by NCRB UNAC | Oct 12, 2022 | canada, Canadian Film, children, community engagement, Development, Diversity, Education, Film, Film Review, First Nations, French, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Languages, Indigenous Peoples, International Decade, Interview, Language Rights
Rosie TIFF22 Film Review and Interview By Linda Dawn Hammond “Rosie” is the first feature film of Métis director and writer, Gail Maurice, who is also known as an actor in the TV series, “Trickster”. She self identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and is one...
by Georgina Bencsik | Oct 18, 2019 | AGM, canada, community engagement, Development, Diplomacy, English, Events, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Human Rights, international day, International Development Program, Miscellaneous, NAGM, National Capital Region Branch (NCRB), Ottawa, peace, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UN GA, UNA-Canada, UNESCO, United Nations, United Nations Association in Canada, Volunteers
Dear friends, ​Next year, 2020, will be the UN’s 75th anniversary. It will be marked not only a year from now on UN Day, October 24, 2020, but around the world with discussions between now and then about the state of the world and what the United Nations has...
by Georgina Bencsik | May 3, 2018 | canada, community engagement, cyberspace, Development, Diplomacy, ECOSOC, English, Events, freedom, French, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Human Rights, international day, International Development Program, internet, Miscellaneous, NGO, press, Sustainable Development Goals, UN GA, UNESCO, world press
Please click on the link to access today’s live feed Live feed from the UN “On World Press Freedom Day 2018, I call on governments to strengthen press freedom, and to protect journalists. Promoting a free press is standing up for our right to truth.”...
by Georgina Bencsik | Apr 3, 2018 | canada, CIC, community engagement, Development, Diplomacy, English, Events, French, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Hon. Bob Rae, Human Rights, myanmar, Ottawa, peace, Refugee, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, youth
The CIC National Capital Branch presents “TELL THEM WE’RE HUMAN†– WHAT THE ROHINGYA CRISIS TELLS US ABOUT THE WORLD AND CANADA’S FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES Monday, April 23, 2018 Join us for an evening with the Hon. Bob Rae, Canada’s special envoy on...
by Georgina Bencsik | Feb 16, 2018 | British Council, canada, community engagement, Development, English, Events, French, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Home, Human Rights, NGO, Ottawa, SDGs, Social Enterprise, Social Innovation, Sustainable Development Goals, UN GA, United Nations, youth
As part of our Active Citizens Social Enterprise (ACSE) programme, the United Nations Association in Canada and the British Council, together with the British High Commission in Ottawa, are pleased to invite you to the public component of the Youth Innovation Summit...
by Georgina Bencsik | Jan 14, 2018 | children, community engagement, cyberspace, Development, Digital economy, English, Home, Human Rights, internet, Miscellaneous, sexual abuse, Sustainable Development Goals, UNICEF, youth
Among current global debates is one over the Internet: how much does it serve forces of division, if not evil, versus how great a tool is it for progress. One hand, we see exploitation of the Internet by such villains as sexual predators and terrorist recruiters. On...
