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All of the Canadian Commissions News Releases since 1999 can be found below. Should you wish to request a copy, please contact info@unesco.ca

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2006

October 5th 2006 News Release

World Teachers' Day 2006 celebrates the contribution of teachers to quality education

Ottawa - In over 100 countries, World Teachers' Day on October 5, 2006, celebrates the role of teachers and their crucial contribution to learning and social development.

September 8th 2006 News Release

International Literacy Day 2006 promotes the role of literacy in development

Ottawa -  Literacy Sustains Development is the theme of this year’s International Literacy Day, celebrated around the world on September 8.

June 27th 2006 News Release

New L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships with the support of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO

Montréal – L’Oréal Canada is extending its national For Women in Science program with the launch of two new fellowships of $20,000 each aimed at supporting women scientists in Canada. The Research Excellence Fellowships are awarded by l’Oréal Canada with the support of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

March 24th 2006 News Release

Michèle S. Jean named President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO

Ottawa – Michèle S. Jean, Visiting Scholar at the Public Law Research Centre, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, has been named President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

 

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2005

September 8th, 2005 News Release

International Adult Learner’s Week Kicks Off

Ottawa – Today through September 14th, adults around the globe will commemorate adult learning in all its forms by celebrating International Adult Learner’s Week. Communities across Canada will be holding events to highlight the importance of adult learning.

June 16th, 2005 News Release

Canada should take global leadership in the promotion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a universal and affordable public good.

Ottawa – Canada should take global leadership in the promotion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a universal and affordable public good. This is one of the recommendations included in the Communiqué released today by representatives of the Canadian Civil Society that participated in the conference Paving the Road to Tunis – World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) II: The Views of Canada's Civil Society on the Geneva Plan of Action and the Prospects for Phase II organized by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in May. [PDF 58KB]

May 12th, 2005 News Release

Paving the Road to Tunis - WSIS II: The Views of Canada's Civil Society on the Geneva Plan of Action and the Prospects for Phase II

Winnipeg – Representatives of civil society, academia and the private sector of all provinces and territories will gather in Winnipeg this week-end to discuss issues related to building information societies in Canada as part of a conference organized by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in preparation for the second phase of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS). [PDF 61KB]

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2004

November 17, 2004 News Release

The Centre d’études collégiales de Carleton
recognized at the international level

Ottawa – The UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, housed under the Education Sector at UNESCO, has nominated the Centre d’études collégiales de Carleton to join its network as a UNEVOC Associate Centre. [PDF 33 KB]

October 29, 2004 News Release

Georgian Bay joins UNESCO'S Network of Bioshpere Reserves

Ottawa– The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated the Georgian Bay Littoral, Ontario, as a Biosphere Reserve. [PDF  566 KB]

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2003

February 21, 2003 News Release

UNESCO marks Mother Language Day with a celebration of cultural diversity

Ottawa – UNESCO proclaimed February 21st as International Mother Language Day in 1999 to honour the many languages in the world, the cultures they mediate and the essence of human creativity contained in their development and expression... [PDF 168 KB]

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2002

2002-09-05 News Release

Canadian Commission for UNESCO launches first ever International Adult Learners' Week

September 5, 2002 (Gatineau [Hull], Quebec) Today’s launch of the first-ever International Adult Learners’ Week in Canada challenged everyone to look at education and learning in a new way. According to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and experts in the field, adult learning lies at the very heart of meeting many of the challenges we face today.... [PDF 166 KB]