Inaugural

Youth Global Citizen Prize 

Calling all Young Canadians!

Share with us: What makes a Global Citizen for you?

The United Nations Association in Canada is proud to announce its first call for submissions for the Youth Global Citizen Prize. An annual prize with a $2 000 award will commemorate the legacy of four extraordinary Young Global Citizens, representing the best of Canadian youth, who we...

OTTAWA, ON 2020 March 9 - The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada), in partnership with the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), is pleased to announce a new Speakers’ Series. With four sessions a year, the first is UN Security Council Membership: Opportunities and Challenges as a Non-Permanent Member of the Council, timed with Canada’s aspiration for a seat on the Council...

UNA-Canada's President and CEO Kathryn White wrote an op-ed published in The Globe and Mail today:

Those who advocate for a Canadian Security Council seat – one such meeting seen here on Nov. 20, 2019 at United Nations headquarters in New York City – say it is preferable to have a seat at the table than none at all.

Mary Altaffer/The Associated Press

Re Canada’s Craven Gambit For Negligible Power On T...

Today we celebrate the rights of all people on the planet.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are key to achieving a better and more sustainable future for us all.

They address the global challenges we face: poverty, inequality, climate change, peace and justice.

UNA-Canada is mobilizing young leaders to implement the SDGs locally.

See our changemakers in action in their communities, live on the...