Dignity as a Driving Force for #CIW25
For Canadian Innovation Week 2025, we're exploring how the concept of dignity, self-determination, and mutual respect is a powerful enabler for youth-led innovation.
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SDG 3
Examples of UN SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being in Action
This page provides stories and examples of our commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It focuses on reducing maternal and child mortality, combating diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, ensuring access to essential healthcare services, and promoting mental health and well-being. Achieving this goal requires improving healthcare infrastructure, increasing access to medicines, and addressing health inequities across populations. By focusing on prevention, treatment, and equitable healthcare access, SDG 3 seeks to ensure that people can lead healthy lives and thrive in their communities.
View more examples of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) here.
Sunlight, Smiles, and Sustenance
Out on the land near Arviat, Nunavut — on the western coast of Hudson Bay — artists, cultural advisors and program mentors Lucy Eetak and…
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Designing with Dignity: Weaving Arts into Community and Recreation
Across many communities, especially in northern and rural areas, people are facing isolation, limited opportunities, and shrinking support systems. Designing with Dignity is a direct response to…
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Deinfluencing: It Starts with Care
Not everyone is trying to go viral. In fact, many of us are stepping back. Not from community, but from the pressure to perform, perfect,…
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In Every Bite, a Story
I’ve come to understand that in the quiet momentswhen hands are busy and mouths are full—something deeper is happening.
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Obstructing Creativity in Northern Ontario
This draft report critically examines the systemic, policy, and structural barriers within the Northern Ontario arts sector, with a specific focus on the impact of…
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Volunteerism: From Traditional Structures to Grassroots Action
Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering deep connections and reimagining how we give back.
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Showcasing the Impact of Self-Initiated Community Projects
From independent zines to local festivals and skill-sharing workshops, grassroots community projects fuel connection and creativity.
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Art, the Power of Third Places and Informal Economies
Where creativity meets community, resilience thrives. From underground art markets to skill-sharing circles, informal creative economies are reshaping how artists sustain themselves and support one…
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