International Development Week Archive

2011


The winners of our Cash-and-Donation prize pack were Shailyn Drukis and Tahirah Stanley! Shailyn and Tahirah generated the most page and video views as well as facebook recommendations during the month of February 2011.

The winning public entry for the Cash-and-Donation prize pack was submitted by Sara Suleman, who has been working with immigrant children within the Shia Ismaili Community in Math and English. To learn more about how Sara has been making a difference in her community and globallyclick here. 

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2009

During IDW 2009 OCIC introduced the Canadian public to five leaders in development through a series of profiles distributed across the province of Ontario as media inserts, available here.  

2008
During IDW 2008 OCIC used media and art to increase awareness of the Millennium Development Goals, and to encourage Canadians to become actively involved in working together for a better world. Some of our collaborative initiatives included:

*   Creation and dissemination of Global Voices, a newspaper profiling the work of our members, distributed through community newspapers in Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Peterborough, Sarnia, Thunder Bay and Toronto. The stories in  Global Voices focus on the efforts of Canadians working in collaboration with local partners around the world. They highlight a sample of innovative initiatives from over 50 international development and global education organizations that make up the Council.

For additional stories, click on the headlines immediately below. 

For A Better World
Participation, Empowerment and Decentralization
Women are on the Frontlines
Youth Plant Trees to Offset Greenhouse Gases
TIG Helps Youth Create Local Connections
The Children's Millennium Program
Why are you Hungy for Change?
Connecting Canadians with Fair Trade
This Valentines Day, Try Fair Trade
Lasting Effects


*   Opportunities to raise awareness and renew attention on the urgent need to end global poverty through our Postcard Project. This hands-on, creative initiative integrates use of collage, imagination and visions for a better world. A selection of postcards received at OCIC during IDW were exhibited at the National Film Board of Canada in Toronto and on our online gallery on the TakingITGlobal website at http://www.tigurl.org/postcards.

*   Screening of Positive Voices: Leading Together, a feature length documentary that explores the lives of five Ontario-based community leaders living with HIV/AIDS, organized by the OCIC HIV and AIDS Working Group in collaboration with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, and the National Film Board of Canada in Toronto.