Global Citizenship Initiative

Global Citizenship Initiative Sign up for our bi-weekly NL Guide to Glocal by emailing [email protected]! Connect. Act. Learn.

Born in 2009, the Global Citizenship Initiative (GCI) is an organization dedicated to encouraging a holistic understanding of global issues, social justice, and active citizenship in Newfoundland and Labrador. During 2010, the GCI has impacted the content of three courses in the K-12 system, has been invited to give input into two other courses in the coming year, and has formed some great ties wi

th other amazing groups dedicated to social change in Newfoundland and Labrador. One of GCI's goasl is to have a course related to social justice and/or civics instated at the senior high level. Effort has also been directed to encouraging more global content at Memorial University and other post-secondary institutions in the province; supporting teachers and students with extracurricular resources and opportunities, and motivating active citizenship at all ages and stages in the province. What the GCI represents is an incredible opportunity to help reshape the way our youth think about global issues, and the potential impact could be enormous. If you are interested in getting involved with GCI, please e-mail us at
[email protected]
and we'll be happy to let you know more!

04/17/2013

Are you a Canadian student who wants to gain Indian experience? Check out SICI's International Youth Internship Program for Canadian post-secondary graduates, undergraduates and graduates to live and work in India with four development organizations for six months. Application Deadline: April 30.

Are you a Canadian student who wants to gain Indian experience? Check out SICI's International Youth Internship Program for Canadian post-secondary graduates, undergraduates and graduates to live and work in India with four development organizations for six months. Application Deadline: April 30. For details and to apply, visit: http://bit.ly/ZzHHxX

04/17/2013

Feeling inspired as the semester winds down? Check out the United Nations Careers websites. Lots of great available! http://j.mp/rkAQ26

Thank you to all the interns -- past and present -- who have worked alongside UN staff around the world.

Find out about the United Nations Careers internship programme here: http://j.mp/rkAQ26

Picture here: This week Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with interns currently working at UN Headquarters in New York City.

04/16/2013

Today is World Day. The best way to help reduce poverty in developing countries is to give people the tools to help themselves.

Today is World Entrepreneurship Day. The best way to help reduce poverty in developing countries is to give people the tools to help themselves.

04/15/2013
Open Arms Closed Doors - Brazil

The booming economic juggernaut in Brazil has transformed lives. It has also acted as a beacon attracting migrants from all over the world, including the former Portuguese colony of Angola. Expecting to find a vast multicultural embrace, Angolan immigrant Badharo instead finds barriers and even racism in Rio - this is his story.

Brazil's booming economy brings many African migrants to its shores, but once there does the dream of a better life die?

04/09/2013
Momentum1000 | 1000 Minute Digital Worldwide Rally – 1000 Milestone For The MDGs

April 5th marks the 1,000-day milestone until the 2015 target date to achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a development framework to improve lives worldwide. Acommunity of individuals, organizations, and institutions will come together to celebrate successes to date, reinvigorate discussion on the MDGs themselves, and begin to advance a post-2015 development framework that builds on .
To Join the community and be a part of the 1,000-minute worldwide social media rally visit: http://momentum1000.org/

HomeWhat is Momentum1000?April 5th, 2013 marked the 1,000-day milestone until the 2015 target date to achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a development framework to improve lives worldwide. On that day, a community of individuals, organizations, and institutions celebrated successe...

04/02/2013

The United Nations voted to adopt the Arms Trade Treaty with a vote of 154 YES, 3 no and 23 abstain.

BREAKING NEWS: We did it! The UN voted to adopt the Arms Trade Treaty with a vote of 154 YES, 3 no and 23 abstain! Canada voted YES!

04/02/2013
Gates Foundation

Think its time for a reinvented condom? So does the &melindagatesfoundation

Yes, it's true. We'd love to see a reinvented condom. While it's an amazing health tool, it hasn't improved much in the last 50 years.

But a better new condom won't do much good sitting in a lab somewhere. Find out the next piece of the challenge: http://gates.ly/XEAcWO

03/27/2013
News - acic

Lots of opinion pieces this week about the merging of CIDA with DFAIT, including from the minister himself, Julian Fantino. Check out thelinks on the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation's website!

CIDA being folded into DFAIT: The Canadian Council for International Co-operation concerned about CIDA’s mandate being watered down. (CCIC News...

03/25/2013
Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador

Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador is hiring for their summer Green Teams! Deadline for applications is Friday April 5th, 2013.

http://www.ccnl.ca/what-s-available/

Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador is currently seeking individuals for the following Senior Green Team Program Positions - Regional Supervisors (up to six positions) and Communications and Education Officer.

03/25/2013
Internships - acic

Great international development available! Apply by April 14!

ACIC works with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and our members, to facilitate and implement International Aboriginal Youth Internships (IAYI), and International Youth Internships (IYI). These positions along with other non-ACIC internships can be found below.

03/22/2013
Ban Ki-moon - International World Water Day 2013: Water Cooperation

Its ! Check out the United Nations Secretary-General's video message supporting as the key to development

United Nations, New York, 20 March 2013 - UN Secretary-General video message on the occasion of International World Water Day 2013 (22 March). The day focuse...

03/20/2013

Its the first United Nations International Day of Happiness!

