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Climate Tech Solutions with SOSV, Mayfield & UN Joint SDG Fund
Dec 2, 2020 (12:00 - 13:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
The decade of action is here. Find out how three world changing funds are approaching Climate Tech solutions, and highlighting the impact that venture capital can make along with our global community. This event is brought to you by the Genesis Consortium, an alliance of venture funds and corporations to promote human and planetary...
Inclusive Leadership
Dec 2, 2020 (1:30 pm - 2:15 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Inclusive Leadership is pivotal in ensuring equality and fairness for all in the workplace. Diverse and inclusive organisations also have a strategic advantage that allows them to outperform their competitors. Amidst the current Covid-19 pandemic, Inclusive Leadership is now more important than ever. Being able to successfully lead diverse teams through uncertain times in an empathetic...
Leveraging Creativity to Increase Leadership Impact
Dec 2, 2020 (2:00 pm - 3:00 PM) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Creativity is a skill that is inherent in us all and we can express it in varying degrees. Leadership and creativity share similarities, but they are also very distinct skills.
In this webinar, you will explore how you can leverage both creativity and leadership skills to increase your impact to your projects, teams and organization.
By the end of this webinar, you...
How to communicate about harmful products and industries
Dec 2, 2020 (8:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Hosted by: naomi harris
This free webinar is designed for HCA members to learn, upskill and hear the latest evidence on communicating about harmful industries in advocacy campaigns. This webinar is based on recent research supported by VicHealth and disseminated to health groups in Australia
Mark Chenery from Common Cause will present his international research to HCA members after working with dozens...
Lisilojulikana (The Unknown) - Screening | #ReframingFilmNarrative
Dec 3, 2020 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled People (IDDP) started in 1992. Taking place every 3rd of December, it aims to promote disabled peoples’ rights and well-being in all spheres of society and development, as well as increase awareness of the situations disabled people face within every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
In 2020, to...
Zero hunger Webinar
Dec 3, 2020 (11 AM - 12 PM) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Globally, 9% of the world goes hungry each year. Hunger is on the rise, even as average levels of wealth have increased, as the world enjoys unprecedented prosperity, and as enough food is produced to feed over 10 billion people. The problem of hunger globally is so acute that the World Food Program received this year's Nobel Peace Prize; they won the prize both in recognition of the...
Anti-Racist Cooperation
Dec 4, 2020 (12:00PM)
Hosted by: Roeshawn Davidson
Cooperation Canada has been coordinating an advisory group to develop a sector-wide statement and accountability framework on anti-racism. The advisory group will share reflections on the process so far, what we’ve heard already in terms of comments and questions from the sector, and how these will be addressed in the statement and the actions to come. This is also another chance to feed...
From Risk to Opportunity: Climate Transitions and Tropical Commodities
Dec 7, 2020 (10:00 am - 11:30 am) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Together with ministers and senior officials from the UK and German governments, Orbitas will lead a high-level panel alongside private sector leaders to discuss the risks and opportunities climate transitions present to the tropical commodities sector.
Orbitas is a ground-breaking initiative established to quantify the risks caused by responses to climate change in the tropical...
50 Years of the Status of Women Report: Looking Back to Move Forward
Dec 7, 2020 (10:30AM - 12:30PM)
Hosted by: Roeshawn Davidson
Join the Department of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WaGE) and the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) as we mark the 50th Anniversary of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and chart the path forward for the next 50 years. This intergenerational event will take stock of the past 50 years, celebrating the progress of trailblazers and...
A Conversation on Canada's Global Engagement
Dec 8, 2020 (12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Hosted by: Roeshawn Davidson
The Together Project believes that back to normal is not an option and that together, Canada, alongside other global actors, can create forward solutions for a better Canada and a better world.
This event marks the launch of a series of cases, which show that we have the tools, evidence, and resources we need to contribute to a more prosperous, healthy, and stable world. With Canadian...
The Power Lunch: Ending the Violence & Inequality
Dec 8, 2020 (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Join us for a powerful, raw and forward-looking conversation about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Did you know that an Indigenous woman in Canada is more than three times likely to experience violence than a non-Indigenous woman? Our panel discussion, moderated by award-winning journalist Brandi Morin, will talk about lived experience and ways we can all...
International Human Rights Day Virtual Conference
Dec 9, 2020 (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
United for Human Rights is holding a global virtual conference in celebration of the International Human Rights Day.
Join prominent humanitarians and activists from around the world on 9 December for a live discussion about how we can recover the fundamental rights for everyone and tackle XXI century challenges with Human Rights Education.
You will also learn about
Intersectionality: distraction or demand?
Dec 9, 2020 (12:30 pm - 2:30 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Thinking intersectionally can transform our understanding of the obstacles Black and Asian people face if they’re female, disabled, old, young, gay, or lesbian.
It can shine a spotlight on the double discrimination faced by Black women or older Asian people.
But is all this talk of intersectionality really a way to avoid talking about core issues like...
Teaching Leadership and Life Skills
Dec 10, 2020 (10:00 am - 10:45 am) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
Please join Special Guest Christina Lowery, CEO, Girl Rising and our hosts Eliza Woloson, Meg Porfido, Liz Berry Gips, Moira Cullen, Lee Strongwater, Boli Medappa, Kate Isler, Emily Nielson Jones, Claudia Zeisberger, Cynda Collins Arsenault, Patricia Cooper, Doug Bradbury, Martha Tate, Dita and Rob Hutchinson as we...
RISE TOGETHER
A series of virtual...
Building an Indigenized Future: Spirited Leadership
Dec 10, 2020 (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
News articles about COVID-19 regularly ask, “When can we return to normal?” As Indigenous people working at an Indigenous-led organization, we’re asking a much different question: “What could a new normal look like?” Rather than returning to the pre-COVID-19 world, we’re trying to create an entirely...
Enabling circularity in Canada through the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Dec 10, 2020 (2:00 pm - 3:00 PM)
Hosted by: naomi harris
Members of the Enabling Circularity for Plastics Working Group led by Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC) and BASF Canada and will present best practices on mapping the plastics value chain, common incentives across the value chain, and key considerations required to set up multi-stakeholder circularity pilot projects.
This is an official side event of the World Circular...
BLC 2020 - Anti-Racism and Equity is for Everyone
Dec 11, 2020 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm) - (GMT -7:00) Mountain Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
2020 has brought some interesting challenges to the Board Leadership Calgary planning team, but we are committed to providing high quality learnings for your non-profit organizations. Like previous years, the intention is to provide basic level learnings for board of directors, staff, and those looking to be involved in non-profit organizations.
This year's learning event will...
Work-life integration: Successful workplace practices in the “new normal”
Dec 16, 2020 (9:00AM)
Hosted by: Roeshawn Davidson
This webinar provides an overview on how to successfully implement policies and practices that promote work-life balance in the workplace, taking into consideration the challenges that businesses and employees in G7 and EU countries are facing due to the current pandemic.
The Future of Women Entrepreneurship
Dec 17, 2020 (8:00PM - 9:30PM)
Hosted by: Roeshawn Davidson
Community+ will be hosting a virtual event to bring awareness to women entrepreneurs who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
Ethics 101
Dec 18, 2020 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: naomi harris
This virtual learning opportunity will:
- Identify the roots of the professional social work identity;
- locate the ideologies that inform the values of our profession;
- examine the tension between our profession's values and the dominant ideology;
- examine the intersection of oppression and privilege as the foundation for relational ethics; and
- support...