BRIDGESTHATUNITE PRESENTS: Dialogue on Enhancing Equality and Human Development
When: Monday April 27, 2:00 to 6:30pm
Where: The Children’s Museum, 10 King Street W, Kitchener
Over the course of the afternoon, supported by professional facilitators, participants will have an opportunity to share their passion, ideas, and questions about what Canadians should do to enhance equality and human development.
The purpose of this dialogue is not to identify some predetermined ‘right’ solution to global inequality. The issue is not black and white and does not lend itself to an easy solution. Participants are not expected to be or become experts. Canada's World invites citizens to exercise their best judgment in recommending a course of action for Canada to take to address this issue.
The session will open with a tour of the BRIDGESTHATUNITE exhibit and will be followed by a reception.
This dialogue is by invitation only. If you are in the Kitchener - Waterloo area and are interested in participating, please email Elodie Jacquet at elodie@canadasworld.ca, briefly explaining your interest in dialogue and the Canada's World process.
This session is co-hosted by BRIDGESTHATUNITE and Canada's World.
BRIDGESTHATUNITE PRESENTS: A Local to Global Dialogue on the Power of Community Mobilization
When: Wednesday April 22nd, 2.00 – 3.00 pm
Where: The Children’s Museum, 10 King Street W, Kitchener
Summary: Local and international community engagement practitioners will come together to discuss what can be learned from the community mobilization experience in Canada and internationally, and how local community engagement organizations might “Think Locally and Act Globally”.
BRIDGESTHATUNITE PRESENTS: Education for a Better World
When: Wednesday, April 22, 5.30 – 7.30
Where: The Children’s Museum, 10 King Street W, Kitchener
Summary: Education creates boundless social and economic opportunities, breaking the cycle of poverty and creating a more secure and prosperous future for all. This event for teachers, educators and education students, and anyone with an interest in international education will explore how Canada and Canadians are improving quality and access to educational opportunities at all levels, and what educators can do here in Canada to bring global education into their classrooms.
Speaker: Ms. Zahra Bhanji, Ph.D. Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, will discuss the importance of Global Education, and ways in which teachers can incorporate global issues into elementary and secondary school curriculum.
Film Screening - Madrasa Early Childhood Program: A screening of Madrasa Early Childhood Program, which highlights early childhood education programming in East Africa. The film examines at the importance of pre-school education in helping young children prepare for later learning and life. Viewers will experience a “typical” day in a Madrasa pre-school, and will find out how the Madrasa Resource Centre in Kenya works closely with the local community to establish and maintain its pre-school, the importance of training local women as teachers, and the use of the Madrasa Pre-School curriculum in the classroom.
Seating is limited. For more information and to reserve a seat, please RSVP at http://www.bridgesthatunite.eventbrite.com/
AKFC thanks the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for its support.
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in conjunction with BRIDGESTHATUNITE, is proud to present several FREE film screenings at the Children's Museum between April 4th and May 3rd:
Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 6.30 p.m.
"A remarkable journey from the deserts of West Africa to the foothills of the Himilayas to witness how culture can transform people's lives." The film describes the work of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture by travelling the Islamic World to witness: ancient villages and historic cities restored; abandoned monuments given new life; old skills relearned and new discoveries made; economically depressed communities revived; music and verse, once forgotten performed again, and: masterpieces of Islamic art on display for the first time. (34 minutes)
Madrasa Early Childhood Programme
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 6.30 p.m.
The introductory film provides a regional overview of the Madrasa Programme, with particular focus on what a “typical” day is like in a Madrasa pre-school. “Talking Walls” examines how the Madrasa Resource Centre in Kenya works with the local community to establish its pre-school, the training of local women as teachers and the use of the Madrasa Pre-School curriculum in the classroom. “Creating Confidence” looks at the importance of pre-school education for helping young children prepare for later learning and life, using the example of the Madrasa Resource Centre in Uganda. (35 minutes)
You Can Bank on Me
Monday, April 28th, 2009, 12.00 p.m.
Produced by Aga Khan Foundation Canada, this documentary film shot by journalist Richard Phinney explores how Aga Khan Development Network microfinance programs are helping to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of poor communities in the developing world. Through interviews with microfinance clients in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Egypt, Phinney documents how men and women are creating jobs where they are desperately needed, who in conditions of hardship refuse to be victims and who pay back their loans, with interest, on time, every time. (25 minutes)
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