Part of Blog Series: Global Issues, Local Solutions – Calgary Organizations Spotlight The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations focuses on global issues but aims to solve them through the local solutions available in each and every community. With this perspective in mind, we at United Nations Associations Read more…
By: Josephine Mary In a recent conversation with an ESG professional, I took a pause and reflected on my education choices which I took based on the knowledge and resources I had. After 10 years, a part of me wondered about the massive education opportunities my fellow speaker had known Read more…
Peaceful Sustainability or ‘Green’ Weapons? By: Angelina Patoka Past November the United Nations commemorated the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. The long winded title is self-explanatory, what does it have to do with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The importance thereof Read more…
Reducing mental health stigma with Calgary Distress Centre By: Jess Williamson World Mental Health Day is on October 10, which is timely with back to school pressures, post-pandemic stress and uncertainty about the future, but Calgary’s 24 hour support crisis intervention agency, Distress Centre Calgary (DCC) is here to help. Read more…
Healthy Ageing in Post-Ageist 2022 and Beyond By: Angelina Patoka It is with a heavy heart that today we commemorate the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Unfortunately, this continues to be an underreported widespread issue worldwide and numerous findings suggest it could get worse. Elder abuse is most commonly Read more…
Pulses for your Pulses By: Angelina Patoka Today we celebrate World Pulses Day (WPD) to underline the importance of pulses to food security, nutrition, and sustainability. It also serves to echo the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) previous work when it declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. Pulses Read more…
The travesty of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) By: Zara Obaa “Female Genital Mutilation is not simply a destruction of bodily tissue, it’s an attempt at the destruction of a little girl’s spirit” – Unknown The United Nations General Assembly has designated February 6 as the International Day of Zero Tolerance Read more…
By: Angelina Patoka The futurists’ optimism was never limited to flying cars and robot doctors. Wonderment and excitement about an idyllic future where the usage of technology as a daily medium of learning across all levels of education was perceived as innovative and progressive in books and articles from less Read more…
Empowering Immigrant Women Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) Interview by: Anabia Adnan In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in human migration. The most prominent reasons that challenge humans to rebuild their lives in a new country are political instability, poverty and economic challenges and climate change. Though Read more…
Nisa Homes…a place of healing, hope and dignity Interview by: Anabia Adnan The United Nations (UN) recognizes and observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women every year on November 25. This day is recognized to raise awareness and increase political will for preventing and ending all forms Read more…