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SUMMARY:How FinTech can tackle global poverty
DESCRIPTION:But innovations in financial technology – or FinTech – have the potential to break the cycle of poverty. Participants learned how new technologies at the forefront of the FinTech revolution\, such as mobile banking\, can unlock new opportunities for the world’s poor\, by providing access to new markets and promoting financial inclusion. \nAga Khan Foundation Canada\, Invest Ottawa\, and MaRS brought together the FinTech and international development community in Canada like never before\, in order to foster new collaborations\, increase community engagement\, and share knowledge. \n  \n \n\nThe MaRS #FinTechCA series crossed three cities in three weeks—Ottawa\, Vancouver and Montreal—for a national series of fireside chats and keynotes to address the latest technology trends\, global opportunities\, and regulatory changes rocking the financial world. \nWhat was discussed? \n• What does the future of FinTech look like from an innovation and regulatory perspective?• The flow of venture capital into Canadian FinTech.• What do VCs look for in FinTech companies?• FinTech in the global context: what opportunities exist?• Which Canadian cities are making an impact on the FinTech ecosystem?• How FinTech can help alleviate poverty globally.• How can we nurture more innovation and investment in FinTech?• How is MaRS bringing together the major players in FinTech? \n\nArti Modi\, CEO\, LendingArch | @artimodi_ \nAdam Nanjee\, Head of Financial Technology\, MaRS Discovery District | @adamnanjee \nTim Attia\, CEO\, Slice Labs | @TAttia \nLaurence Cooke\, Founder & CEO\, nanoPay | @laurencecooke \nGlenn Campbell\, Director\, Financial Institutions Division\, Financial Sector Policy\, Finance Canada \nBenoit Destouches\, Finance Director\, Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance \nKaren Letain\, Director of Marketing and Communications\, Invest Ottawa | @kletain  \n\nThe MaRS FinTech cluster connects the financial services sector with startups developing next generation technology in emerging payments\, financial services\, peer-to-peer transactions\, alternative lending and crypto-currencies. MaRS offers high-growth fintech startups the most comprehensive set of resources in Canada. Through a strategic network of partners\, the FinTech cluster supports entrepreneurs with rapid validation\, access to investment\, product feedback\, sales opportunities and business advisory services. \n\nIn partnership with: \n                    \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/mars-fintech/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160922
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SUMMARY:Embracing Complexity: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Development and Humanitarian Assistance
DESCRIPTION:Impact evaluations are a complex but critical component of development policy and practice. Done well\, they provide evidence of the effectiveness of interventions and offer lessons for future programs. In crisis or conflict situations\, however\, assessing the impact of interventions is even more challenging and complex\, given the urgency for immediate response. In both development and humanitarian contexts\, embracing complexity is key to measuring impact. \nParticipants joined Aga Khan Foundation Canada for the fourth event of our series on Measuring Development Impact\, Embracing Complexity with Dr. Jyotsna (Jo) Puri\, Deputy Executive Director and Head of Evaluation\, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). Dr. Puri’s presentation explored the evidence on what is working\, how and for whom\, in both development and crisis situations. She spoke about the nature of that evidence and focus specifically on areas such as climate change\, governance and humanitarian assistance – areas that have traditionally received less attention in the search for evidence of development impact. \n  \n \n\nDr. Jyotsna (Jo) Puri is Deputy Executive Director and Head of Evaluation at the International Initiative of Impact Evaluation (3ie). Jo is also adjunct faculty at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)\, Columbia University\, New York\, where she teaches development evaluation. She is currently advising International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)\, World Food Program (WFP) and Alliance for Green Revolution Africa (AGRA) on impact evaluations of programmes related to humanitarian assistance\, agriculture and environment. She is also currently working on an edited book with two others\, that synthesizes studies that evaluate climate change programmes Jo leads 3ie sector-based work on themes such as social norms\, agriculture\, nutrition\, community engagement and environment. She was also an adviser on the policy and technical aspects of the Green Economy report produced by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). \nJo has more than 21 years of experience in policy research and development evaluation. She has undertaken and led evaluation related work for the World Bank\, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)\, Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the MacArthur Foundation. Her research has focused on analyzing poverty impacts of policy and infrastructure investments in Asia and Latin America as well as environmental trade-offs in developing countries. As policy adviser at UNEP she has provided thematic and strategic advice on program development and engaging governments at various levels for effective delivery of outcomes for equitable\, green growth transitions. She is the lead author of a book on measuring and interpreting monitoring and evaluation indicators prepared for the Human Development Report Office and published by UNDP; Co-author of a book examining implications of Joint Implementation of Climate Change commitments for developing countries and led the publication of a synthesis report on Forests in a Green Economy published by UNEP. She sits on the board of Community of Evaluators\, South Asia and the Geneva based Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI). Jo’s academic qualifications include a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Resource Economics and a Masters in Development Economics. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/embracing-complexity/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160915
DTSTAMP:20260604T002939
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SUMMARY:Our Stories as Global Citizens - featuring Together: an exhibition on global development
DESCRIPTION:Participants walked through a custom-built truck with 1\,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space and explored how Canadians are driving positive change around the world. \n \nThe program celebrated the role that Canadians play in local and global development and the important role that we can all play as global citizens. \nFour notable individuals shared their journeys towards global citizenship! \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Redhead Champagne Community Organiser and Founder\, Aboriginal Youth Opportunities   \n\n\nMargaret Rempel  Farmer and former BoardMember\, Canadian FoodgrainsBank \n\nPablo Felices-Luna  Artistic Director\, ManitobaTheatre for Young People \nKyra Moshtaghi Nia  Board Member\, Canadian FairTrade Network and CommitteeMember\, Fair Trade Winnipeg \n\n\n\n  \n Michael Redhead Champagne has spent nearly two decades speaking out and leading by example. He takes a hopeful and solution oriented approach to youth engagement\, facilitation\, community organizing and mobilization. The list of accolades for his work are both lengthy and well deserved. He was recognized as the 2016 Canadian Red Cross Young Humanitarian of the Year and in TIME Magazine as a Next Generation Leader. In 2016\, Michael served on the Bank of Canada’s bank note advisory committee with a task of creating a short list of women nominated by the public to appear on a new bank note. Michael has also received a Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Award as well as recognition as a CBC Manitoba Future 40 leader\, a Manitoba Hero\, and a Future Leader of Manitoba. As the founder of AYO! (Aboriginal Youth Opportunities)\, he is committed to a wide variety of important community initiatives including Meet Me at the Bell Tower\, AYO Politix\, ARROWS Youth Engagement Strategy\, 13 Fires\, Fearless R2W and Winnipeg Water Wednesday. Michael has served as president of North End Community Renewal Corporation\, a board member for the Circle of Life Thunderbird House and is currently serving on the board for Marymound Inc. His committee work currently includes United Way of Winnipeg’s Council for Indigenous Relations and is an advisor to the Garden of Compassion initiative. Michael is known for his straight up and heartfelt style that will leave you moved\, inspired and ready for action. \nMargaret Rempel is a farmer from southeastern Manitoba\, who enjoys meeting other farmers around the world who share in her passion for growing food. She owns and operates a mixed farm which includes 1600 acres of crop land\, a hog enterprise as well as meat goats and pasture-raised chickens. Together with her late husband Ronald\, she lived and worked as a community development volunteer with Mennonite Central Committee in northeast Brazil from 1975 to 1978. Margaret has been involved in agriculture policy development for several decades\, including with such organizations as Keystone Agricultural Producers\, MB Rural Adaptation Council\, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute\, and MB Pork Council. She served on the Board of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank from 1997-2004\, chairing the Board for the last four of those years. She has traveled extensively across Canada as well as in Central and South America\, Europe\, South Africa\, India and Bangladesh. Imagining creative food production and food distribution possibilities continues to energize her global citizenship. \nPablo Felices-Luna was born and raised in Peru but came to Canada more than 25 years ago. He trained at the University of Victoria and York University. Like many theatre artists\, he has worked in a number of disciplines: as a director\, stage manager\, technical director\, production manager\, translator\, and as an artistic director. He started out by creating shows for small groups of 20-25 preschool age children\, and moved on to work with companies like Rosenath Theatre and Theatre Beyond Words\, as well as touring shows for young audiences with Young People’s Theatre\, MTYP\, Youtheatre. He also worked with youth through the Young Companies at Showboat Theatre and Theatre Orangeville\, and through a play-devising program called Commotion. In his time at Carousel Players\, he directed 15 different productions. He is particularly proud of the 7 new plays they created with 9 different playwrights. But what should you really know about Pablo? He loves his work\, and cares deeply about making our experiences in theatre meaningful and transformative. \nKyra Moshtaghi Nia spends her days working on cancer prevention programs at the Canadian Cancer Society. In the evening she is a part-time student working towards her master’s in Public Administration. Somewhere in the middle she volunteers with the fair trade movement\, as a board member of the Canadian Fair Trade Network and committee member for Fair Trade Winnipeg. She loves to be involved and has trouble saying no\, as crazy as the days are she loves how they are always full of new experiences. \n\n In partnership with: \n \n   \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/our-stories-as-global-citizens/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160902
DTSTAMP:20260604T002939
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SUMMARY:Together: A workshop on global development
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe workshop coincided with stops that Together: an exhibition on global development made at university campuses across Manitoba and Ontario. Housed in a custom-built truck\, Together is an interactive\, bilingual experience for all ages\, highlighting Canadian contributions to positive change around the world. Follow the exhibition’s journey and join the conversation on Twitter using #AllForChange. \nWant to know more about Together? Watch this. \nEvent details:This event has taken place at the University of Winnipeg\, Seneca College\, and York University. \n\n Are you as excited about the exhibition as we are? Help spread the word. Follow the exhibition’s journey and join the conversation on Twitter using #AllForChange. \nTo learn more about the Together exhibition\, including where it is going next\, email exhibit@akfc.caThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.\n or visit www.akfc.ca/together. \n\nThis event was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada.
