Youth Conferences
Since 2002, the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) has hosted a number of successful conferences on international development issues for both middle years and high school students. The purpose of these conferences is to engage students in discussion of global issues, and help them move through the stages of planning an activity and then organizing it in their school or communities. Generating Momentum for Our World is an exciting opportunity for young people to learn about an issue, build leadership skills, take positive action, and have fun doing it!
Current Conferences
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Go Fair Trade: Your School. Your Dollar. Our World.
Middle Years 2011/2012 School Year
Join us for a one day conference for Middle Years students to explore the people behind the products we buy, and how we can vote with our dollar by purchasing fair trade products.
Past Conferences
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Making the Grade: Girls and Boys in the Global Classroom
Middle Years 2010/2011 School Year
Making the Grade: Girls and Boys in the Global Classroom was a one-day conference for middle years students to explore how equality and education can make a world of difference for girls and boys around the globe.
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Appetite For Change
Middle Years 2009/2010 School Year
Generating Momentum for Our World-Appetite for Change was a one day conference for middle-years students that opened the lid up on today’s global food issues. Students learned about what is going on with the world’s food supply and how and what we eat can have a positive impact on the global community through fun and interactive activities.
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Water For All
Middle Years 2008/2009 School Year
One of the key development issues of the next century is access to clean, safe water. Water - although a renewable resource - is increasingly threatened by industry, overuse, and privatization. Access to clean water for drinking, household use and agriculture is a critical development issue.
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Generating Momentum Toward Peace: The Banning of Landmines
High School 2007/2008 School Year
As of February 2007, there are 153 member states of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and a further two signatory countries which still need to ratify the agreement. A total of 40 countries remain outside of the treaty entirely and these include China, Egypt, Finland, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia and the United States.
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Trading Places: Putting the Poor First in Global Relations
Middle Years 2007/2008 School Year
Undoubtedly you have heard the term “Fair Trade.” But what, precisely, does the term mean? Basically fair trade means that producers are paid a fair price for the products they produce. But there’s much more involved than just a good price. Fair trade goods are produced in humane working conditions, and factories are monitored for their compliance to minimum standards. By putting control in the hands of producers, fair trade attempts to address structural inequities in the global economy and promote grassroots development.
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Africa 2015: Reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
High School 2006/2007 School Year
At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, eight Millennium Development Goals were adopted committing rich and poor countries to work together in a global partnership to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, ensure that all boys and girls complete primary school, promote gender equality, improve the health of mothers and children, reverse the spread of HIV AIDS and other diseases, and protect the environment … all by 2015!
