1994 Say
It Right [top]
- Designed and produced booklet
on UN Convention the Rights of the Child, for the
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, to help
Canadian youth understand international conventions
and issues.
Partners: Canadian Coalition for
the Rights of Children, Heritage Canada, Health Canada,
SCREAM Youth Rights Network, YMCA Montréal,
Défense des enfants international, office of
Senator Landon Pearson.
1995 G 7 Summit
(Halifax, Canada) [top]
- First fully accredited youth
journalists from The Students Commission and Auburn
Air report from inside the G 7 Media Centre. Involved
international collaboration and process
building.
Partners: Auburn Air High School in
Nova Scotia, Youth Media
1994-96
Canadian Youth Speak International [top]
- Students Commission was one of
the key organizers to develop a national mechanism to
propel Canadian youth into the international forums of
the United Nations (specifically for the 1994 Social
[International] Summit in Copenhagen, the 1995
Fourth World's Women's Conference in Beijing and 1996
Habitat 2 in Istanbul)
Partners: Canadian NGOs
1995 UN50
Conference (Toronto, Canada) [top]
- Representative of The Students
Commission selected as one of 60 participants from 48
countries for a CIDA sponsored workshop in preparation
for the Fourth World UN Conference on Women in
Beijing. Time was spent with Secretary General
Gertrude Mongella, revising the "Platform For Action"
from the second Beijing PrepCom to include a youth
perspective. Involved international collaboration and
process-building.
1995(-2000) UN
Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, China)
[top]
- Sent 2 young women, as the only
youth organization in Canada accredited to attend the
government sessions.
- Instrumental in creating the
International NGO Youth Forum at the Beijing
Conference, and developing the Youth
Declaration.
- Worked with 150 young women
from 10 countries to create "Challenge the
Assumptions", a multimedia educational package on
systemic issues facing young women.
- Youth representation on
Canadian Women's NGO's coordinating follow up to
Beijing.
- Involved international
collaboration and process-building.
Partners: National Action Committee
on the Status of Women, Canadian Feminist Alliance for
International Action, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Women
Entrepreneurs of Canada, Status of Women
Canada.
1996 World
Conservation Congress (Montréal, Canada)
[top]
- Developed and implemented
Canadian youth participation in the IUCN conference.
25 youth participated in our Youth Communications
Centre, which designed and produced a daily newsletter
for over 3,000 adult delegates, working with 5
international adult journalists. Youth representatives
opened the conference with the Canadian Prime
Minister.
Partners: Environment Canada, IUCN
Organizing Committee.
1996 Rescue
Mission Planet Earth Web Site [top]
- Designed, produced and
published website to supplement the publication of the
Canadian print version of Agenda 21
Partners: Canadian Rescue Mission
Consortium, UNESCO.
1996 &
1997 UNICEF Canada Newsletter [top]
- Designed UNICEF newsletter for
Canadian schools to increase awareness of
international issues.
Partners: UNICEF Canada
1997 APEC
Ministerial Meetings and Leaders Summit (Canada)
[top]
- Developed, managed and executed
the Canadian Youth Initiative during Canada's year of
the Asia Pacific as a mechanism to involve youth
critically in APEC issues. This initiative included
the mobilization, engagement and execution of youth
participation both Canadian and international at each
of the Ministerial Meetings and the Leaders Summit in
Vancouver, as well as the world's first live/virtual,
local national international conference involving
approx. 600 youth from Canada and other APEC
economies.
- Worked with HRDC and
facilitated youth from the 18 APEC economies in
forming a working group to create an electronic source
book.
- Hosted youth from Thailand, the
Philippines and Vietnam at several regional
conferences and in a Toronto program to create a
website.
- Involved international
collaboration and process building.
Partners: Six Canadian government
departments hosting Ministerial Meetings, Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Human Resources
Canada, Canadian International Development Agency, Asia
Pacific Foundation of Canada, UNICEF Canada.
1997 UNESCO
International Conference on Environment and Society
(Greece) [top]
1997 UN Special Assembly: Rio+5
(New York)
1997 Montréal Protocol
(Montréal, Canada)
- Developed innovative Youth
Communications Centre as a relevant way for youth to
meaningfully participate in adult-centred
international forums. Involved international
collaboration and process-building.
