Tag: Canada

Oceana Launches Campaign in U.S. and Canada to Save North Atlantic Right Whales from Extinction

Stuart Mitchell

Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, today launched a campaign in the U.S. and Canada to help save the North Atlantic right whale from extinction. In a new report, Oceana details the dire reality facing North Atlantic right whales, highlighting their two greatest threats — entanglements in fishing gear and collisions with ships. Since 2017, 28 North Atlantic right whales have been confirmed dead in U.S. and Canadian waters and only around 400 animals remain. Scientists estimate that even a single human-caused right whale death…

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The Elsie Initiative Fund launched to increase uniformed women in UN peacekeeping

Stuart Mitchell

Today, a little more than five per cent of uniformed personnel in UN peacekeeping forces are women. At an event in New York on 28 March, UN Women, in partnership with the Government of Canada, the office of the UN Secretary-General, the UN Department of Peace Operations, and the UN Development Programme’s Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, launched the Elsie Initiative Fund for uniformed women in Peace operations (Elsie Initiative) to increase meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peacekeeping operations. Speaking at the event, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka…

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RMHC Families Thank Canadians for Their Support through Song

Stuart Mitchell

Families who’ve stayed at Ronald McDonald Houses across Canada are thanking Canadians for their generous support through a unique collaboration with world-renowned Canadian community-based choir, Choir!Choir!Choir!. Many Canadians are unaware that they’ve helped over 25,000 families staying at Ronald McDonald Houses and Family Rooms this year by simply visiting McDonald’s restaurants. Every day, Canadians support RMHC families by purchasing a Happy Meal or an RMHC Cookie, by giving at donation boxes and through the kiosks, and by visiting McDonald’s on McHappy Day. In fact, Canadians’ generous giving has allowed us…

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FCB Canada and BMO create a special section of the National Post honouring female leaders in Canada

Stuart Mitchell

Scan any daily newspaper’s pages and you’ll see that, on average, only one out of four names mentioned in its pages are female. “She’s Newsworthy,” a new initiative from BMO, created in partnership with the National Post’s content works department and FCB Canada, is aiming to bring about media equality, if just for one day. On October 30, BMO is taking over a large portion of the national daily that will, by its very existence, create media equality by bringing the stories of unseen female leaders into its pages. The…

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Nearly 1 in 7 Canadian Girls Have Missed School Due to Lack of Period Protection: Always® Wants to Help #EndPeriodPoverty and Keep Girls in School

Stuart Mitchell

The most recent Always® Confidence & Puberty Survey reveals that nearly one in seven Canadian girls have either left school early or missed school entirely because they did not have access to the feminine care products they needed to manage their periods. Missed school equals missed opportunities and a drop in confidence. It’s a simple equation. The lack of access due to economic factors is often referred to as “period poverty” and it impacts girls and women around the world. It can be especially damaging at puberty, when school interactions…

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