Message of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the first-ever International Day of Happiness, 20 March 2013.

http://j.mp/16y15SO

03/19/2013
Doctoral College :: Power to the Girls: A Critical Feminist Examination of Strategies to Empower Gir

Interested in empowering young and women through sport? Check out this awesome PhD studentship at University of Brighton
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/2013studentships/social-sciences/project-1-21-2/

Potential applicants should have a minimum of a 2:1 undergraduate degree and desirably have/expect to achieve a Masters degree or equivalent with excellent grades in a relevant subject from a UK university or comparable qualifications from another recognised university. Applicants whose first langua...

03/15/2013
AJE magazine: The Changing Face of India

In the latest issue of the Al Jazeera English digital magazine, they look at the problems that faces on its journey to become one of the fastest-growing and diverse major economies of the world.

The sixth edition presents a range of stories highlighting the challenges faced by the world's most populous democracy.

03/13/2013

NL 2013 ambassadors Donvan & Sabrina (second and third from the left) at the de-brief this weekend. Congrats on all of your efforts for this campaign!!

Thank you to our ambassadors who could make it to our debrief on Saturday. You are all amazing people! http://ow.ly/i/1G3PB

03/13/2013
Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions

Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s project Toy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possesions—their toys.
http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/03/photos-of-children-from-around-the-world-with-their-most-prized-possessions/

Chiwa - Mchinji, Malawi Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti's project Toy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possesions—their toys. Galimberti explores the universality of being a kid amidst the diversity of the

03/12/2013
Youth_overview

Coady International Institute is recruiting for their 2013 Youth in Partnership internships. Internships are for recent Canadian graduates to gain experience working overseas with development organizations in their area of expertise, to increaseunderstanding of development issues and participate as global citizens. Applications due March 15, 2013. http://www.coady.stfx.ca/themes/youth/youth_overview/

Since 1997, the Coady International Institute's Youth in Partnership program has provided opportunities for recent Canadian graduates to gain experience working overseas with development organizations in their area of expertise, to help them increase their understanding of development issues and par...

03/12/2013
Thought for food

The Economist "...In general, though, as countries develop people spend proportionally less on food. South Koreans spent one-third of their income on food in 1975; now the figure is just 12%. That leaves more money for the more enjoyable things in life. Hungarians lead the way in these matters: they devote around 10% of their household spending to alcohol and to***co". http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/daily-chart-5?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/dc/thoughtforfood

How much people in different countries spend on food, as a proportion of incomeTHE discovery by European food shoppers that some of them have been eating horse in...

03/08/2013
Future Friendly Schools - Global Citizenship: Hot (74 ideas) – Customer Feedback for TakingITGlobal

Amazing new initiative by TakingITGlobal! whoa whoa whoaaa!
called "Future Friendly Schools" - a certification program for schools who meet 10 criteria exemplifying a dedication to Global Citizenship, Student Voices, and Environmental Stewardship.

And YOU can vote on what those 10 criteria should be - or add your own!

Future Friendly Schools - Global CitizenshipWhat makes a Future Friendly School? Through this participatory process, you will help to identify and prioritize the most relevant indicators for certification across our three focus areas of environmental stewardship, student voice, and global citizenshi...

03/08/2013
International Women Day - NFB

Free Streaming for from National Film Board of Canada Offering free streaming for over 50 films about women at nfb.ca/iwd .Featured film includes Karen Cho's award-winning NFB feature documentary Status Quo? The unfinished business of Feminism in Canada.

Watch quality Canadian documentary, animation and Fiction

03/07/2013
Celebrating International Women's Day with Esther Ekua Amoako




Esther Ekua Amoako shares her thoughts on International Women's Day . Esther is a lecturer at Ghana's University of Development Studies and is co-facilitating Engineers Without Borders Canada newly created Gender Action Fellowship in Ghana

Esther Ekua Amoako, a lecturer at the University of Development Studies and passionate gender activist, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Gha...

03/07/2013
USA for Africa - We are the World

Here's a . 'We are the world' was released 28 years ago today.

25.6.2009 - Michael Jackson died 50 years old.... great singer in the past, "broken soul" in the present... USA for Africa just cool to do that and good song...

03/06/2013

Great events happening in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador for International Women's Day and Week! Check out some of these events!

Updated events for International Women's Day celebrations:

02/23/2013
S Korea female president brings gender hopes

South Korea is to inaugurate its first female president, Park Geun-hye. The country recently ranked in the bottom third of a global list on gender equality, but there are hopes that things might improve following's Monday's ceremony.

Country ranked in bottom third of global equality list, but inauguration raises hopes of tackling issue.

02/19/2013
Public Event March 2nd! How to build communities we love | Happy City

We are going to be highlighting some awesome local events that are going on in S t. John's! First up Happy City St. John's How to Build Communities We Love on March 2!

What makes a place somewhere that people want to live, work, raise families, visit, start a business, or grow old in? Dr. Katherine Loflin, self-described "City Doctor," is coming to St. John's.

02/18/2013

Check out the progress toward the Millennium Development Goals in the http://on.undp.org/hEqEs

How is progress towards the Millennium Development Goals going in the Philippines? Check this cool map by UNDP Philippines: http://on.undp.org/hEqEs

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