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/uss2016/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160614
DTSTAMP:20260604T002939
CREATED:20170425T192329Z
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SUMMARY:Continuing the RCT conversation: Assessing the evidence from Randomized Evaluations of Economic Interventions in Health
DESCRIPTION:Participants continued the RCT conversation with Aga Khan Foundation Canada as part of our Measuring Development Impact series. Featuring Thomas Chupein of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)\, this session presented the evidence and policy lessons that have emerged from more than 150 health evaluations conducted by J-PAL affiliated researchers. Topics include pricing of preventive health care products\, behavioral nudges and use of incentives to encourage health-promoting behavior\, interventions to improve health care provider performance\, and opportunities for collaboration between J-PAL and the global health community. \n \n\nThomas Chupein is a Policy Manager at J-PAL and the Health Sector program manager. In these roles\, he helps forge new research partnerships and conducts outreach with policymakers to catalyze the use of evidence from J-PAL evaluations. Prior to joining J-PAL\, Thomas was Head of Research Initiatives for the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at UC Berkeley\, where he helped launch a program on behavioral economics in reproductive health. Previously\, he worked as a data analyst for UNICEF in Bhutan\, Nepal\, and Thailand. Thomas holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA in Development Studies from UC Berkeley. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/measuring-rct-health/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160610
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SUMMARY:Marking Milestones: AKFC's 2016 International Youth Fellows
DESCRIPTION:Participants joined us for refreshments in our char bagh\, the garden courtyard in the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, for a cultural celebration and a chance to connect with current fellows and program alumni. \nEvent details: \nThis event has taken place. \nTo learn more about the program’s life-changing impact on young Canadians\, watch this video: \n \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/fellowreception-2016/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160511
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SUMMARY:The Social Observatory: Adaptive Learning in Development Projects
DESCRIPTION:The Social Observatory has been working for five years with a $2 billion portfolio of livelihoods projects in India to improve their capacity to adapt. A team of economists\, sociologists\, behavioural scientists\, and management information system specialists has been engaged in a constructive collaboration with operations staff to improve implementation on the frontlines. \nOn May 10\, 2016\, Vijayendra Rao\, Lead Economist\, The World Bank\, was in Ottawa and shared his work with the Social Observatory. Dr. Rao discussed this interdisciplinary approach to improve development impact. He highlighted findings from impact evaluations and in-depth long-term qualitative research to show the “how and why” of when livelihoods interventions succeed and fail. He also demonstrated a new method of Participatory-Tracking that allows communities to generate census data with which they can monitor their own progress\, make better allocation decisions\, and provide a source of information to engage with the government to improve public services. \nFor more on the Social Observatory please see: http://socialobservatory.worldbank.org/. \nTo watch the webcast from the event\, please click on the video below: \n \nTo learn more about The Social Observatory\, watch this video here: \n \n\nVijayendra RaoLead Economist\, Development Research Group \nVijayendra Rao is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. He integrates his training in economics with theories and methods from anthropology\, sociology and political science to study the social\, cultural\, and political context of extreme poverty in developing countries. Dr. Rao has published on a variety of subjects that include dowries and domestic violence in India\, the economics of celebrations\, sex work in Calcutta\, participatory development\, village democracy and deliberation\, and inter-disciplinary approaches to public policy. He co-edited Culture and Public Action\, and History\, Historians and Development Policy\, and co-authored the 2006 World Development Report on Equity and Development. Most recently\, with Ghazala Mansuri\, he co-authored the World Bank’s Policy Research Report on Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? \nDr. Rao obtained a BA (Economics\, Statistics\, Sociology) from St. Xavier’s College – Bombay (now Mumbai)\, a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania\, was a post-doctoral fellow at the Economics Research Center and an Associate of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the University of Chicago\, and taught at the University of Michigan and Williams College before joining the World Bank’s Research Department in 1999. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals\, and is a member of the Successful Societies Program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)\, and affiliated with research institutes and NGOs in India\, the US\, and the UK. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/measuring-socialob/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160429
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SUMMARY:Launch of Together: An exhibition on Global Development
DESCRIPTION:Participants walked through a custom-built truck with 1\,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space and explored how Canadians are driving positive change around the world. \nIn 2016 the exhibition traveled to communities across western and central Canada. But before the truck hit the road\, we celebrated Together! \n \nThe program celebrated the role that Canada plays in global development and the importance of global citizenship\, a core theme of the Together exhibition. \nFour notable individuals shared their journeys towards global citizenship! \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nTa’Kaiya Blaney  –Award-winning Singer and Environmentalist  \n\n\nDerek Gent  –Executive Director at Vancity Community Foundation \n\nAndrea Reimer  – Vancouver City Councillor \nNareena Switlo  –Chief Operating Officer at Naledo Foods and Beverages and AKFC Speaker Bureau Volunteer \n\n\n\nThe evening was emceed by Kamil Karamali\, TV and radio news reporter for CBC Vancouver \nLaunch Program:5:00 to 5:30 Participants arrived early and met others interested in global development at a networking reception5:30 to 6:30 Participants were inspired by four individuals who demonstrate global citizenship through their skills and passions 6:30 to 8:00 Participants were among the first in Western Canada to visit the Together exhibition and explored how Canadians are driving positive change around the world. The exhibition was parked at the Vancouver Public Library and guests were welcome to visit it before the event. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \n\n \nAre you as excited about the exhibition as we are? Help us spread the word! \nTogether WebsiteFacebookTwitter \nPlease contact
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/together-launch2016/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160415
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SUMMARY:Smart Global Development Conference
DESCRIPTION:In developing countries\, the potential for universities to contribute directly and substantively to improved development\, growth and governance outcomes is arguably greatest. Despite that potential\, higher education has received comparatively little support from the international development community over the past several decades – particularly in comparison to investments in primary education and basic health. \nWatch the webcasts of the opening keynote by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston\, Governor General of Canada on Day 1\, and the three plenaries on Day 2 featuring The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau\, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie. \n \nClick on the images to see photo galleries from Day 1 and Day 2 of the conference below:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/smart-global-development-conference/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160413
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SUMMARY:Global Economic and Climate Change along the Silk Road: Crisis in Central Asia and Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:A profound economic crisis is gripping the region. The causes are diverse: decreasing oil and gas prices\, an economic slowdown in China\, the falling Russian Ruble\, and for Afghanistan – even the withdrawal of NATO forces. Under such circumstances\, households and national governments are scrambling to cope.  \nBut the economy is not the sole global force challenging Central Asia and Afghanistan. In recent years\, climate change has put growing pressure on this fragile and mountainous region. Rising temperatures\, irregular rainfall\, and increasingly devastating natural disasters are the new normal. \nIn a rapidly changing environment\, what processes\, policies\, and plans are in place to help citizens and their governments to deal with these new global realities? \nParticipants joined Aga Khan Foundation Canada and Carleton University for a panel discussion on the future of Central Asia and Afghanistan. Speakers brought insights informed by decades of experience in the fields of economic development\, public policy\, and climate change. In addition Dr Bohdan Krawchenko and Dr Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt from the University of Central Asia reflected on lessons learned from the UCA’s Research and Public Policy Initiative\, funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and AKFC\, which sought to strengthen research capacity and evidence-based policy-making in Afghanistan and Central Asia. \nEvent details: \nThis event has taken place. \n\nDr. Bohdan Krawchenko \nDr. Bohdan Krawchenko received his doctorate from the University of Oxford and is an expert in Public Policy and Administration with decades of experience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He has held faculty positions at the University of Alberta\, Harvard University\, and the College of Europe in Natolin\, Poland. Dr Krawchenko has served as Director of Policy Studies at the Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine\, and was Founder and Director of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government. He has also served as a consultant to the World Bank\, OECD\, and to the Secretary of State for the Government of Canada. During his career\, he has achieved two honourary doctorates and has been awarded an Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine. Krawchenko joined the University of Central Asia in October 2004\, where he currently serves as the Director General and continues to write and speak on public administration reform in Central Asia. \nMargaret Skok  \nMargaret Skok has worked in several federal departments and agencies with a focus on international business\, employment\, natural resource sectors and security\, contributing to Canada’s economic\, trade and trade policy development. She has considerable experience in the public service\, most prominently as Canada’s ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan\, with concurrent accreditation to the Kyrgyz Republic and to the Republic of Tajikistan. In December 2011\, Margaret received a medal from the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan for her contribution to the country’s 20 years of independence. Margaret has also worked with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission\, consulted to the Canadian government\, private companies\, and universities on business development\, bilateral agreements\, and trade law and policies and training. Margaret Skok is a senior fellow at The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) where she is focusing on the major security challenges\, as well as the governance and institutional architecture of Central Asia. \nDr Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt \nDr. Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt\, geographer and fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation\, is Director of the Mountain Societies Research Institute at the University of Central Asia (UCA) in the Kyrgyz Republic. Before joining UCA\, he was Head of the Research Program at the World Agroforestry Centre East and Central Asia Office\, and Professor at the Kunming Institute of Botany\, Chinese Academy of Sciences\, in Kunming\, China. Previous affiliations were as Associate Professor with the Asian Institute of Technology\, Thailand\, and as Senior Lecturer with the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University\, Germany. He obtained his doctoral and postdoctoral degrees at Heidelberg University and has more than 30 years of research experience in mountainous areas of Asia. His research interests include forest-farming interactions\, multifunctional landscapes\, integrated land use systems\, and land use change and livelihoods in mountains. \n\n In partnership with: \n  \n   \nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/carleton-silk-road/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160323
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SUMMARY:Digital Dividends: Launch of the 2016 World Development Report
DESCRIPTION:The World Bank’s 2016 World Development Report\, Digital Dividends\, explores how development actors can harness digital technologies to improve the lives of the world’s poorest. Uwe Deichmann\, co-director\, World Development Report 2016\, presented the report’s findings and was followed by presentations from individuals and organizations successfully leveraging digital technology for development. \n \nThis event was co-hosted by Aga Khan Foundation Canada\, the International Development Research Centre\, and Global Affairs Canada. \n\nResources: \nVideo: From Digital Divide to Digital Dividends \nWorld Development Report 2016: Main Messages \nWorld Development Report 2016: Overview \nWorld Development Report 2016: Full Report \n\nUwe Deichmann Co-Director\, World Development Report 2016\, Development Economics and Chief EconomistUwe Deichmann is an economic geographer in the World Bank’s Development Research Group. His research interests are in the geographic aspects of development. His recent work has included issues of urban development\, the role of infrastructure in promoting regional growth\, and the impacts of natural hazards and global change on economic development. He has been a principal author of the World Development Report 2009 “Reshaping Economic Geography.” Prior to joining the World Bank he worked for the UN Environment Program and the UN Statistics Division. He holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geography and Regional Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. \nSaleem SayaniDirector\, AKDN eHealth Resource CentreSaleem Sayani is an experienced Information Technology executive\, program manager and strategic management consultant with over 20 years of experience in delivering technology solutions that drive innovation and business success. Recognizing the increasing value of technology as a strategic asset\, he has successfully demonstrated the ability to champion modernization of business processes to create leaner organizations. \nSaleem is currently serving as the Director of the Aga Khan Development Network eHealth Resource Centre (AKDN eHRC). In this role\, Saleem leads the eHealth system and a portfolio of eHealth projects and services to deliver health care services and learning programmes in Central/South Asia and East Africa. He provides strategic direction and guidance for the Centre’s services and programme activities. Prior to joining AKDN eHRC\, Saleem worked as Chief Information Officer in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the State of Maryland\, USA. \nDr. Roxana BarrantesDr. Roxana Barrantes (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is General Director and Senior Researcher at Instituto de Estudios Peruanos and Professor at the Department of Economics of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). She is a member of the Steering Committee of DIRSI\, member of the Scientific Committee for the IDRC-supported PICTURE Project in Africa\, member of the Advisory Committee for LACEEP (Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program)\, and Advisory Committee member of the Master’s Program in Business Law at PUCP. A former member of the Peruvian Telecommunications Regulator Board of Directors\, Dr. Barrantes has served as Advisor and Consultant to other Regulatory Agencies in Peru\, the Ombudsman Office\, and IADB. \nHelani GalpayaHelani Galpaya is CEO of LIRNEasia\, a pro-poor\, pro-market think tank working across the emerging Asia Pacific on ICT policy and regulatory issues. She assumed the CEO role in Jan 2013. Prior to that she was LIRNEasia’s Chief Operating Officer. \nShe researches\, does consulting work and engages in public discourse on issue related to net neutrality\, policy and regulatory barriers in Internet access\, e-Government\, broadband quality of service\, and how knowledge and information disseminated via ICTs can improve inclusiveness SMMEs (small\, medium and micro enterprises) in agriculture and micro-work markets. She has been working in Myanmar since 2013\, and is currently carrying out an impact analysis of the mobile phone roll-out that is taking place. \nPrior to LIRNEasia\, she worked at the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka implementing e-Government projects. She was a management consultant at Booz&Co.(now Strategy&) in New York and has also worked at Citibank and Merrill Lynch in USA. She has a MS in Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, Cambridge\, USA and a BA in Computer Science from Mount Holyoke College\, Massachusetts\, USA. \n\nIn partnership with: \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/wdr2016/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:In conversation with Ertharin Cousin\, Executive Director of the World Food Programme
DESCRIPTION:Listen to Ertharin Cousin\, Executive Director of WFP\, as she reflects on the challenges faced by humanitarian agencies working in protracted crises\, and the opportunities presented by the Sustainable Development Goals and the World Humanitarian Summit. \nMs. Cousin is joined by Diane Jacovella\, Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues and Development; Gillian Barth\, CEO & President CARE Canada; Khalil Shariff\, CEO Aga Khan Foundation Canada for an armchair discussion on how humanitarian development assistance is working to build resilience while addressing urgent needs — drawing on recent experience in Syria. Discussion moderated by: Omar Sachedina\, Ottawa Correspondent\, CTV National. \nClick on the photo to see photos from the evening below: \n \n\nErtharin Cousin – Executive Director of the World Food Programme \nErtharin Cousin began her tenure as the twelfth Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme on 5 April 2012. Ms Cousin brings more than twenty-five years of national and international non-profit\, government\, and corporate leadership experience focusing on hunger\, food\, and resilience strategies. Cousin guides the World Food Programme in meeting urgent food needs while championing longer-term solutions to food insecurity and hunger. \nAs the leader of the world’s largest humanitarian organization with approximately 13\,500 staff serving over 90 million beneficiaries in 80 countries across the world\, she is an exceptional advocate for improving the lives of hungry people worldwide\, and travels extensively to raise awareness of food insecurity and chronic malnutrition. \nIn 2009\, Ertharin Cousin was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture\, and head of the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Agencies in Rome. During her nearly three years as the chief U.S. diplomatic voice for famine relief and hunger solutions\, Cousin helped guide U.S. and international policy around some of the most devastating and life-threatening situations in the world. She advocated for aid strategies that integrate a transition from relief to development\, including following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti\, and for country-led sustainable agriculture programmes\, particularly in the aftermath of the 2010 flooding in Pakistan and in response to the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa. \nAs the U.S. Representative in Rome\, she played a significant role in advocating for improved collaboration between\, and promoting gender parity and mainstreaming in the operations of the three Rome-based food and agriculture agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization\, the International Fund for Agriculture Development and the World Food Programme. During her tenure\, she actively participated in reforming the Committee on World Food Security\, enlarging the multi-stakeholder platform and helping to introduce a results-based framework. In 2011\, she also assumed the presidency of the International Development Law Organization’s Assembly of Parties. \nCousin worked in the Administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton for four years\, including serving as White House Liaison to the State Department\, and received a White House appointment to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. \nCousin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Feeding America (then known as America’s Second Harvest)\, the largest domestic hunger organization in the United States. She led the organization’s response to Hurricane Katrina\, an effort that resulted in the distribution of various relief supplies\, including food\, to those in need across the Gulf Coast region of the United States. \nCousin has significant background in the retail food sector\, leading government communications and community affairs for two large U.S. grocery chains\, Albertsons Foods and Jewell Foods. While working for Albertsons\, she served as President and Chair of the company’s corporate foundation\, managing the organization’s philanthropic activities. \nCousin is a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Georgia School of Law. She is a published author and accomplished speaker on food insecurity and chronic malnutrition. She is based in Rome\, Italy. \n WFP \n  \n\nIn partnership with: \n \nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/wfp/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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SUMMARY:Saving Heritage: Preserving History in the Developing World (2016 Phillips Memorial Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Despite these barriers\, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture works to revitalize culture and protect heritage\, including projects to restore historic structures; create and rehabilitate public spaces\, parks\, and gardens; and support community-based projects to spur social\, economic\, and cultural development. On February 24 2016\, Christophe Bouleau of AKTC’s Historic Cities Programme discussed historic sites in the context of development\, how AKTC works with communities\, and how an integrated development approach could be beneficial in Canada. Click on the photo to see photos from the evening below: \n \n\nAbout Christophe Bouleau:  \nChristophe Bouleau holds a graduate degree from the Department of Architecture in the Swiss Institute of Technology of Lausanne and has specialized in monument preservation at the Centre des Hautes Etudes de Chaillot in Paris. His career began in historic monuments preservation in France and Italy\, and he has worked in archaeological and monument conservation projects in Singapore\, Malaysia\, Mexico\, and Egypt. Since joining AKTC’s Historic Cities Programme in 2001\, he has been stationed in Cairo in charge of the Darb al-Ahmar district monuments conservation program\, and contributed to architectural documentation and conservation projects in Aleppo and Damascus\, Syria. Since 2008\, he has been based at AKTC headquarters in Geneva as a Conservation Project Officer\, overseeing conservation and architectural programmes in West Africa (earthen architecture rehabilitation) and providing technical assistance to the wider Aga Khan Development Network’s conservation and adaptive re-use projects. \n\nHeritage Ottawa:Heritage Ottawa promotes the awareness\, understanding\, and appreciation of Ottawa’s wonderful built heritage and distinctive cultural places. Their popular Lecture Series\, Sunday Walking Tours\, and Workshops are a great way to learn more about Ottawa’s local history and heritage while meeting people who share similar interests. \nHeritage Ottawa advocates for the preservation of Ottawa’s distinctive built heritage and cultural landscapes. They speak out for and defend worthy heritage properties that are at risk of inappropriate intervention or loss. The Billings Estate\, the East Block of the Parliament Buildings\, and the Aberdeen Pavilion are just some of the properties that have benefitted from Heritage Ottawa’s advocacy efforts. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/heritage-ottawa/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Measuring Development Impact: Can Randomized Control Trials transform development?
DESCRIPTION:Demonstrating impact and understanding causality is a struggle that many international development organizations face. From assessing the effectiveness of bednets in preventing malaria\, to understanding why immunization programs sometimes yield mixed results\, the challenge of proving why certain interventions work and others do not lies at the heart of every impact evaluation.  \nOn February 4\, 2016\, Iqbal Dhaliwal\, Deputy Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) discussed how Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) are changing the way many organizations measure and evaluate impact\, in the first event of Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s series Measuring Development Impact. \nHailed as the gold standard by some\, RCTs have become the subject of lively debate amongst development practitioners\, economists and policy makers. Mr. Dhaliwal’s presentation drew upon seminal studies in health and education to address many of the concerns raised by this approach\, outlining the advantages and limitations of RCT evaluations. \n“In development we do not have a shortage of solutions\, but rather we have a multitude of solutions\,” Dhaliwal observed\, “the question is\, how to choose the one [that works].” \nSince 2003\, J-PAL has been championing the use of RCTs and randomized evaluations to test and improve the effectiveness of programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty. With over 685 evaluations in 64 countries\, J-PAL has developed a large evidence base\, which has been used to inform development efforts around the world. “Think of evidence (RCTs) as an ally rather than a threat … as a tool in your arsenal to get better\, and grapple with this problem of poverty whether it is here or in developing countries.” \nWatch Mr. Dhaliwal’s presentation\, “Can Randomized Control Trials transform development?” to learn more about RCTs\, when they should be used\, what questions they can answer\, and how the connect to key trends in international social experiments. \n \n\nIqbal Dhaliwal is the Deputy Director of J-PAL and the global head of Policy. He works with policymakers in governments\, development organizations\, foundations and NGOs to disseminate the policy implications of research\, identify new field evaluations\, and implement the scale-up of successful programs. He coordinates J-PAL’s eight sector programs and management practices across the six regional offices. He is a member of the Board of Directors’ Executive Committee that sets J-PAL’s overall strategy and provides guidance and oversight to staff worldwide. He also serves as Scientific Director for J-PAL South Asia\, Co-Chair of J-PAL’s Government Partnership Initiative\, and is an advisory board member of Evidence Action. From 2011-2014\, he was Co-Chair of J-PAL’s Governance Initiative. \nBefore joining J-PAL in 2009\, Iqbal was a director in the Economic Analysis practice of a consulting firm in Boston where he managed numerous engagements involving antitrust issues\, regulation\, and strategy. Earlier\, he was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) where he worked on many policy issues during stints as a deputy secretary in a state government\, director of a statewide welfare department\, and managing director (CEO) of a publicly owned company. \nHe has a B.A. (Honors) in Economics from University of Delhi\, an M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics\, and an MPA (Development Studies) from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n  \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/measuring-rct/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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SUMMARY:La diplomatie numérique
