BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Aga Khan Foundation Canada - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Aga Khan Foundation Canada X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.akfc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Aga Khan Foundation Canada REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131025 DTSTAMP:20260605T035801 CREATED:20170425T192348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170425T192348Z UID:2250-1382572800-1382659199@www.akfc.ca SUMMARY:Measuring Quality of Life DESCRIPTION:This event has concluded \nView a recording of the event here: \n \nFor more information on the Quality of Life Program\, please click here. \n\nUndertaken 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/quality-of-life/ LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130925 DTSTAMP:20260605T035801 CREATED:20170425T192329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170425T192329Z UID:2246-1379980800-1380067199@www.akfc.ca SUMMARY:Reporting Without a Parachute: Reflections from a ‘Post-War Correspondent' DESCRIPTION:Following the series\, Marc produced a short video to share his reflections on post-war correspondence.\n \n \nYou can also view a Storify summary of the series below:\n  \n[View the story “Reporting Without a Parachute: Reflections from a ‘Post-War Correspondent'” on Storify]\nUndertaken with financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development (DFATD). \nAdditional information \nMarc Ellison left the safety of his cubicle after a 10-year career in IT to chase his dream of becoming a photojournalist. To prove it wasn’t a foolhardy exercise\, he’s worked in Central African Republic\, northern Uganda and South Sudan over the last two years. \nMarc’s most recent project\, funded by an International Development Research Centre award\, examined the reintegration of female former child soldiers in Uganda (www.dwogpaco.com). In 2013\, he received an award from the Canadian Association of Journalists for a subsequent series he wrote for The Toronto Star about the challenges these women continue to face. \nMarc has since produced work for: The Toronto Star\, The Globe and Mail\, 60 Minutes\, CBC\, iPolitics\, VICE magazine\, The Tyee\, MTV Canada\, Canadian Geographic\, IDRC\, Radio Miraya and The New Nation  (both South Sudan)\, Mega FM (Gulu\, Uganda) and OpenFile. \nHe recently won best photo in the “Africa” category in the World Bank Picture Inequality competition\, and his work is currently being displayed in an outdoor PhotoSensitive project in Toronto. \nIn October 2013\, he will be travelling to post-conflict Mali to assist in a reality-radio project with Farm Radio International. \nYou can follow Marc on Twitter @marceellison and see his work at www.marcellison.com. \n  \n? URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/reporting-without-parachute/ LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130613 DTSTAMP:20260605T035801 CREATED:20170425T192329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170425T192329Z UID:2244-1370995200-1371081599@www.akfc.ca SUMMARY:Cultivating Active Citizenship: Inspiring Young Canadians to make a difference DESCRIPTION:Dougherty says that inspiring young Canadians to take action goes beyond Facebook likes and Twitter followers. It’s about getting personal with youth and asking them – face-to-face – to get involved. \nActive citizenship is about “understanding our power as individuals and as a collective to make change and to be agents of change\,” said Dougherty. \nApathy is Boring is a non-partisan charity that uses art and technology to educate Canadian youth about democracy and motivate them to get involved in their communities\, while the EYES Project promotes the importance of community-building and environmental sustainability in youth education\, and offers a forum for Canadian educators and students to discuss these issues. Both aim to engage youth in active citizenship. \n“When I think of strategies to engage young people\, I always start with the premise that we all come to a learning experience with personal knowledge and life experiences\,” said Glithero\, highlighting the importance of making education personal. \nLearning that is driven by youths’ interests and passions becomes an avenue for engagement with local and global issues\, she explained. \nYouth have plenty of good\, innovative ideas to put forward – the key is to ensure that their ideas wind up on the desks of the people who need to hear them\, including elected officials and other community leaders\, said Dougherty. Youth also need to be involved in decision-making – and not just in token roles\, added Glithero. They must be an integral part of the process. \nThe event was in celebration of 26 young Canadians who are undertaking eight-month placements in Africa and Asia through Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s 2013-14 International Youth Fellowship program. Every year\, fellows are placed with partner organizations in the fields of development management\, microfinance and microenterprise\, and media in order to develop leadership skills\, contribute to their host organizations\, and learn about international development. \nThis year’s fellows come from coast-to-coast\, bringing a diverse range of experience to the table: from working for the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh; to researching leisure activities in Malawi’s refugee camps; to arranging travel for Inuit from northern Quebec to working on community development projects in Kenya. \nOver the next eight months\, they will be put their experience and abilities to use while working in Egypt\, Kenya\, Uganda\, Tanzania\, Mozambique\, Madagascar\, Tajikistan\, Kyrgyzstan\, India and Bangladesh. This year’s recipients are: \n\n         Adam Feather (Ottawa\, ON) placed in Tanzania with the Aga Khan Foundation\n         Alim Fakirani (Montreal\, QC) placed in Tanzania with Aga Khan University\n         Allison Enns (Winnipeg\, MB) placed in Mozambique with Aga Khan Foundation\n         Alyza Devraj (Vancouver\, BC) placed in Madagascar with the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance\n         Andrea Shillolo (Emsdale\, ON) placed in Kenya with Aga Khan Foundation\n         Andrew Lusztyk (Toronto\, ON) placed in Kenya with Honey Care Africa Ltd\n         Caitlin Cassie (Coquitlam\, BC) placed in Uganda with Aga Khan Foundation\n         David Meffe (Montreal\, QC) placed in Kenya with Nation Media Group\n         Dhaarna Tangri (Surrey\, BC) placed in the Kyrgyz Republic with Aga Khan Foundation\n         Douglas Lau (Burnaby\, BC) placed in Tanzania with Aga Khan Health Services\n         Edward Zvekic (Gatineau\, QC) placed in Egypt with the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance\n         Flavie Halais (Montreal\, QC) placed in Kenya with Nation Media Group\n         Hilary Clauson (Ottawa\, ON) placed in Bangladesh with Aga Khan Foundation\n         Jamie Charlebois (Halifax\, NS) placed in Bangladesh with CARE\n         Jessica Pisarek (Vancouver\, BC) placed in India with Aga Khan Planning and Building Services\n         Kendra Thorogood (Ottawa\, ON) placed in Tajikistan with First MicroFinance Bank\n         Laurence Couture Gagnon (Rimouski\, QC) placed in Tajikistan with Aga Khan Foundation\n         Nabeel Ahmed (Mississauga\, ON) placed in the Kyrgyz Republic with the University of Central Asia\n         Nicole Gladstone (Ottawa\, ON) placed in Uganda with the Madrasa Resource Centre\n         Oksana Kovalenko (Toronto\, ON) placed in the Kyrgyz Republic with the First MicroCredit Company\n         Olga Mirzoeva (Ottawa\, ON) placed in Tanzania with CARE\n         Raafi-Karim Alidina (Edmonton\, AB) placed in Bangladesh with Aga Khan Foundation\n         Rukshan Mehta (Toronto\, ON) placed in India with Aga Khan Trust for Culture\n         Safiqa Kara (Calgary\, AB) placed in Tajikistan with Aga Khan Health Services\n         Savannah Hallworth (Delta\, BC) placed in the Kyrgyz Republic with the University of Central Asia\n         Tracey Evans (Oakville\, ON) placed in Bangladesh with CARE\n\nCheck back to our International Youth Fellowship webpage to read about their experiences and to learn more about AKFC’s fellowship program.  URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/fellowship-reception-2013/ LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130605 DTSTAMP:20260605T035801 CREATED:20170425T192329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170426T180620Z UID:2245-1370304000-1370390399@www.akfc.ca SUMMARY:AKFC Seminars on Innovative Financing for Development DESCRIPTION: Watch selected interviews with speakers who participated in the AKFC Seminars on Innovative Financing for Development series. Complete webcasts of all the events in the series are also available. \nEvent Highlights\nAccelerating Impact: the Role of Impact Investing in Innovative Financing for Development March 26\, 2013 – In the inaugural event of the series\, Edward Jackson\, a faculty member at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University\, and Karim Harji\, a co-founder and partner at Purpose Capital\, explained that impact investing means investing for a mix of financial and social returns. “There are wicked problems that we need to solve – everything from extreme poverty to climate change – and we need some new tools\,” said Jackson. “We need ways of levering capital and influence and results. Impact investing is one source of leverage and mobilization of a new set of tools and products both for private capital and for public capital.” \n\nView the recorded webcast\n\n\nClients at the Centre: Workshop to launch The New Microfinance Handbook \nApril 30\, 