Cooperation Canada Annual Conference, Ottawa, October 8-10
This conference is an excellent opportunity to hear from leaders in international development and to network with GRAN friends and allies. The registration fee for a GRAN member from the …
GRAN May update – Hello Friends
This month’s edition is about the Hello Friends that was held in Toronto in May.
Action: Congratulate Minister Hussen!
“Our government believes and knows the value of international aid, and the results that it delivers all around the world, and right here at home.” – Minister of International Development …
Standing Up for the Okavango Delta
GRAN and partners have lodged a formal human rights complaint against Canadian ReconAfrica’s oil exploration activities in the Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a critical step …
Introducing Hello Friends! Keynote Speaker Sally Armstrong
“Striding into Taliban-held Afghanistan with a chador over her six-foot frame, playing high-fives with a traumatized child rape survivor in the Congolese jungle, marching with the defiant grandmothers in Swaziland, …
GRAN Update March 2024
A packed issue! Everything you need to know to register for Hello Friends in May, updates from GRAN’s watch groups on access to medicines, climate, education, mining justice and the …
What is Canada’s “Official Development Assistance”?
This month GRAN’s Small Sips explains the basics of “ODA,” what it covers and does not, and how Canada is living up to its international commitments.
Don’t miss the GRAN gathering May 13-15!
Meet GRANs from across the country at Hello Friends 2024 in Toronto. The theme of this gathering, the first since 2018, is MAKING A DIFFERENCE – EMBRACING OUR GRANDMOTHER POWER! …
GRAN Learning Event Feb. 1
A conversation about African grandmothers’ role in climate change. Elsie Bokaba will share her research and passion for the often-neglected role of older women in rural South Africa. 12:00 noon …
Feeding the future with Nature-Based Farming
Small Sips is a series of short messages on world hunger. Issue # 22 looks at the success the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has achieved in scaling up small solutions …