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Watch the rebroadcast. Reflecting realities: Women's rights in Sudan and Canada

Streamed live on April 23, 7:30 PM EST, watch the rebroadcast of the 2012 edition of the Inter Pares Speakers Series, as Asha El-Karib and Amanda Dale discuss the inspiration and the challenges of promoting peace and women's rights amidst violence and fundamentalism.

 

Part One

 

Generation NGO – book celebration and benefit for Bikes Without Borders

Mar 31 2012 - 11:45am

Location

Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, room 120
Toronto
Canada
43° 39' 3.1212" N, 79° 23' 49.4556" W

At the Centre for Social Innovation, first floor.

FREE!

Join contributors from Generation NGO in a celebration of the book and a benefit for Bikes Without Borders (BWB). Program at 4:00pm - hear stories from contributors of Generation NGO and learn about BWB. Refreshments provided.

"Generation NGO" is a book about a generation of young professionals who are actively engaged in global issues, who venture overseas to work in international development. What happens when they leave their comfortable homes to journey to refugee camps or war zones in the name of "development," and then return home? These are their stories.

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Africafiles: The Pulse

Africafiles: Cities, poverty and revolution

February 15, 2012
| Africa is rapidly urbanizing, and Peace Studies Lecturer Timothy Gachanga argues there could be a link between growing African urban poverty and revolution.

17:16 minutes (15.81 MB)
Inter Pares
January 2, 2012 |
In 2011, Inter Pares contributed more than $4.1 million in financial support, as well as political and organizational assistance, to our counterparts in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Canada.
Gerry Caplan

Brain drain makes Africa a generous donor

| December 5, 2011

"Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus", Screening and Director Q&A - A Fundraiser for RESULTS Canada

Oct 17 2011 - 6:45pm
Oct 17 2011 - 9:00pm

Location

Innis College Town Hall Theatre, University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Canada
Phone: 647-717-7458
43° 39' 55.3104" N, 79° 23' 58.6932" W

"Bonsai people: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus"

Bonsai People  

Toronto Premiere and Q&A with Director Holly Mosher.

A Fundraiser for RESULTS Canada.

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McLean Ayearst
Progressive Voices

Haiti and Canadian imperialism

July 26, 2011
| We speak with Kevin Edmonds of the Canada Haiti Action Network and Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti on rebuilding after the 2010 earthquake, the Canadian coup d'etat of 2004, and more.

27:27 minutes (25.14 MB)

ICT4D

ICT4D, also known as ICT4Dev, is an acronym that stands for Information and Communication Technologies for Development.

ICT4D refers to the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the fields of human rights, international development, and socioeconomic development. Essentially, it is a problem solving approach that advocates for the application of technological solutions to developing world problems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communication_technologies_...

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Progressive Voices

Free trade and human rights violations: Examining the Canada-Colombia FTA

June 30, 2011
| We speak with Dr. George Sorger, professor emeritus at McMaster University, on the recently implemented Free Trade Agreement with Colombia.

30:02 minutes (27.5 MB)

RESULTS Canada Toronto Meeting

Apr 20 2011 - 6:30pm
Apr 20 2011 - 8:30pm

Location

Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street Boardroom B1
Toronto M4W 2G8
Canada
43° 40' 18.4512" N, 79° 23' 12.5268" W

RESULTS Canada is a national non-profit organization whose volunteers use media outreach, adovocacy tools and community engagement to influence policymakers to commit resources to proven and cost-effective interventions that improve the lives of millions living in extreme poverty.  Contact mclean@results-resultats.ca for inquiries or to RSVP.

 

Contact name: 
McLean
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