Category Archives: Community

World Water Day 2012

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Jarra Ford Wandering through Montreal last summer, I stumbled across a collection of massive photographs displayed in the centre of a city street. It was Guy Laliberté’s latest creative adventure, Gaia. The exhibit uses images Laliberté captured from the International Space Station in … Continue reading →

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Report of the Independent International Commission on Syria

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Please see here for the full report from the nineteenth session of the U.N. Human Rights Council.

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Canadian International Model United Nations!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

UNA-Canada will be hosting the annual Canadian International Model UN at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton from 1-4 March 2012. The committees will focus on global environmental issues in preparation for the UNited nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20). … Continue reading →

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Can NGOs, Non-profits and Activists Co-operate?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

A research paper by UNA-Canada Victoria Branch Director Mark Reed on the feasibility of local NGOs/NPGs and activists co-operating on diverse joint projects from discrimination to human rights. Read the full text here.

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A Photographic Blast From the Past – NYTimes.com

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Five years of photography from nearly 100 freelance photographers during the mid seventies documenting “the environmental happenings and non-happenings of the decade”.  A Photographic Blast From the Past – NYTimes.com.

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Dialogue and Mutual Understanding

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

Motivated by the International Year of Youth (2010), members of British Columbia’s Youth Advisory Group (YAG) of the Canadian Commission to UNESCO produced this short film under the theme “Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”. Click here to view the collaborative efforts … Continue reading →

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Igniting social action through Canadian literature

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

“Listen, I read” is an initiative to encourage Canadian students to share their opinions and to become more involved in social change through the use of literature and media. See here for details.

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