DESCRIPTION:19 novembre 2015 – La diplomatie numérique\, parfois appelée « twiplomatie » (un amalgame de Twitter et diplomatie)\, désigne l’utilisation des technologies numériques pour entrer en contact avec des populations étrangères en vue d’atteindre des objectifs internationaux. À l’échelle mondiale\, Facebook\, Twitter\, Qzone et Snapchat comptent plus d’un milliard d’utilisateurs quotidiens. La connectivité numérique a rendu le monde plus petit et a ainsi changé la vie quotidienne de milliards de personnes. Des agriculteurs des régions rurales du Bangladesh ont ainsi accès aux marchés\, les femmes et les enfants de la Tanzanie ont accès à des services de santé à distance\, et l’accès à l’information s’est amélioré partout dans le monde\, rendant ainsi les gouvernements plus redevables envers leurs citoyens. \n\n\n \nLa diplomatie numérique\, parfois appelée « twiplomatie » (un amalgame de Twitter et diplomatie)\, désigne l’utilisation des technologies numériques pour entrer en contact avec des populations étrangères en vue d’atteindre des objectifs internationaux. À l’échelle mondiale\, Facebook\, Twitter\, Qzone et Snapchat comptent plus d’un milliard d’utilisateurs quotidiens. La connectivité numérique a rendu le monde plus petit et a ainsi changé la vie quotidienne de milliards de personnes. Des agriculteurs des régions rurales du Bangladesh ont ainsi accès aux marchés\, les femmes et les enfants de la Tanzanie ont accès à des services de santé à distance\, et l’accès à l’information s’est amélioré partout dans le monde\, rendant ainsi les gouvernements plus redevables envers leurs citoyens. \nCes développements ne se sont pas limités aux individus. De plus en plus\, les gouvernements et d’autres instances utilisent ces plateformes pour parler directement aux citoyens. Certains ciblent une action directe. Par exemple\, des ONG internationales comme le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge utilisent des mots-clics Twitter pour acheminer des dons vers des crises humanitaires particulières. D’autres formes de diplomatie numérique sont plus larges et concernent davantage des positions de politique étrangère. En guise d’exemple\, le gouvernement du Canada s’est adressé directement au peuple iranien par Twitter. \nIl ne fait aucun doute que la connectivité et l’utilisation de la diplomatie numérique sont des moteurs de changement social\, ce qui entraîne des conséquences négatives. En effet\, la diffusion d’idées et de sentiments a mené à des perturbations sociales\, de la violence et de la radicalisation. \nLa diplomatie numérique est-elle réellement la clé d’un avenir meilleur\, comme l’affirment certains? Quels sont certains des risques latents d’une telle approche ouverte? Quels avantages offre-t-elle? Et comment le Canada pourrait-il l’utiliser à bon escient pour avancer vers ses objectifs de politique étrangère? \nAllez voir le blogue de thePanel sur la diplomatie numérique!\n \nDétails de l’événement : \nCet événement a déjà eu lieu. \nRegardez la webémission (en anglais seulement) : \n \nJohn Stackhouse\, Vice-président principal \, Bureau du chef de la direction\, RBC\, ancien rédacteur en chef du Globe and Mail \nTaylor Owen\, professeur de médias numériques et d’affaires internationales à l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique\, chercheur principal au Centre Tow pour le journalisme numérique à la Columbia School of Journalism\, et fondateur d’OpenCanada.org \nMartha McLean\, Directeur adjoint \, communications en ligne et de l’engagement \, des affaires Global Canada \nSébastien Beaulieu\, Directeur général \, Relations Moyen -Orient\, des affaires Global Canada et ancien ambassadeur du Canada en Tunisie \nModératrice : Mercedes Stephenson\, de CTV \n\nEn partenariat avec : \n \nSoutien financier :
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/194-thepanel2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:L’Afghanistan découvert : La journaliste May Jeong raconte les histoires de l’Afghanistan de l’intérieur
DESCRIPTION:6 et 9 novembre 2015 – Il y a trois ans\, la journaliste indépendante primée May Jeong a fait ses valises au Canada et est partie s’installer à Kaboul afin de découvrir des histoires qui seraient autrement passées inaperçues en Afghanistan. Depuis\, ses reportages sont parus dans The Globe and Mail\, The Guardian et The New York Times. Ils racontent des histoires remplies d’espoir de personnes et d’organisations qui contribuent au progrès en Afghanistan. \n\n\n \nLes participants se sont joints à nous pour cette présentation et séance de questions-réponses et pour en apprendre plus sur l’histoire de Mme Jeong\, sur les raisons pour lesquelles elle prévoit rester en Afghanistan et sur ses prédictions par rapport à ce pays et ses habitants. \nDétails de l’événement : \nCet événement a déjà eu lieu à l’Université Carleton et l’Université Ryerson. \nJoignez-vous à la conversation! @AKFCanada \n\nMay Jeong \n \nMay Jeong est une journaliste indépendante primée basée à Kaboul\, en Afghanistan. Ses articles sont parus dans des publications comme The New York Times Magazine\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Financial Times et Marie Claire\, entre autres. Son travail journalistique sur le prix de la guerre en Afghanistan pour le Financial Times lui a valu l’édition 2014 du prix « Best in Business Award » de la Society of American Business Editors and Writers. \nMme Jeong a été finaliste aux Prix du magazine canadien\, dans la catégorie des meilleurs nouveaux auteurs de magazine\, pour son article de 2012 paru dans le Toronto Life\, qui exposait un scandale de viol de groupe dans une communauté d’immigrants à Toronto. Avant de se lancer à la pige\, elle a travaillé dans les salles de nouvelles du Globe and Mail\, de Reuters et du Daily Star à Beyrouth\, au Liban. Elle a effectué des reportages en Afghanistan\, au Pakistan\, en Inde\, au Liban\, en Indonésie et en Ouganda. En 2015\, elle a remporté une bourse journalistique de l’International Women’s Media Foundation. \nFondation Aga Khan Canada : \nLa Fondation Aga Khan Canada (la Fondation) est un organisme de développement international sans but lucratif qui œuvre en Asie et en Afrique pour trouver des solutions durables aux problèmes complexes qui sous-tendent la pauvreté dans le monde. La Fondation se concentre sur un nombre restreint de défis de développement dans les domaines de la santé\, de l’éducation\, du développement rural et du renforcement de la société civile. Au Canada\, la Fondation recueille des fonds\, établit des partenariats avec des institutions canadiennes et favorise la discussion et l’apprentissage autour d’enjeux liés au développement international. Établie en 1980\, la Fondation est un organisme de bienfaisance enregistré au Canada et un membre du regroupement international Réseau Aga Khan de développement. \n\nSoutien financier :
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/195-afguncovered-mayjeong/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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SUMMARY:Executive Masterclass – Roshan: Light At The End Of The Tunnel In Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:Roshan Telecom\, established in 2003 at the height of the Afghan war\, has been widely cited as an exemplary model of corporate social responsibility\, bringing mobile connectivity\, economic opportunity\, healthcare\, and education to Afghanistan. The story of Roshan is one of unexpected transformation: of a private sector enterprise contributing to the social and economic development of Afghanistan through mobile connectivity. And the lessons drawn from the Roshan experience have significant value well beyond Afghanistan. \nThe masterclass aimed to engage key Canadian stakeholders in a dynamic\, interactive exploration of the Roshan experience as a means to inspire new thinking on the potential of private enterprise to spur transformative social and economic development\, even in fragile contexts. It further provided a particular opportunity to examine the critical role that communications technology can play in supporting social and economic development globally – especially in remote or marginalized communities. \nThe Executive Masterclass used the 2010 Harvard Business School case study\, Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan to enable participants to actively explore the successes\, challenges and operating environment that Roshan had to navigate. \nThe masterclass was facilitated by Shawn A. Cole from Harvard Business School and Karim Khoja\, CEO of Roshan\, who provided additional insights\, perspectives on evolving challenges and opportunities\, not only in Afghanistan\, but in other developing and emerging economies. