Upcoming Events
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Feb1
Manitoba Global Citizens Profiles
February 1st 2012 – February 29th 2012
Online
Log on to www.mcic.ca to watch video profiles of Manitobans who are Making a Difference in our world. You can enter to win a $250 fair trade wardrobe. Contest closes February 22.
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Feb1
“Unbreakable” Music Video
February 1st 2012 – February 29th 2012
Online
Visit www.mcic.ca to watch the music video for “Unbreakable”, a song about the importance of the empowerment of women and girls in our world, written, composed and recorded by eight young people from around Manitoba. These young people are Akina Kennedy-Shirt, Dani Chalus, Jeremy Ryant and Sharlene Nicole Mabasa from Winnipeg, Andrew Chudley from Oakbank, Kat Klassen from Steinbach and Callum Spencer and Jayde Clendenning from Flin Flon.
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Feb2
Come Face2Face with entrepreneurs who think big!
February 2nd 2012 – February 17th 2012
Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg
Meet Tatu Juma from Tanzania. She heads a successful business in her community. Her story presents an example of how empowering women in developing countries helps contribute to a community’s-and a country’s-economic growth.
Face2Face is a new exhibit by the Canadian International Development Agency, that brings visitors real stories from the field. Come visit Tatu Juma at the Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg until February 17, 2012. For more information, visit cida.gc.ca/face2face
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Feb5
MATCH and WUSC Empowering Women and Girls: Making a Difference Fundraising Luncheon
February 5th 2012
Convocation Hall, University of Manitoba
MATCH International Manitoba invites you to its fundraising luncheon in recognition of International Development Week 2012 with speakers Dr. John McKenzie, Joan Butcher, Mascilline Hama and Rob Scott. Tickets are $40.00 (tax receipt $20.00). For more information about this event call Irene on (204) 261-1363 or Helen on (204) 895-8108 or visit the MATCH International website. Event is from 1:00 - 3:00pm
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Feb7
Liquid Life: Water, Sustainability and Development
February 7th 2012
Fireside Lounge, University Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
The World W.IS.E. Ambassadors of the University of Manitoba presents a screening of this TED talk.
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Feb7
Ensuring Access To Safe Water For All: Will this goal be reached by 2015?
February 7th 2012
Room EITC E3-270, Engineering Complex, University of Manitoba
Engineers Without Borders presents a panel discussion on whether the goal of access to safe water for all will be met by 2015.
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Feb7
Taking IT Global: Creating Virtual Platforms For International Development
February 7th 2012
Victoria/Albert Room, Delta Hotel, 350 St Mary Avenue, Winnipeg
Michael Furdyk, co-founder of TakingITGlobal, will share the online community’s experiences in developing a global network of youth activists interested in global issues and creating positive social change. The talk will be in English. French interpretation will be provided. This event is free. For more information call (204) 958-7740. Organized by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the University of Winnipeg’s Menno Simons College, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Event is from 7:00 to 9:00pm
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Feb8
Amnesty Coffee House: Celebrating Latin American Culture
February 8th 2012
Degrees Restaurant, University Centre, University of Manitoba
This event is presented by Amnesty International at the University of Manitoba and will be a celebration of many aspects of Latin American culture. Event is from 7:00 - 10:00pm.
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Feb8
Public Launch of International Development Week 2012 in Manitoba
February 8th 2012
Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg
MCIC will launch IDW 2012 with an ethical fashion show, showcasing ethically-made, green and Fair Trade fashions available in Canada. Many of these clothes have been made in women’s cooperatives which ensure that women are paid fairly for their work and have access to health care and education. Modelling these clothes will be some of the eight young Manitobans who wrote, composed and recorded the song “Unbreakable”, a song about the importance of the empowerment of women and girls in our world. The music video for “Unbreakable” will be premiered during the launch. The event will include the public premiere of the i am making a difference video profiles of nine Manitoban Global Citizens. There will also be displays by MCIC member agencies and Rebecca Mellett, the Director of CIDA Prairies and Pacific Region will address the audience. The general public is invited to attend this launch from 11:45am - 1:30pm.
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Feb9
Lunch and Learn: Flavia Aarden-Kilger
February 9th 2012
MCIC office, 302-280 Smith Street, Winnipeg
Flavia Aarden-Kilger is the Managing Director of Fair Trade Brokers Ltd in British Columbia. Fair Trade Brokers imports Fair Trade goods such as juices, candy, rice cakes, chocolates, tea and coffee and sells them in Canada. Flavia will be talking about her Fair Trade business and the benefits of Fair Trade for producers in the Global South.
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