Town Hall – October 24 UN Day – The United Nations at 75 and Beyond: Problems, Progress and Prognosis” – at Ottawa City Hall 7pm hosted by National Capital Region Branch

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...

Event on April 19: Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (CNANW) Roundtable: “Upcoming Challenges; Canadian Leadership?”

by Georgina Bencsik | Apr 6, 2018 | canada, community engagement, Development, Diplomacy, English, Events, French, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Miscellaneous, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Ottawa, peace, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UN GA, United Nations

Join us on April 19th Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons CNANW Roundtable & Meeting – April 19, 2018 Note: Media Event at 11 AM Venue: Garden Room, Elizabeth Bruyere Hospital, 43 Bruyère St., Ottawa. (TBC) CNANW Roundtable: “Upcoming Challenges;...

Event: w/ Hon. Bob Rae, Special Envoy Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar “TELL THEM WE’RE HUMAN” – WHAT THE ROHINGYA CRISIS TELLS US ABOUT THE WORLD AND CANADA’S FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES   ‪Monday, April 23, 2018‬

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...

Nobel Peace Prize and the UNA: How Many Degrees of Separation? By Shane Roberts

by Georgina Bencsik | Jan 30, 2018 | community engagement, Development, English, Home, NGO, Nobel Peace Prize, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Ottawa, peace, Sustainable Development Goals, UN GA

October 24th is not only UN Day but also the opening of the UN’s annual Disarmament Week (a). This year it had special significance for our Branch, as it provided an opportunity to draw attention to the Ottawa chapter of one of our community partners of the last few...

Youth As Peacebuilders Forum

by NCRB UNAC | Nov 14, 2017 | Development, Home, peace, youth

Dear UNA-Canada friends and partners, On November 14-15, the United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is hosting the Youth as Peacebuilders Forum as part of the 2017 UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in Vancouver, BC. UNA-Canada has consulted with 130+...

Nobel Peace Prize and the UNA: How Many Degrees of Separation?

by NCRB UNAC | Nov 8, 2017 | Development, Home, Human Rights, Miscellaneous, nuclear disarmament, peace, Sustainable Development Goals

October 24th is not only UN Day but also the opening of Disarmament Week (a).  We would like to mark the occasion by drawing attention to one of our partners of the last few years – a nongovernmental organization (NGO) striving to create a better world –...