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \n\nKarim Khoja: Chief Executive Officer\, Roshan Telecom\, AfghanistanKarim Khoja has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry\, including starting and managing extremely successful GSM companies in Pakistan\, Poland\, Croatia\, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Under his leadership\, Roshan has grown to be Afghanistan’s market leader\, with more than six and a half million customers. Mr. Khoja started his GSM career as CEO for Mobilink in Pakistan\, and then launched Era GSM in Poland. He then went on to spin out the mobile company\, T Mobile\, from the incumbent Croatia Telecom. \nOver the course of the last eleven years\, Mr. Khoja has dedicated his time to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to bring competition and best practices to the telecommunication industry in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He has focused not only on financial results\, but also on how technology can be used to change lives. Recently AKFED has also expanded its operations in Africa\, where Mr. Khoja serves on the Board of SMART Telecom. \nMr. Khoja serves on the Board of several international companies. He is the Chairman of the Afghan Investment Climate facility (Harakat)\, a £30m fund to encourage private enterprise\, an advisor to the GSMA Development Fund and\, until a year ago\, an Associate Board Member of the Legatum Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \nShawn A. Cole: John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business SchoolShawn Cole is a professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School\, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services and social enterprise. Much of his research examines corporate and household finance in emerging markets\, with a focus on insurance\, credit\, and savings. He has also done extensive work on financial education in the US and emerging markets. His recent research focuses on designing and delivering advice and education over mobile phones\, with an emphasis on agricultural and financial management. \nHe has worked in China\, India\, Indonesia\, South Africa\, and Vietnam. He is an affiliate of the National Bureau of Economic Research\, and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development. He is on the board of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab\, as the co-chair for research. Before joining the Harvard Business School\, Professor Cole worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the economic research department. He has served on the Boston Federal Reserve’s Community Development Research Advisory Council\, serves as an external advisor to the Gates Foundation\, and was the chair of the endowment management committee of the Telluride Association\, a non-profit educational organization. \nHe received a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005\, where he was an NSF and Javits Fellow\, and an A.B. in Economics and German Literature from Cornell University. His work on insurance earned the 2015 “Shin Research Excellence Award;” in 2015 he was also named given a “Faculty Pioneer Award” from the Aspen Institute. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/masterclass-2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2015
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SUMMARY:Roshan: Canada’s Legacy in Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:It’s the country’s largest investor\, and it made Fortune’s first ever Change the World list of businesses making an impact. By offering mobile money transfers\, the company extends financial services to the 97% of Afghans who can’t access banks. It also supports telemedicine applications\, allowing doctors in remote areas to diagnose patients and even perform surgery. And Afghan youth\, who make up the majority of the population\, are using mobile phones to find their voice through social media. \nSpur and Aga Khan Foundation Canada invited Roshan CEO and Canadian native Karim Khoja to a discussion of the mobile tech sector in Afghanistan. The event was moderated by May Jeong\, an award-winning freelance writer based in Afghanistan. \nSpur’s free festival opener took place on Thursday\, November 5th\, at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat. It was followed by a public reception. This event was undertaken with financial support from Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development Canada. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. Watch the webcast: \n\n  \nMore information: \nKarim Khoja \nKarim Khoja\, Chief Executive Officer of Roshan\, has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry\, including starting and managing extremely successful GSM companies in Pakistan\, Poland\, Croatia\, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. \nUnder his leadership\, Roshan has grown to be Afghanistan’s market leader\, with more than six and a half million customers. Mr. Khoja started his GSM career as CEO for Mobilink in Pakistan\, and then launched Era GSM in Poland. He then went on to spin out the mobile company\, T Mobile\, from the incumbent Croatia Telecom. \nOver the course of the last eleven years\, Mr. Khoja has dedicated his time to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to bring competition and best practices to the telecommunication industry in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He has focused not only on financial results\, but also on how technology can be used to change lives. \nMr. Khoja serves on the Board of several international companies. Recently AKFED has also expanded its operations in Africa where Mr. Khoja serves on the Board of SMART Telecom. He is the Chairman of the Afghan Investment Climate facility (Harakat)\, a £30m fund to encourage private enterprise\, an advisor to the GSMA Development Fund and until a year ago a Associate Board Member of the Legatum Center at MIT. \nMay Jeong \n \nMay Jeong is an award­winning freelance writer based in Kabul\, Afghanistan. Her work has been published in such publications as The New York Times Magazine\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\, the Financial Times and Marie Claire among others. Her reporting on the cost of war in Afghanistan for the Financial Times won her the 2014 Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ Best in Business Award. \nMay was a finalist for the Canadian National Magazine Award in the Best New Magazine Writer category for her 2012 Toronto Life article\, which exposed a gang rape scandal in an immigrant community in Toronto. Before freelancing\, she worked in newsrooms at The Globe and Mail\, Reuters and The Daily Star in Beirut\, Lebanon. May has reported from Afghanistan\, Pakistan\, India\, Lebanon\, Indonesia and Uganda. She is a 2015 International Women’s Media Foundation reporting fellow. \nAga Khan Foundation Canada: \nAga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) is a non-profit international development agency\, working in Asia and Africa to find sustainable solutions to the complex problems causing global poverty. AKFC concentrates on a small number of specific development challenges in health\, education\, rural development and civil society. In Canada\, AKFC raises funds\, builds partnerships with Canadian institutions\, and promotes discussion and learning on international development issues. Established in 1980\, AKFC is a registered Canadian charity and an agency of the worldwide Aga Khan Development Network. \nSpur Festival \nSpur is a national festival of politics\, art and ideas and is a catalyst for change in Canada. \nThrough nationally relevant and locally nuanced discussions\, presentations and performances\, the festival seeks to spur its participants to action on issues affecting Canadians. Feisty\, multi-partisan\, forward-looking\, and solution-driven\, this national railway of ideas will provide Canada with vital new cultural infrastructure for the 21st century. \nFounded in 2013\, the festival has already grown from three to five Canadian cities\, with plans for further expansion across the country. Produced by the Literary Review of Canada in partnership with Diaspora Dialogues\, Spur prides itself on its community partnerships\, cultural connections and a focus on accessibility and diversity. \n\nIn partnership with: \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/spurfestival-roshan/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Audacity of Beauty: 30 Years in Haiti through the Lens of Maggie Steber
DESCRIPTION:Photo: “Mother’s Funeral” by Maggie Steber \nIn this special event series\, Maggie shared her approach to photography\, lessons learned during a career spanning more than 30 years and 66 countries\, and what keeps drawing her back to Haiti. \n\nEvent details:This event has taken place at Red River College in Winnipeg\, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Mount Royal University in Calgary\, and the University of Regina in Regina. \nJoin the conversation – #AudacityOfBeauty @AKFCanada \nMore information: \nMaggie’s online project on Haiti: The Audacity of Beauty \n \nMaggie Steber is a documentary photographer who has worked in 66 countries. Her honors include the Leica Medal of Excellence\, World Press Photo Foundation\, the Overseas Press Club\, Pictures of the Year\, the Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service to Journalism from the University of Missouri\, the Alicia Patterson Grant\, the Ernst Haas Grant\, and a Knight Foundation grant for the New American Newspaper project. \nFor over three decades\, Steber has worked in Haiti. Aperture published her monograph\, DANCING ON FIRE. In 2013 Steber was named as one of eleven Women of Vision by National Geographic Magazine\, publishing a book and touring an exhibition in five cities. Steber has served as a Newsweek Magazine contract photographer and as the Assistant Managing Editor of Photography and Features at The Miami Herald\, overseeing projects that won a Pulitzer and were twice finalists for the award. She served as a jurist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize awards. Her work is included in the Library of Congress and The Richter Library among others\, and she has exhibited internationally. Clients include National Geographic Magazine\, The New York Times Magazine\, Smithsonian Magazine\, AARP\, The Guardian\, and Geo Magazine. \nSteber teaches workshops internationally including at the World Press Joop Swart Master Classes\, the International Center for Photography\, Foundry Workshops\, and the Obscura Photo Festival. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/mss-2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Graphic stories\, graphic novels: Photojournalist Marc Ellison on pushing the boundaries of digital storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Event details:This event has taken place. \nMore information: \nListen to this podcast\, featuring Marc and other journalists who are using graphic novels for non-fiction reporting: Are comics breaking into the mainstream for journalism? \nMarc Ellison: \nMarc Ellison is an award-winning journalist based in Glasgow\, Scotland. Currently Marc is a data journalist for the BBC\, and a freelance photojournalist. He has produced multimedia work from Canada\, Mali\, Mozambique\, South Sudan\, Uganda\, and the United Kingdom. \nMarc has a diverse background with a BA (Hons.) in History\, an MSc in Computer Science\, and a Masters of Journalism from Carleton University. With this unique skill-set\, Marc bridges the disciplines of journalism and IT\, and is passionate about building online databases\, coding webscrapers\, and using freedom of information laws to access data sets. \nHis other journalism experience includes work for 60 Minutes\, Al Jazeera English\, BBC\, The Toronto Star\, The Globe and Mail\, The Vancouver Sun\, CBC\, The Guardian\, VICE magazine\, MTV Canada\, Canadian Geographic\, IDRC\, Uganda’s Mega FM\, South Sudan’s The New Nation\, OpenFile Ottawa and Vancouver\, The Ottawa Citizen\, and The Vancouver Observer. \nMarc won a Canadian Association of Journalists award for his work with female Ugandan child soldiers\, the inaugural Canadian Open Data Innovation Award for his ‘Lobby Watch’ series in the Toronto Star\, an IDRC Award for International Journalism\, the Martin Newland Award for Print Reporting\, and the World Bank’s 2013 Picture Inequality photo competition. \nIn 2015\, he became one of the inaugural recipients of the Fellowship for International Development Reporting\, supported by Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists\, to report on child marriage in Tanzania for The Toronto Star. \nHe has covered a broad range of topics: the reintegration of female child soldiers in Uganda; bed bugs in social housing; refugees in South Sudan; missing First Nations women in Canada; the prostitution highway in Mozambique; reality radio shows in Mali; gay rights; crisis mapping; mining; child soldiers living in Canada; African cyber-crime; crime; municipal and federal elections; education in Indian schools; and even burlesque dancing. \nAga Khan Foundation Canada: \nAga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) is a non-profit international development agency\, working in Asia and Africa to find sustainable solutions to the complex problems causing global poverty. AKFC concentrates on a small number of specific development challenges in health\, education\, rural development and civil society. In Canada\, AKFC raises funds\, builds partnerships with Canadian institutions\, and promotes discussion and learning on international development issues. Established in 1980\, AKFC is a registered Canadian charity and an agency of the worldwide Aga Khan Development Network. \nTo help Canadians develop a greater understanding of complex global issues\, AKFC works to promote informed\, in-depth media coverage of the developing world. \nAKFC regularly hosts events on topics of media and development with a range of audiences across the country\, and works with individual journalists to support reporting on international development. The Young Professionals in Media fellowship launches the careers of young Canadian journalists\, through eight-month reporting placements with Nation Media Group\, East Africa’s leading media house. For more experienced journalists\, AKFC collaborates with the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) to manage and support the Fellowship for International Development Reporting. This program provides journalists with $25\,000 in funding to undertake reporting projects on developing world issues. \n\nIn partnership with Humber College – Lakeshore Campus. \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/marc-ellison-humber-2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Together: a workshop on global development
DESCRIPTION:September and October 2015 – Aga Khan Foundation Canada invited Canadians to join a conversation about Canada’s role in reducing global poverty. This participatory workshop explored effective solutions to some of the most pressing challenges communities are facing at home and globally. Participants left the workshop with ideas on how they could take action as global citizens. \n\n\n \nThe workshop coincided with stops that Together: an exhibition on global development was making at university campuses across Southern Ontario. Housed in a custom-built truck\, Together is an interactive\, bilingual experience for all ages\, highlighting Canadian contributions to positive change around the world. \nWant to know more about Together? Watch this. \nEvent details: \nThis event has taken place at Humber College\, the University of Toronto Scarborough\, Trent University\, the University of Guelph\, and the University of Waterloo. \n\nAre you as excited about the exhibition as we are? Help spread the word. Follow the exhibition’s journey and join the conversation on Twitter using #AllForChange. \nTo learn more about the Together exhibition\, including where it is going next\, email exhibit@akfc.ca or visit www.akfc.ca/together. \n\nThis event is undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development.
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/uss2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150703
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UID:4319-1435622400-1435881599@www.akfc.ca
SUMMARY:Canada Day at Pier 21
DESCRIPTION:June 30 – July 2\, 2015 – On Canada Day\, participants celebrated how Canadians are driving global change. Together: An exhibition on global development rolled into Halifax\, stopping at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 for three days – Tuesday\, June 30 to Thursday\, July 2. \n\n\nWhat is Together? Watch this: \n \nTogether: An exhibition on global development \nEvent details:\nThis event has taken place. \nSpread the word\nAre you as excited about the exhibition as we are? Join the conversation on Twitter using #AllForChange. \nTwo inspiring global citizens\nTogether transports visitors around the globe with powerful photography and videos\, an interactive world map\, a global citizen skills quiz\, and unique objects from global development projects in Africa and Asia. Visitors enjoyed meeting AKFC program officers who have seen how Canadian efforts are improving lives. \nDr. Fawad Akbari\, Senior Program Manager\, AKFC – Dr. Akbari discussed health initiatives in Afghanistan\, including construction of the new Bamyan Hospital. \nHilary Clauson\, Program Officer\, AKFC – Hilary discussed how strengthening education programs in East Africa supports the development of future leaders in Kenya\, Tanzania\, and Uganda. \nLearn more about Together\nTo learn more about the Together exhibition\, including where it is going next\, email exhibit@akfc.ca or visit akfc.ca/together. \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/canada-day-pier-21/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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SUMMARY:Emerging Economies: Beyond Aid
DESCRIPTION:Participants joined AKFC for a roundtable discussion on the current and future state of the developing world and the changing role of donors. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/beyond-aid/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:From Kenya to the Kyrgyz Republic: Celebrating AKFC’s International Youth Fellows
DESCRIPTION:The reception featured remarks from award-winning Nigerian journalist Chika Oduah. Participants joined us for refreshments\, a live DJ\, and a chance to connect with fellows. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \nTo learn more about the life-changing impact the fellowship program has had on young Canadians\, watch this video. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/fellowreception-2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150610
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SUMMARY:Think Local\, Go Global: How Africa’s journalists can change the channel on global news
DESCRIPTION:Africa’s journalists have in-depth knowledge of local stories – and with improved training and technology\, they now also have the skills and resources to report on the international stage. In this lecture and Q&A\, Chika drew on her own award-winning reporting to illuminate how international stories can be told by local voices. \n \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \n\nIn partnership with the Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists. \n \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/local-global/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150607
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UID:2275-1433548800-1433635199@www.akfc.ca
SUMMARY:Doors Open at The Delegation
DESCRIPTION:Designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki\, this award-winning building serves a representational role for the Ismaili Imamat\, reflecting the wide-ranging humanistic and humanitarian agenda of the Aga Khan Development Network and its associated institutions. On-site\, visitors were able to see a new exhibition and photo gallery on global development. \nVisitors walked through the interactive exhibition to see how investing in communities through health and education helps break the global cycle of poverty. Guests were able to enjoy a photo booth and share their photos through social media. \nShare your Doors Open experience with AKFC\nShare your photos\, impressions and feedback with #AllForChange. \nDoors Open Ottawa is a free annual event that celebrates Ottawa’s history\, culture\, and stunning architecture. For more information please visit the City of Ottawa website.
