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 | Events, Global citizen, National Capital Region Branch (NCRB), Ottawa, peace, Pearson Peace Medal, press release, UNA-Canada, United Nations Association in Canada
Dear members and friends, Please do not fall out of your chair. This is not a mirage. We actually got and are forwarding to a you notice of a virtual event for which you do not need a stopwatch to time when it is to start. ...
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 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...
