Welcome to July's Newsletter!

New CIDA Announcement Regarding Funding Guidelines

Minister Oda released new guidelines for how CIDA will allocate its funding in the coming years. Read about the new theme areas to ensure your proposal is targetted effectively.

Press Release Here

G8 and G20 Summits - Major Outcomes

So, what actually came out of the G8/G20 summits? Well, the following documents, of course!

G20 SHOWS CANADIANS CAN'T TAKE HUMAN RIGHTS, RULE OF LAW FOR GRANTED

Reprinted from http://www.straight.com/article-332104/vancouver/scott-andrews-g20-shows-canadians-cant-take-human-rights-rule-law-granted

Scott Andrews: G20 shows Canadians can't take human rights, rule of law for granted

 

By Scott Andrews

Now Accepting Community Proposals for Action Research Exchange

Are you a local non-profit or grassroots community organization with no time or money for research?

An SFU student can help make your social or environmental project a reality. Student research can be anything from reports to video production, graphic design, business planning, communication plans, survey and more.

Apply to partner with a student researcher though the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group at
http://sfpirg.arx/apply

Definitely NOT the G8: Progressive perspectives on international development and finance issues

Podcast audio documentaries providing progressive perspectives on international development and finance issues.

The first is on the Millennium Development Goals and can be listened to here:
http://halifaxinitiative.org/content/millenium-development-goals

BCCIC takes on VPS

We were at the Vancouver People's Summit on Sunday - it was so much fun (as you can see from the photos and forthcoming videos) and a great way to promote the upcoming September 18, 2010 Make Noise for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign

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