The call to transform the power balance in development cooperation is growing ever louder. But much of the practices, language, frameworks (e.g. RBM) and power of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) is rooted in the global North, far away from communities that development cooperation and assistance seeks to ally with
Two Tanzanian activists working to advance Indigenous Peoples’ rights and priorities joined us to share details about their work, the issues faced by the Maasai communities they work with, and progress being made to address them.
Our International Development Week 2023 kick off event explored women’s lived realities and leadership in the intersecting areas of food security, gender equality, the climate crisis and peace in different regions of the world.
How have the climate crisis and food insecurity (the former significantly exacerbating the latter) affected gender equality
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented immense challenges and injustices, while also highlighting acts of resilience and possibilities to transition to a more social and environmentally just society. This context of challenge and possibility has led to new and renewed questions around how to navigate these times to promote a just,
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented immense challenges and injustices, while also highlighting acts of resilience and possibilities to transition to a more social and environmentally just society. This context of challenge and possibility has led to new and renewed questions around how to navigate these times to promote a just,
The 10 year anniversary of Creatively United for the Planet’s first Earth Day event was celebrated with an incredible panel of youth voices that featured five young Canadian changemakers working in creative ways to help amplify youth voices in the fight against climate change with research, policy, community building, education
Increasingly, educators, administrators, and students are taking note of the urgent need for educational institutions to lead transformational change, and many are noting the centrality of the SDGs to these change processes. In this session, we will hear from sustainability leaders in the education sector describe what they are doing,
In partnership with Hope International Development Agency, BCCIC and VIDEA, this event will showcase women’s agency and leadership in localized solutions to climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction in Canada, Haiti, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The ‘Leave No One Behind’ (LNOB) pledge was adopted as a cross-cutting theme of the Sustainable Development Goals. This presents a unique opportunity to consider innovative ways that youth deconstruct, decolonize, and reimagine the LNOB pledge in their research, outreach and advocacy.
