UN Women is pleased to invite you to the United Nations observance of International Women’s Day 2021. The theme is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world on the way to the Generation Equality Forum”.
Dr. Bonnie Henry has been one of the leading figures in Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As provincial health officer for British Columbia, her informative briefings have been part of the information diet for all Canadians. Dr. Henry will speak to Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells about the challenges of managing a year-long health crisis, and what comes next.
This Pink Shirt Day, our focus is working together and treating others with dignity and respect. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all and shown the importance of helping one another and advocating for those who need it. Help us “lift each other up” and support programs that encourage healthy self esteem and teach empathy, compassion and kindness.
The COVID-19 vaccine is saving lives. Vaccines do more than protect the people getting vaccinated, they also protect everyone around them. The more people in a community who are immunized and protected from COVID-19, the harder it is for COVID-19 to spread.
Canada’s National Observer caught up with Aaren Topley for a chat about school farms, farming on public land and how communicating with municipalities about food can result in change.