by NCRB UNAC | Nov 23, 2022 | Events, Miscellaneous
Dear fellow members and friends, On Monday, Nov. 28, at 4:00 PM (EST), the University of Ottawa will host a lecture byPaul Meyer on “Nuclear Threats and Canada’s Disarmament Diplomacy”. A reception will follow at 5:30, for those attending in...
by NCRB UNAC | Oct 4, 2022 | Miscellaneous
Dear fellow members and friends, With casualties mounting on both sides, the destruction of Ukraine continuing, and dangerous Russian allusions to nuclear weapons, many are wondering what different ways the Russo-Ukrainian war could end or be ended – and...
by NCRB UNAC | Jun 6, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Making a transition to ‘green energy’ for a sustainable society is going to be a horrendous challenge fraught with fierce debates and painful choices. But then, without a sufficiently timely shift in how we ‘navigate’ our civilization through a...
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...