Aviva Canada, Parachute, Canada partner up to make Canadian school zones safer
New Aviva Canada survey finds that, in the last year, 37% of parents have witnessed a car collision or near miss in a school zone, and over 70% of those involved a child TORONTO–Aviva Canada and Parachute, a Canada’s national charity dedicated to injury prevention, have partnered up through their …
New Program Launched Aims to Add Memorial Trees To Privately Owned Land
Highway Of Heroes Tree Campaign Celebrates 4 Years Since Launch GRAFTON, ON–On Saturday Nov. 2nd, the Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign planted 30 trees at the Haldimand Memorial Arena and Park. With the help of the local Veteran Community and members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 580, a short …
UNICEF Canada puts children’s rights at the heart of new brand campaign
New campaign developed by UNICEF Canada and Juniper Park\TBWA elicits memories of nostalgia TORONTO–UNICEF Canada is launching The Right to a Childhood, a new branding campaign that advocates for children’s rights, and challenges Canadians to support its global efforts to ensure every child grows up in a safe and supportive …
HomeEquity Bank helps bring 2019 Poppy Campaign into the Digital Age
HomeEquity Bank helps Canadians personalize, dedicate and share a Digital Poppy online; Campaign features one of Canada’s most senior living Veterans and a digital moment of silence on the Twitch streaming platform TORONTO–As the official Presenting Partner of the 2019 Royal Canadian Legion Digital Poppy Campaign, CHIP Reverse Mortgage by HomeEquity …
Countdown to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day — April 22, 2020
To mark the six-month countdown to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020), Earth Day Network and partners issued major announcements on a worldwide press call this morning, including the launch of the global mobilization EARTHRISE. Earth Day campaigns are intended to activate at least a billion people …
Lack of funding leaves millions of children in conflict and disaster zones at risk – UNICEF
$4 billion humanitarian appeal nearly 50 per cent unfunded heading into final quarter of 2019 GENEVA and NEW YORK–Millions of children living in areas affected by conflict and disaster are at risk because of substantial shortages in funding for lifesaving humanitarian programmes, UNICEF said today. To date, UNICEF has only …
Launching JHR’s program on “Fighting Disinformation through Strengthened Media and Citizen Preparedness in Canada
TORONTO–Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) recently launched its latest program “Fighting Disinformation through Strengthened Media and Citizen Preparedness in Canada.” The nine-month project will train both working journalists and the general public in strategies to recognize, track and expose disinformation campaigns on social media. It is funded by the Canadian …
WE Day Connect unites hundreds of thousands of students and teachers around the world for the largest virtual celebration of social good
WE Day Connect is made possible by RBC and TELUS and powered by Microsoft Today, hundreds of thousands of students and teachers from around the world will join WE Day Connect, an interactive global virtual celebration of social good. The 60-minute digital event will engage students and teachers in classrooms …