Events

The Right to Education for Women and Girls Affected by Displacement and Crisis: Exploring International Obligations, Innovations and Good Practices.

The Right to Education for Women and Girls Affected by Displacement and Crisis: Exploring International Obligations, Innovations and Good Practices. This panel will explore how innovations are developed to ensure refugee and displaced women and girls and those living in crisis-affected settings have access to quality, gender-equitable, and internationally recognized education that will open further […]

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Global Reads – AKFC’s Book Club (April Edition)

Aga Khan Foundation Canada is pleased to invite you to join an enlightening edition of our book club series, Global Reads. In April, we’ll be exploring the remarkable narratives in Erin Hern’s book, Explaining Successes in Africa: Things Don’t Always Fall Apart. This isn’t your typical Africa narrative; it’s a journey into the unsung victories, resilience, and

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Calming the Waters: Stories of Water, Peace, and Life

As part of OCIC’s World Water Day 2024 activities we are excited to announce our partnership with the 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling community for “Calming the Waters: Stories of Water, Peace, and Life,” a special themed Friday storytelling night. This event aims to highlight stories about water, including personal narratives, folk tales, fairy tales, songs, and other oral pieces. We

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Achieving Women’s Economic Empowerment: Innovative Models to Addressing Unpaid Care Work

This CSW68 side event addresses the persistent challenges hindering the achievement of SDGs, particularly SDG5 and SDG8, with a focus on unpaid care work’s critical role in the achievement of economic empowerment, especially for women. Women shoulder disproportionate care work responsibilities, which leads to time and asset poverty limiting their economic empowerment and public leadership

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Cobalt Blues: A Conversation on the politics of resource extraction and education in the DRC

The Arthur V. Mauro Institute for Peace & Justice at St. Paul’s College and Canadian Jesuits International present: COBALT BLUES: A Conversation on the politics of resource extraction and education in the DRC. When: Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 10:00am – 11:15am (CST) / 11:00am – 12:15pm (EST) via Zoom and in-person at St. Paul’s

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Empowering Change: A Celebration of Partnership with Tusonge

We’re excited to partner with Crossroads International for this exciting in-person event in Toronto! Crossroads will be celebrating their incredible partnership with TUSONGE Community Development Organisation in Tanzania. Join us as we welcome the Executive Director of TUSONGE to Canada as part of a South-North exchange of the Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP). TUSONGE’s mission focuses

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Advancing Action on Adaptation: Implications of COP28

On February 22, join Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for a virtual event on advancing global action on adaptation and the implications of COP28’s adaptation-related outcomes. The event will include presentations, a panel discussion with experts, followed by a Q&A, and interactive discussion groups.

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