International Development
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Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef adds International Development to her portfolioMonsef becomes Minister of International Development in addition to her current role as Minister of Women and Gender Equality.PoliticsMar 1, 2019
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Super Awesome Science Show: The blockchain boonOn this week’s podcast episode of the Super Awesome Science Show, we hope to decode blockchain.TechDec 18, 2018
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Ottawa to urge countries to offer abortion, contraception services to fight povertyThe World Health Organization says some 214 million women who would like to delay or stop having children report not using any form of contraception.CanadaNov 11, 2018
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Canada stands by UN relief agency the Trump administration calls ‘irredeemably flawed’Canada is standing by the United Nations Work and Relief Agency (UNWRA) after the United States announced it would cease funding the agency.WorldSep 1, 2018
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Mali peacekeeping mission hits close to home for small Quebec farming townFor more than 30 years, the 1,500-person farming community an hour east of Montreal has formed a deep and improbable friendship with the town of Sanankoroba, a rural Malian community some 30 kilometres south of the capital city of Bamako.CanadaJul 14, 2018
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Regina World Partnership Walk raises money to help end global povertyAn initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation, the five-kilometre walk has grown in its scale and reach, raising $100 million in more than three decades.CanadaJun 17, 2018
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Kirkland school salvaging old bikes to change lives in developing countriesWhile organizers hoped to collect many bicycles, the goal of the bike drive was to raise awareness about how simple actions can have a lasting impact.CanadaMay 27, 2017
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Meet the Yukoner reuniting Haitian ‘orphans’ with their familiesMorgan Wienberg recalls the scene that changed her life: Children sitting on concrete floors in their own vomit, emaciated and dehydrated, desperately in need of medical attention.WorldAug 1, 2014
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