Partners: Environment Canada,
UNESCO Paris.
1998 Child
Labour Curriculum Project [top]
- Part of a team that developed a
6 unit curriculum resource on Child Labour for high
school teachers. Initiated and facilitated workshops
at the Lester B. Pearson International Youth
Leadership Seminar and in various high schools using
the resource.
Partners: CoDevelepment Canada, BC
Teacher's Federation
1998 Pacific
Port Legacy Project [top]
- As a legacy arising from the
recommendations from youth involved in the 1997 APEC
events, The Students Commission and the Asia Pacific
Foundation of Canada developed a pilot project
connecting youth from Canada, China and Japan in a
virtual exchange program using Internet web and
conferencing systems.
Partners: Asia Pacific Foundation
of Canada
1999 Youth
Rights Web Site [top]
- Designed and produced a web
site for educators to facilitate the introduction of
international children's rights into Canadian schools,
using materials developed by UNICEF
Canada.
Partners: UNICEF Canada
1999 Women
Action 2000 [top]
- Representative of The Students
Commission selected to represent Canadian women's
NGO's in an international workshop in Korea to
strategize a global effort on Women and Media for UN
Beijing+5 Review. Advising on the development of a
global web site in this area. Involved international
collaboration and process building.
Partners: Canadian Feminist
Alliance for International Action, other international
women's NGO's.
2000 UN
Commission on the Status of Women (New York, USA)
[top]
- Representative of The Students
Commission was the Canadian youth representative on
the Canadian NGO delegation to the Commission on the
Status of Women serving as the final preparatory
meeting for the Beijing+5 Special Session. Helped
organize youth into an effective youth caucus that
respected diversity, and worked to advance Canadian
positions on the girl child, media and ICTs, and
education.
Partners: Status of Women Canada,
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action,
other Canadian and International NGOs.
2000 World
Conference on Racism Organizing [top]
- Involved in organizing a youth
component to the 2001 World Conference on Racism,
hosted by the UN Human Rights Commission in South
Africa. Inputting into process to engage women
generally, and young women of colour specifically in
the conference process. Involved international
collaboration and process building.
Partners: African Canadian Legal
Clinic, Women's Health in Women's Hands, NGOs from
different regions of the world through the Women of
Colour North South Caucus, Power camp, NAC Young Womyn,
South African Youth NGO.
2000 Model OAS
(Edmonton, Canada) [top]
- Representative of The Students
Commission selected as observer for the Model OAS
conference, March 27 to 31, 2000. Sat in on the
Informal Plenary Session for the Forum of Young
Political Leaders and committee sessions where
resolutions were debated and passed.
Partners: Organization of the
American States (OAS), University of Alberta
2000 OAS
Women's Minister Meeting (Washington, DC)
[top]
- Representative of The Students
Commission chosen as the NGO youth representative on
the Canadian delegation to the Meeting of Ministers or
Highest Ranking Authorities Responsible for the
Advancement of Women in the Member States of the OAS.
Participated in daily meetings and briefings of the
Canadian delegation, attended Meeting of Ministers,
brought a youth and NGO perspective to discussions
about gender in an international context, disseminated
information to youth and NGO networks following the
meeting. Involved international collaboration and
process-building.
Partners: Status of Women
Canada.
2000 Latin
American Internship (El Salvador) [top]
- Youth staff person from The
Students Commission in Latin America organizing a
group of volunteers doing international community
development work. Involved international collaboration
and process building.
Partners: Latin American
NGOs
2000 War
Affected Child Project and Forum [top]
- Developing a national youth
forum that engages youth on issues of war affected
children and a process to work with other Canadian
NGOs to select diverse young people for the
program
- Co-developing Generation Peace,
a national program to engage Canadian youth in issues
of human rights, conflict and war affected children.
Creating educational resources to support youth
understanding these international issues and
developing their own projects at the local, national
and international levels.
Partners: Centre for Foreign Policy
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade,
War Child Canada, other Canadian NGOs