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/doors-open-2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Launch of Together: An exhibition on global development
DESCRIPTION:Visitors walked through a custom-built truck with 1\,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space and explored how Canadians are driving positive change around the world. \nThis was an opportunity to celebrate Together before the bilingual exhibition travelled to communities across Canada. \nThe program celebrated the role that Canada plays in global development and the importance of global citizenship\, two core themes of the Together exhibition. \nFour notable individuals shared their journeys toward global citizenship! \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\nHeather McPherson \nExecutive Director at\nthe Alberta Council\nGlobal Cooperation\nSarah Gauthier\nAKFC Fellowship Alumna \n \nShobhita Soor  \nChief Marketing Officer at\nAspire Food Group\nChris McKhool and Anwar Khurshid\n \nSultans of String\n\n\n\nLaunch Program:\n5:00 to 5:30: Participants arrived to meet others interested in global development at a networking reception with live entertainment from 2015 Juno Award nominees\, Sultans of String. In addition\, they met with representatives from Canadian civil society organizations at the NGO marketplace\n5:30 to 6:30: Participants were inspired by five inspiring individuals who demonstrate global citizenship through their skills and passions\n6:30 to 8:00: Participants were among the first to walk through a custom-built truck with 1\,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space and explored how Canadians are driving positive change around the world. They celebrated Together at a reception with refreshments\, live music and an NGO Marketplace \nEvent details:\nThis event has taken place. \nSpeaker Biographies\nHeather McPherson\nHeather has worked as the Executive Director of ACGC since 2008. Prior to her work at ACGC\, Heather spent over a decade working with Canadian and international educational and community development organizations in a variety of positions. Most recently she worked with Canada World Youth\, supporting international youth exchanges with partners in many communities in Western Canada\, Bolivia\, China\, Guatemala and Ukraine. Heather has also been involved with Doctors Without Borders and VSO\, and is an appointed member of the Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Citizens’ Advisory Committee for the Alberta Provincial Government\, within the Culture and Community Services Ministry. Heather has a Masters Degree from the University of Alberta in Educational Policy and a Bachelor of Education. \nSarah Gauthier\nSarah Gauthier\, an Ottawa native\, has extensive local and international professional experience in community empowerment and non-formal learning projects with diverse populations. As well as having worked with the immigrant population in Ottawa\, Sarah has participated in international development projects in Latin America and Africa. In 2009-2010\, she joined AKFC’s International Youth Fellowship Program in Mozambique as the Entrepreneurship Education Coordinator. She holds a BA in International Development and Globalization from the University of Ottawa and a Master of Education in Adult Learning and Global Change from UBC\, and is fluent in French\, English\, Spanish and Portuguese. \nShobhita Soor\nShobhita Soor is co-founder of the Aspire Food Group. Aspire is an international social enterprise that farms insects as a way to address food insecurity. Aspire was the winning McGill team of the Hult Prize 2013. Shobhita is currently finishing her BCL/LLB/MBA degrees from McGill while managing Aspire’s Ghanaian operations remotely. \nChris McKhool\nQueen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient Chris McKhool is known for his ability to bring together stellar musicians from the world music scene. He has written and performed violin with Sultans of String\, and has freelanced with Jesse Cook\, Pavlo and others. With Sultans of String he won the 2014 SIRIUSXM Music Award and has received two JUNO Award nominations\, three Canadian Folk Music Awards and the Green Toronto Award of Excellence for commitment to environmental and social activism through his music. McKhool’s current collaborations include Symphony Orchestras in Toronto\, Vancouver and Edmonton. \nAnwar Khurshid\nInternationally recognized sitar master Anwar Khurshid has been featured in Oscar-winning films such as Life of Pi and Kama Sutra\, and has performed in Europe\, North America and across Asia. Anwar pioneers innovative collaborations with musicians from other genres\, creating music transcending categorization – combining blues\, jazz\, African\, Middle Eastern\, Japanese and Chinese music. Anwar’s love of music is infectious. Originally from Pakistan\, he has found a wonderful home in Toronto\, and is currently the director of Sitar School of Toronto. \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/exhibit-launch/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Harnessing Development Data: Workshop with Canadian civil society and other stakeholders
DESCRIPTION:GOALThe goal of this workshop was to determine where and how Canadian stakeholders\, in particular representatives from Canadian civil society organizations (CSOs)\, were working with international development data\, and where they would like to go. \nWHY?With increasing publication of open aid data in Canada and beyond there is both a greater need and opportunity to further leverage this information base to understand and analyze aid flows\, strengthen policy\, track and measure results\, communicate impact and a host of other potential use-cases. \nKEY QUESTIONS:What do Canadian CSOs want to be able to do with development data that they cannot do right now?What do Canadian CSOs and other stakeholders think would be useful to them\, but that someone else (e.g. NPSIA\, CCIC) should do in the development data space?What are some of the key areas\, related to leveraging development data\, that Canadian CSOs and other stakeholders would like to collectively work on with the organizers over the next year? \nAGENDA:8:45-9:00 Registration (with light refreshments)9:00-9:15 Welcome and round of introductions9:15-10:45 Harnessing Development Data: Exploring possibilities10:45-11:00 Break11:00-12:00 Interactive discussion: How do Canadian CSOs want to harness development data? (Plenary) 12:00-12:30 Small breakout groups12:30-1:30 Lunch\, report back and wrap-up \nEVENT DETAILS:This event has taken place.
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/development-data/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Building Global Citizens: Educating for the 21st century
DESCRIPTION:Kushinayak is a leader for the day. Students are given the responsibility to lead the group and manage the class.Here she is conducting a morning PT. Pre-school in Malinchora Village. Bangladesh. \nOn March 30\, AKFC hosted a “Lunch and Learn” featuring Ms. Soo-Hyang Choi\, Director\, Division for Teaching\, Learning and Content\, of the United Nations Educational\, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)\, the lead international organization on global citizenship education. \nThis final event in the Making the Grade in Global Education series was an opportunity to learn more about this emerging approach\, which were part of the United Nations discussions on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals in September 2015. Through Ms. Choi’s keynote address\, and the Q&A session that followed\, this event addressed how global citizenship education is being defined\, put into action\, and measured.   \nEvent details:This event has taken place. Watch the webcast: \n \nMs. Soo-Hyang Choi \nMs. Soo-Hyang Choi\, a national of the Republic of Korea\, holds a B.A. in psychology from Chung-Ang University\, Seoul\, Korea. She obtained her Master’s degree in Education (1985) and a PhD in Educational Psychology (1990) from the University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada). \nBefore she joined UNESCO\, she worked in the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) in Seoul as a researcher in early childhood and a team leader for international affairs (1993-1997). Ms. Choi entered the UNESCO Secretariat in 1997\, as senior programme specialist seconded from Korea. In 1998\, she was appointed to the post of Chief of the Early Childhood and Family Education Section and\, since then\, has held various chief positions at UNESCO HQ\, dealing with inclusive education; field support and coordination; and technical\, vocational\, and secondary education. In 2007\, she took a special assignment to the UNESCO Office in Islamabad\, assisting the Office’s participation in the UN reform. In 2008\, she became the UNESCO Representative and Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Harare\, Zimbabwe\, covering Botswana\, Malawi\, Zambia\, and Zimbabwe\, while also representing UNESCO to the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Returning to UNESCO HQ in 2010\, she worked as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Field Coordination\, engaged in the Organization’s field reform project. In 2012\, she was appointed to the Director post in the Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable development\, contributing to the setting-up of UNESCO’s work on global citizenship education. \nIn 2014\, she became the Director of the Division for Teaching\, Learning and Content\, which deals with\, among others\, programmes on pre-primary to secondary education\, inclusive education\, teacher education\, education for sustainable development\, global citizenship education\, and health education. \n\nIn partnership with: \n \nUndertaken with the financial support of: \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/education-global-citizenship/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:À travers la lentille d’un journaliste indépendant : le photographe documentaire Valerian Mazataud présente sa vision du reportage à l'international
DESCRIPTION:25 à 31 mars 2015 – Plusieurs fois récompensé pour son travail\, le photographe documentaire Valerian Mazataud a couvert plusieurs événements majeurs de ces dernières années – camps de réfugiés syriens dans le nord de la Jordanie\, Haïti après le séisme\, les premières lignes des manifestations étudiantes au Québec\, ou les communautés minières reculées des Andes. En tant que journaliste indépendant\, il a cherché à déjouer l’appétit habituel pour le sensationnalisme\, au profit d’histoires plus approfondies et d’angles inhabituels. \n\n\nLes participants ont appris des expériences journalistiques de M. Mazataud et de sa couverture des enjeux du développement international. Il a proposé notamment des conseils pratiques pour préparer et financer des projets de reportages internationaux\, de manière indépendante. \nCet événement a été présenté par la Fondation Aga Khan Canada en partenariat avec plusieurs écoles de journalisme. \nLa présentation a compris une séance de questions-réponses. \nDétails de l’événement : \nCet événement a déjà eu lieu à l’Université de Moncton et l’Université Laval. \nValerian Mazataud \nValerian Mazataud est un photographe documentaire indépendant né en France en 1978\, et basé à Montréal\, Canada. Il travaille principalement avec des médias québécois comme Le Devoir\, La Presse\, L’Actualité\, ainsi que le magazine semestriel Nouveau Projet. Il est représenté par l’agence Redux Pictures à New-York. \nIl s’intéresse particulièrement aux problématiques de justice sociale\, aux minorités\, aux droits de la personne\, à l’environnement et aux affaires internationales. Il a couvert plusieurs des grands événements de ces dernières années\, du tremblement de terre en Haïti au printemps arabe\, en passant par la sécheresse dans la corne de l’Afrique. \nIl se concentre désormais sur des projets documentaires à long terme\, tels que l’impact social et communautaire de l’exploitation des ressources minières\, et développe également un projet au long cours sur les quartiers nord de l’île de Montréal. \nValérian Mazataud a été nommé photojournaliste de la relève 2011 par la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ). Il a été nominé et lauréat de plusieurs prix de photographie nationaux et internationaux. \nSes photos ont été exposées lors des édition 2011 et 2013 du Festival de photojournalisme québécois Zoom\, ainsi que lors de l’édition 2014 du festival Contact de Toronto. \n\n En partenariat avec : \n \n  \n \n  \nSoutien financier :
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/143-fr-mss-2015/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AKFC Events
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