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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation
Royal Commonwealth Society, Ottawa
- Feb 12, 2020
48th National Student Commonwealth Forum, "Sustainable Communities" May 2-8 postponed till May 2021.
Since 1973, RCS Ottawa has run a week-long leadership program to engage and empower youth as "Global Citizens". Learn from subject...
MediaSmarts.ca
- Dec 28, 2019
TIP 1 - Pushing back against hate online
When you want to push back against hate online, you should assume that the person didn’t mean to be hurtful. Don’t criticize or blame...
Wired
- Dec 1, 2019
Making Democracy Work Again
The use of social media to distribute disinformation has opened up vast social divisions and brought democracy to its knees. What has...
RCS Ottawa
- Nov 27, 2019
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020 - launched
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, a competition which has been administered by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883, each...
RCS Ottawa
- Oct 30, 2019
"Lest we forget" Remembrance Day Ceremony & Lunch
View the Remembrance Day Ceremony indoors on a large screen, followed by a light lunch at 158 Gloucester St. To honour the sacrifice of...
RCS Ottawa
- Oct 16, 2019
2020 Commonwealth Youth Forum
The future of the Commonwealth depends on its one billion young people. The Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) is organised as part of the...
RCS Ottawa
- Oct 7, 2019
#WW1 East African soldiers and carriers
The @CWGC’s Nairobi African Memorial commemorates East African soldiers and carriers who died during #WW1 while serving with British...
@commonwealthsec
- Oct 7, 2019
Commonwealth website for #children
#Commonwealth for kids: diversity, equality, friendship. Check out this Commonwealth website for #children. http://www.youngcommonwealth....
RCS Ottawa
- Oct 5, 2019
The world's oldest schools writing competition
Catherine Wang from British Columbia, got to go to Buckingham Palace as the Senior winner in the 2019 Queen's Commonwealth Essay...
RCS Ottawa
- Oct 4, 2019
2020 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
Rwanda will host the next CHOGM starting June 22. The theme is ‘Delivering A Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’. Five...
RCS Ottawa
- Oct 1, 2019
Apathy is Boring.com
Works to educate and engage Canadian youth about democracy and getting the vote out. It has resources on: Disinformation; Abacus data on...
RCS Ottawa
- Sep 21, 2019
#Düsseldorf vs. #Victoria 2022 Invictus Games
Yesterday the #InvictusGames Foundation and Board of Trustees reviewed impressive presentations from the final two cities Yesterday the...
RCS Ottawa
- Sep 9, 2019
Commonwealth War Graves guided tours
Visiting the @CWGC’s Thiepval Memorial or Tyne Cot Cemetery between now and November? The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation Interns will...
RCS Ottawa
- Sep 9, 2019
Nominations open for 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards
Nominations have opened for the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards which will see winners awarded a cash grant to scale-up development work...
RCS Ottawa
- Aug 12, 2019
The latest Commonwealth War Graves Commission podcast episode is live!
The latest @CWGC podcast episode is live! Continuing our journey through Normandy we explore some of the cemeteries that tell the story...
RCS Ottawa
- Jul 25, 2019
2019 RCSO - Shakespeare on the Platform competition November 6
Come out to this free evening of theatre. Cash prizes of $350, $250, $100 and $50 will be awarded to the top four competitors, and the...
@queenscomtrust
- Jul 16, 2019
#TuesdayMotivation, courtesy of Ifrah Faiz
Ifrah's desire to defy stereotypes led her to pursue a career in the Pakistan Air Force and become the first female paratrooper for the...
RCS Ottawa
- Jul 1, 2019
US employers, Indian employees—everybody wants a piece of Canada
More than six in 10 American employers consider Canada’s immigration policy to be more favourable than that of the US, and plan to expand...
RCS Ottawa
- Jun 20, 2019
Today is #ArmedForcesDay!
To all the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community, from currently serving troops to service families, veterans and...
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