by NCRB UNAC | Dec 7, 2022 | canada, community engagement, Development, Education, English, Events, Global Affairs, Global citizen, National Capital Region Branch (NCRB), Ottawa, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UNA-Canada, United Nations, United Nations Association in Canada
Dear fellow members and friends, Normally when notifying you of an event, I try to contextualize the event’s theme within a broader context, but, as you can see below, UNA-Canada’s Joan Broughton has done an excellent job of doing that. So, I’ll just encourage...
by NCRB UNAC | Nov 5, 2022 | Agriculture, canada, community engagement, Data, Digital economy, Education, English, Events, Food, Food Security, French, Global Affairs, Law, National Capital Region Branch (NCRB), Ottawa, Science, Technology, University of Ottawa
9 NOV. 202211:30 HE/ETKelly Bronson, Jonathan W. Y. Gray, Sarah-Louise Ruder, Rian Wanstreet, & Jonathan Van Geuns Dear Fellow Members and Friends For at least the last few years, the news-media has spotlighted a big debate over who collects what kind of...
by NCRB UNAC | May 10, 2021 | Chemical Weapons, Diplomacy, Events, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Miscellaneous, nuclear disarmament, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, security, Technology, United Nations
Dear members and friends, Late news again (arrived on Friday) of another virtual event (open to the public) has reached us through our global grapevine: news via Vienna of an event in Washington, DC, on May 10/Monday. You may have heard, in the news-media over the...
by Georgina Bencsik | Dec 19, 2019 | canada, community engagement, Development, Diplomacy, English, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Miscellaneous, Ottawa, press, press release, UNA-Canada, United Nations, United Nations Association in Canada, world press
CANADA AT THE UN Re Canada’s Craven Gambit For Negligible Power On The UN Security Council (Dec. 11): A recent poll found that 88 per cent of Canadians believe the country should be engaged with the United Nations. These are not people reliving some halcyon days of...
by Georgina Bencsik | Dec 13, 2019 | canada, children, community engagement, Development, Diplomacy, Education, English, Events, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Miscellaneous, National Capital Region Branch (NCRB), Ottawa, Sustainable Development Goals
“Dr. Montessori understood that children learn about moral development by working in real life tasks. When they focus on real work towards a common goal, they use their energy, commitment and intelligence which can help transform the world! Her belief that our...
by Georgina Bencsik | Oct 24, 2019 | Diplomacy, English, Events, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Home, international day, Miscellaneous, National Capital Region Branch (NCRB), press release, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UN GA, UNA-Canada, United Nations, United Nations Association in Canada
United Nations Day highlights the enduring ideals of the Charter, which entered into force on this date 74 years ago. Amid stormy global seas, the Charter remains our shared moral anchor.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres UN Day marks the anniversary...
