Every year on July 1, Canadians around the world celebrate Canada Day, the anniversary of our confederation in 1867. The day is a great time to think about what it means to be Canadian. To some, that might be a friendly game of hockey on a frozen lake or a canoe trip where the only tweets you'll hear are from birds.
But, many also take July 1 to think about Canada's role in the world and the investments we make...
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Thank you for the letter you sent to me on International Women’s Day and for calling on world leaders to recognise the indisputable link between gender inequality and extreme poverty.
Grace is one of hundreds of thousands who have entered Uganda as a refugee. In addition to being resettled into a new community, they are also desperately in need of access to education.
It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent.
1. "Homeward" -- Bassey Ikpi
Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America-raised poet, captures audiences with her spoken word ode to her grandmother in Homeward. Visiting her unfamiliar family, she laments, “It breaks my heart to realize that I can only love her clearly in English.” Ipki lets us into her uncertainty and struggles to find somewhere she can call...
As we all know, a nutritious breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In light of this, we're shining a spotlight on typical breakfasts that can be found in six different African countries!
Now, don’t get me wrong, huge progress has been made in the fight for equal rights, such as votes for women and in some parts of the world, governments that have equal representation, HOWEVER, there are still many obstacles in the way when it comes to achieving equality of the sexes.
"One of the saving graces in this budget, is the fact that Canada increased our support to the ACT-Accelerator, which helps get Covid tests, treatments, supplies, and more to people in the most need. This should be celebrated, but the Government must address the combined crisis of COVID, Ukraine, and the economic aftershocks rippling through African and other developing countries. We need to increase investments to tackle all these crises at the same time, rather than just focusing on...
As a new year starts, resolutions are likely on everyone’s mind. The pressure is especially on this year as we enter not just another year, but a whole new decade.
Here at ONE, we’ve got some pretty big goals for the coming year, and decade. We’re continuing our fight to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases into the ‘20s, but we can’t get very far without activists like you.
If you’re ready to make big change happen in 2020, we’ve got...