Yukon Development Education Centre - Connecting with Canadians

This project is part of the Connecting with Canadians initiative which aims to involve more Canadians especially children and youth as global citizens and agents of change increasing the participation and the support of Canada’s efforts in international development. The Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC) is a program under the Yukon Development Education Centre (YDEC). It aims to increase Canadians’ engagement in and awareness of international development and key global issues by developing resource material for schools serving as a vehicle for information dissemination and by building the capacity of Canadians living in the three territories through a series of face-to-face activities and meetings. Through this project NCGC aims to expand its reach especially to children and youth in the Yukon Northwest Territories and Nunavut – with a goal of reaching 1000 community members though public engagement activities and 3000 community members through traditional and social media. NCGC has established partnerships with local organizations and individuals who have technical expertise in areas of poverty reduction gender equality human rights and environment. NCGC is part of the Inter-Council Network (ICN) and aims to provide northern input in national capacity building activities for the Network’s members. The ICN brings together the eight provincial and regional councils for international cooperation that together represent almost 400 diverse civil society organizations from across Canada and provides a national forum for collaboration for improved effectiveness and collective action on common priorities.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased engagement by Canadians in international development and key global issues; (2) increased effectiveness of Canadian development partners and 3) increased knowledge-sharing among Canadian stakeholders.