization, as well as industrial and agricultural practices are all putting growing pressure on fresh water systems. In...
Book launch/panel discussion: Governance Ecosystems: CSR in the Latin American Mining Sector
December 7, 2011, 10 a.m., University of Ottawa The cross-cutting and complex relationships between key actors in Latin America’s mining sector are the...
INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Challenges, Practices and Future Directions
Building on its experience and success, World University Service of Canada is organizing its 1st International Forum in Ottawa on November 10-12, 2011.IDRC’s...
Shanthi Dairiam, Founder and First Executive Director of International Women’s Rights Action Watch–Asia Pacific is giving the 14th Annual Dame Nita Barrow Lecture on Women's Human Rights: The Promise and the Reality — A World View from Women’s...
Chantier de l’économie sociale’s International Forum on the Social and Solidarity Economy 2011 (Government and Civil Society) takes place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, October 17-20. Participants from more than 60 countries will come...
CIVICUS, the World Alliance for Citizen Participation, is hosting its annual World Assembly in Montréal, September 10-12, 2011.The 2011 World Assembly will take place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal and will bring together representatives from...