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...

OTTAWA, Aug 26, 2019 – The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative youth employment programme, Science Horizons - Canada Green Corps (SH - Canada Green Corps), formerly known as Canada Green Corps.

The programme has proven to be one of the most effective youth employment programmes in accelerating Canada’s green economy for the past three...

The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is pleased to announce Walied Soliman as the Association’s 2019 Global Citizen Laureate.

Walied Soliman, global chair and Canadian chair of Norton Rose Fulbright, has achieved significant prominence as an M&A and shareholder activism lawyer. He has been acknowledged many times by his peers for his professional excellence.

As a long-time...

Click here to listen to United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) Project Officer, Jessica Helwig, as she posed a question directed at Kuwait. It is a response to their Voluntary National Review at the 2019 High Level Political Forum of the United Nations on the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN headquarters in New York. Jessica was representing UNA-Canada as the youth representative...