2013 – This full-day workshop was held in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation and featured a keynote address by Bob Christen\, President of the Boulder Institute of Microfinance\, as well as presentations by Ann Miles\, Director of Microfinance at The MasterCard Foundation; Steve Rasmussen\, Manager of Technology and Business Model Innovation at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; and Joanna Ledgerwood\, Director of Enterprise Development at Aga Khan Foundation. The workshop explored the need for increased financial inclusion in developing countries by examining the financial market system and promoting a thorough understanding of client needs. Current research is looking to understand the financial lives of the world’s poor and the broad range of financial services that would be helpful to them\, said Mr. Christen. “What are they doing informally and how can we be helpful formally? How can we add value to those financial lives? How can we help them achieve their family goals that are so fundamental?” \n\nView the recorded webcast\n\n\nInnovative Financing for Early Childhood Education \nMay 16\, 2013 – In light of uncertain economic times\, budgets for education – and early human development\, in particular – are often the first to suffer. In his presentation\, Dr. Marito Garcia\, Lead Economist and Program Manager at the Human Development Department of the Africa Region of the World Bank\, described the impact this has on the world’s poor. To address this he first outlined successes around the use of conditional cash transfers and introduced two new ideas – young child development bonds and young child development credits – which could help change how education programs are funded worldwide. “The rate of return to early childhood investments is 2 to 3 times that of primary of secondary schooling\,” said Dr. Garcia. This entails higher lifetime earnings\, reduced crime\, a lesser propensity for diseases and more\, making the investment in early childhood education extremely important for societies as a whole. \n\nView the recorded webcast\n\n\nLocal Assets for Local Needs: Community Philanthropy in Action \nJune 4\, 2013 – In the final event of the series\, AKFC hosted a panel discussion with Janet Mawiyoo\, Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Community Development Foundation; Victoria Grant\, Interim Director of The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada; Nick Deychakiwsky\, Program Officer at the C.S. Mott Foundation; and Natalie Ross\, Program Officer at Aga Khan Foundation USA. In describing the the Kenyan context for community philanthropy\, Ms. Mawiyoo explained that drawing on local resources through community philanthropy can reduce dependency\, allow communities to lead their own development\, and cultivate sustainable\, long-term assets. \n\nView the recorded webcast\n\n\nFurther Reading about Innovative Financing: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nAccelerating Impact: Achievements\, Challenges and What’s Next in Building the Impact Investing Industry [pdf] \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe New Microfinance Handbook [pdf]  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe Case for Community Philanthropy [pdf] URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/akfc-seminars-on-innovative-financing-for-development/ LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130126 DTSTAMP:20260605T035801 CREATED:20170425T192348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170425T192348Z UID:2249-1359072000-1359158399@www.akfc.ca SUMMARY:AKFC Seminar and Live Webcast: Tracing Health to Its Roots: Linking Early Childhood Development to Healthy Adulthood DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lye\, the inaugural Executive Director of the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development at the University of Toronto\, highlighted the importance of the first 1\,000 days in a child’s life in establishing trajectories in health\, learning and social functioning as an adult. \nThis event was part of the AKFC Seminars\, a sustained series of events and other learning materials that stimulated deep conversation on selected themes in development. The seminar series focused on early human development\, with other speakers exploring interventions to reduce child mortality and the importance of micronutrients in determining the child’s potential. \nLearn more: \nWatch an interview with Dr. Lye\, where he details the progress being made in Early Human Development and moving beyond basic child survival. URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/akfc-seminar-and-live-webcast-tracing-health-to-its-roots-linking-early-childhood-development-to-healthy-adulthood/ LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2013 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR