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SSHRC Partnership Grant funds research project to empower youth worldwide in transforming gender norms

webfull — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:59:16 +0000

Education Professor Claudia Mitchell receives $2.5 million in funding for ambitious visual arts-based initiative

Gender disparities persist glaringly around the globe with gender-based violence standing out as one of the most widespread human rights violations. Alarmingly, only 52 per cent of women who are married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use, and health care. The United Nations has identified transforming harmful gender norms as a critical goal among its 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

Published: 3 June 2024

The UN’s New Agenda for Protection | International Peace Institute

webfull — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:56:44 +0000

May 13, 2024 | The United Nations (UN) recently released its Agenda for Protection, a comprehensive document aiming to enhance protection as a collective responsibility across various UN components. It addresses previous shortcomings highlighted by inquiries into UN responses in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. However, it faces challenges due to geopolitical dynamics undermining multilateral action and UN entities’ limited roles in ongoing conflicts.

Published: 14 May 2024

Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

webfull — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:14:39 +0000

September 1, 2023 | UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Tomoya Obokata visited Max Bell School of Public Policy to examine issues of contemporary forms of slavery in Canada, including its causes and consequences. During the meeting organized by McConnell Visiting Scholar Olivia Smith, the Special Rapporteur met with federal, provincial, and municipal authorities, national human rights bodies, and victims of contemporary forms of slavery.

Published: 5 September 2023

Reforming the United Nations: How Canada Can Lead on Human Rights | Policy Magazine

webfull — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:19:33 +0000

February 9, 2023 | Following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Elisa Alloul wrote about how the lack of accountability on how gross human rights abusers have joined UN bodies is hurting the UN's legitimacy and credibility. Elisa Alloul is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at ��ֱ��.

Published: 14 February 2023

International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats | American Academy of Arts & Sciences

webfull — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:38:35 +0000

April 2022 | The American Academy of Art and Sciences' project on Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict has just released International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats.

Published: 24 April 2022

Expert: Federal Budget 2022

webfull — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:45:29 +0000

The federal Liberals unveil their latest budget that aims to balance promises made in the 2021 election campaign, in the pact with the NDP, and recently to Canada's global defence allies. The 2022 budget released Thursday includes more than $31 billion in new spending over the next five years. It’s targeted at speeding the flow of goods through the country’s supply chains, boosting housing supply and jolting businesses out of an anemic period of investment. (Global News)

Published: 7 April 2022

Who should represent Myanmar at the UN? An Op/Ed piece by ISID Director Erik Kuhonta.

webfull — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:41:22 +0000

Since the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar has been stalemated between two very uneven, but equally resolute forces. Professor Erik Kuhonta explores the issue in an op-ed piece in the Globe and Mail. The full article can be found in the link provided.

Published: 16 September 2021

Experts: International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste | September 29

webfull — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:14:27 +0000

This year represents the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste. The COVID-19 pandemic continues generating significant challenges to food security in many countries. These challenges include disruptions in supply chains, quarantine measures, and the closure of much of the hospitality industry and schools. All these measures have resulted in a loss of markets for producers and distributors, making the situation even more challenging. (United Nations)

Published: 28 September 2020

Expert: Violence in Myanmar

webfull — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:05:50 +0000

“The United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, has appealed to Myanmar to end the violence that has led more than 120,000 Rohingya people to flee in the last two weeks, which he warned was ‘creating a situation that can destabilise the region’.” (The Guardian)

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Published: 7 September 2017

��ֱ�� experts: UN World Refugee Day - June 20

webfull — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:38:23 +0000

Published: 17 June 2014

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