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'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates
The global decline in the number of children women are having, means nearly half of countries are now facing a "baby bust" - there are...
BBC
Dec 3, 2018


Canadians on the Committees of the Commonwealth Youth Council!
The Commonwealth Youth Council executive was elected at the Commonwealth Youth Forum early this year. The goal of the CYC executive is...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 3, 2018


Canada bid for Commonwealth Games
Canada founded and staged the first Commonwealth Games (then called the “British Empire Games”) in 1930 in Hamilton (ON). Since then...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 3, 2018


RCSO - "Commonwealth Conversation" with British High Commissioner, OCTOBER 24th
Ms. Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque, CMG, provided an overview of the challenges facing democracy around the world, the outcomes from...

RCS Ottawa
Nov 28, 2018


Happy 70th Birthday to HRH The Prince of Wales
One of six postage stamps to be issued by #RoyalMail on 14 November to mark the 70th birthday of the Prince of Wales: This...
@MajestyMagazine
Nov 23, 2018


#ArchiveAnimals
Today’s @explorearchives theme is #ArchiveAnimals for which we have this menagerie of fantastic beasts depicted throughout the collection...
@CWGC
Nov 23, 2018


Queen and Prince Philip celebrate 71st wedding anniversary
The Queen and Prince Philip today celebrate the impressive landmark occasion of their 71st wedding anniversary. The couple are expected...

RCS Ottawa
Nov 20, 2018
#RoadToPeace #WW1
As many as one million service personnel lost their lives due to Spanish Flu 100 years ago. One being Matron Jean Walker who died #OTD in...
@CWGC
Nov 3, 2018


90th year of the Field of Remembrance
The Duke of Sussex will visit the Field of Remembrance at @WAbbey on Thursday 8th November. This will be the 90th year of the Field of...
@KensingtonRoyal
Nov 3, 2018
#RoadToPeace
#OTD 100 years ago Major Atwood Mackay died of wounds – the 34-year-old is buried in the @CWGC Terlincthun British Cemetery, France. Born...
@CWGC
Oct 26, 2018



RCS Ottawa
Oct 26, 2018
#RoadToPeace: Major General Louis Lipsett
Major General Louis Lipsett, Commander of the 4th Division, killed in action 100 years ago today, was the last General officer to die...
@CWGC
Oct 20, 2018
'The biggest single bit of work since any of the pharaohs'
Described by Rudyard Kipling as 'The biggest single bit of work since any of the pharaohs' - the architectural work undertaken by @CWGC a...
@CWGC
Oct 20, 2018


"Commonwealth Conversation" with British High Commissioner, OCTOBER 24th, 2018
Royal Commonwealth Society, Ottawa A ‘Commonwealth Conversation’ with the British High Commissioner Ms. Susan le Jeune...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 12, 2018


Global Goals Week
QCT are celebrating Global Goals Week by sharing an invitation for schools across the Commonwealth to register for @futurefound GSL...
@queenscomtrust
Oct 5, 2018


Gender equality
Calabar Youth Council for Women’s Rights works to overcome gender-based violence in Nigeria. Read about their fight for gender equality:...
@queenscomtrust
Oct 5, 2018


Commonwealth Secretary General visits Belize
@PScotlandCSG has met with government officials, stakeholders and is due to meet Prime Minister Dean Barrow during a four-day visit to...
@commonwealthsec
Oct 5, 2018
‘For us’
The simple words ‘For us’ were chosen to adorn the headstone of Captain Fred Reynolds who died in Belgium 100 years ago today. The...
@CWGC
Oct 5, 2018


Hope for a brighter future
Young people across the Commonwealth foster hope for a brighter future. On #NationalPoetryDay, we share a poem of hope to celebrate their...
@queenscomtrust
Oct 5, 2018
October 2018: Commonwealth Observer
Bangladesh Opposition sees Act as threat to freedom of speech Bangladeshi activists hold placards during a protest against the Digital...
courtesy of Mr. Murray Burt
Oct 1, 2018
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