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SUMMARY:Belonging Matters: Identity\, Health and Sustainable Development
DESCRIPTION:A panel of experts from the Aga Khan Development Network and CIFAR’s program in Social Interactions\, Identity and Well-being presented their latest insights on the importance of social networks. A moderated discussion included a question and answer session with the audience. \nThe evening inspired and informed policy-makers\, scholars\, practitioners and engaged citizens who are searching for new ways to understand well-being and to build resilience in vulnerable communities worldwide. \nEvent details:This event has taken place.  \nGuest speakers: \n\nCIFAR Senior Fellow Alex Haslam\nCIFAR Advisor John Berry\nThe CANADIAN PRESS Medical Reporter Helen Branswell\n\nBiographies \n\nUndertaken with financial support of: \n \nIn partnership with:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/belonging-matters/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140602
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SUMMARY:The 25th Anniversary Celebration of the International Youth Fellowship Program
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URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/iyf-2014/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140512
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SUMMARY:Return to Afghanistan: In Conversation with Mellissa Fung
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, Mellissa returned to Afghanistan for the first time since her captivity – and on May 12\, Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists were pleased to host Mellissa in Ottawa for a live\, webcast event. \nUsing images and video she collected on her most recent trip\, Mellissa explored the Afghan people’s success and challenges\, and explained why the international community must continue to invest at this crucial moment for the country. \nMellissa made brief remarks\, followed by a moderated discussion hosted by Don Martin\, host of CTV’s Power Play. Refreshments followed. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \nWatch the webcast:  \n \nMellissa Fung \nAward-winning journalist and former CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung has been on the frontlines of a wide range of stories on both Canadian and world affairs. She covered the Beijing Olympics and the war in Afghanistan among other events\, and produced the award-winning documentaries Canada’s Ugly Secret and No Country for Horses. Her bestselling first book\, Under an Afghan Sky\, chronicles her experience as a hostage after she was kidnapped while on assignment in Afghanistan in 2008. Fung lives in Washington\, DC. \nRead her October 2013 article in The Walrus – “Afghanistan Undone”. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n  \n \nIn partnership with:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/return-to-afghanistan/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140408
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SUMMARY:Canada and the Fight to Protect all Children from Polio
DESCRIPTION:Public Event \nCanada and the Fight to Protect all Children from Polio: Successes and Challenges to Eradication by 2018 \n\nAt the April 2013 Global Vaccine Summit\, Canada and other global leaders pledged financial and political support to achieve a lasting polio free world by 2018. One year after and in the lead up to the Prime Minister’s Summit on Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH)\, this event took place at an opportune time to recognize what the Government of Canada\, UNICEF and partners have achieved\, and to critically examine major obstacles that lay ahead to achieving eradication and their concrete solutions. \nTackling issues such as the risks (ongoing and threatened) of new outbreaks\, the serious political and security challenges\, and the elements needed for the final push towards eradication\, guests had the opportunity to hear not only from Minister Paradis but also leading experts from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative\, including UNICEF\, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Rotary International.  \nSpeakers answered questions in an interactive discussion and a photo exhibit of Canadian-supported UNICEF polio eradication programs were on display. \n\n\n\nOpening\nKhalil Shariff\, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation Canada\n\n\nKeynote\nThe Hon. Christian Paradis\, Minister of International Development\n\n\nExpert Discussants\n\nPeter Crowley\, Head of Polio\, UNICEF \nDr. Bruce R. Aylward\, Assistant Director General – Polio and Emergencies\, World Health Organization \nWilfrid J. Wilkinson\, Past President\, Rotary International \n\n\n\nClosing\nDavid Morley\, President & CEO\, UNICEF Canada\n\n\n\n  \nEvent details: \nThis event has taken place. Watch the webcast: \n \nCanada and the Fight to Protect all Children from Polio was the seventh event in the series AKFC Seminars on Nurturing Maternal and Child Health\, co-hosted with the Canadian Network for Maternal\, Newborn and Child Health (CAN-MNCH). This series of events explored approaches and strategies designed to strengthen health care in developing countries\, with a particular focus on maternal and child health. \nIn partnership with:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/children-fight-polio/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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SUMMARY:Global Health & The World of Business
DESCRIPTION:A key example is Canada’s support of GAVI’s innovative business model\, including the Advance Market Commitment\, which has reduced the price of the pneumococcal vaccine by 95% for poor countries. This event took place at a key moment to define the role and value of public-private partnerships\, and determine how existing models can realize further progress at a global scale and be replicated in other sectors. \nAs the global community prepared to convene in Toronto at the Summit on Maternal\, Newborn and Child Health (May 28-30)\, AKFC and CAN-MNCH continued to explore effective and innovative approaches and a new development framework for post-2015 to reach the most marginalized women and children. \n\n\n\nModerator\nCatherine Clark\, Host\, CPAC’s Beyond Politics\n\n\nOpening\nMP Lois Brown\, Parliamentary Secretary to the  Minister of International Development\n\n\nPanelists\n\nDr. Seth Berkley\, CEO of the GAVI Alliance Mark Lievonen\, President of Sanofi Pasteur Limited Joel Spicer\, President of Micronutrient Initiative \n\n\n\n\n  \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \nWatch the webcast: \n \nGlobal Health and the Business World was the sixth event in the series AKFC Seminars on Nurturing Maternal and Child Health\, hosted in partnership with the Canadian Network for Maternal\, Newborn and Child Health (CAN-MNCH). This series of events explored approaches and strategies designed to strengthen health care in developing countries\, with a particular focus on maternal and child health.  \n In partnership with: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n  
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/global-health/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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SUMMARY:Please Use Responsibly: Journalism as a Tool for Development
DESCRIPTION:Aga Khan Foundation Canada and Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) were pleased to co-present an evening in conversation with Amara\, now part of the BBC Media Action team and the Gordon N. Fisher/JHR William Southam Journalism Fellow at Massey College in Toronto. He discussed the many roles media can play in the developing world – both contributing to the causes of war and repairing societies when the fighting stops – as well as what Canadian reporters can learn from journalists around the globe. The discussion was moderated by Alison Crawford\, national reporter in CBC’s parliamentary bureau. A reception followed. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \nWatch the webcast: \n \nSpeaker bios are available here \n   \nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n  \n \n \nIn partnership with: \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/please-use-responsibly/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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SUMMARY:Education at the Margins: Reaching Children in Fragile & Conflict-Affected States
DESCRIPTION:“Education for children is a basic building block we cannot afford to ignore.”  – Lois Brown\, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development. \nMs. Brown’s opening remarks set the stage for an informative conversation about the importance of providing education to all children\, especially those living in fragile and conflict-affected states. \nFollowing her remarks\, a panel of leading figures in education took to the stage to discuss the needs and challenges facing children in difficult environments. Alice Albright\, chief executive officer for the Global Partnership for Education\, David Morley\, president and chief executive officer for UNICEF Canada and Sharif Ghalib\, senior political advisor at the Embassy of Afghanistan\, engaged in conversation with an audience of over 130 guests gathered at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat and online via webcast on February 27\, 2014. The event was moderated by Diane Jacovella\, assistant deputy minister\, Global Issues Branch\, Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development. \nTopics discussed ranged from physical infrastructure to financing education and ensuring learning outcomes are met. The speakers reached consensus in noting the importance of having teachers\, communities\, civil society and government all work in tandem to enable safe\, secure\, quality education for all. \nWidening access to education\nRead about AKFC’s work in Afghanistan\, where over 50 per cent of children are now enrolled in school. \n  \nIn partnership with: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThis presentation is undertaken with financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development (DFATD).
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/education-margin/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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