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 | 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;...
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 | 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...
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+...
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 –...