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The United Nations Association in Canada strives for a better world through a variety of national projects focused on specific issues and audiences. We work closely with the educational communities in every province and territory to build their capacity to educate young people from a global perspective. We also work directly with youth, challenging them to develop the tools and skills necessary to confront some of the world’s most complex problems.

04/09/2026

You are warmly invited to join us in celebrating United Nations SDG Day 🌍, a special occasion dedicated to promoting a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable world.

Theme: Migration, Belonging in Urban Spaces – Global North & South
Date: Wednesday, April 29 | Time: 2:00–4:30 PM (PST)
Location: Vancouver City Hall, Town Hall Meeting Room 110 (Hybrid Event)

Highlights include registration with light refreshments, welcome remarks, a UNAC message, keynote presentations, an interactive panel, and audience discussion.

Please click the link in the bio to register for in-person/virtual and confirm your attendance by April 26!✨️

02/26/2026

Tickets available in bio! 💕✨️

✨ Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) brings together organizations and community members to connect, collaborate, and explore meaningful pathways for social impact. Each organization hosts a table led by a Table Captain who shares insights about their work and opportunities to get involved. Attendees can network, learn from sector leaders, and enjoy a breakfast buffet.

🌎 Featured Organization: Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)
Since 1968, ISSofBC has provided a welcoming and empowering environment for newcomers to British Columbia. Supporting over 25,000 newcomers each year, their services address settlement and English language needs, employment pathways, and career development. Guided by inclusivity, compassion, and innovation, ISSofBC works to help newcomers build strong foundations for success.

🪑 Table Captain: Sadaf Maqsoodi (Executive Coordinator, CEO Office & Board of Directors – Administration)
Sadaf is a strategic leader with over eight years of experience across non-profit, government, and international development sectors. A Fulbright Scholar with a Master’s in International Affairs, she advances initiatives in inclusion, education, gender equality, and youth empowerment, building cross-cultural partnerships that drive sustainable and transformative impact.

Join us at Think Global, Link Local to connect with leaders supporting vibrant, inclusive communities in BC and beyond. 💙

02/18/2026

Tickets Available in Our Bio! 🤗

✨ Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) brings together organizations and community members to share ideas, build connections, and explore ways to create meaningful change. Each organization hosts a table led by a Table Captain who offers insight into their work and opportunities to get involved. Attendees can network, learn from sector leaders, and enjoy a breakfast buffet.

🏡 Featured Organization: Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver
Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver is dedicated to creating sustainable and inclusive communities by providing affordable, safe housing for families, empowering youth through skills training, and promoting environmental stewardship through responsible deconstruction practices. With the support of volunteers, corporate partners, and donors, Habitat gives Partner Families a hand-up into affordable homeownership.

🪑 Table Captain: Lynne Stanger (Director of Family & Community Engagement)
Lynne leads youth skills programs, community partnerships, and housing initiatives at Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver. With extensive experience in non-profits locally and internationally, she believes strongly in the transformative power of global knowledge and an international mindset.

Join us at Think Global, Link Local to connect with organizations building stronger communities—locally and globally. 💙

02/14/2026

Tickets available in our bio!✨️

Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) 2026 is your opportunity to meet professionals working in public service, humanitarian aid, human rights, refugee support, and other globally focused careers. Connect directly with leaders from Canadian non-profits, hear their career journeys, and discover pathways into meaningful work in Canada!

Celebrate the 12th anniversary of this award-winning event, recognized by UNESCO’s IFIP with a Global Inclusion Award, and hear from this year’s keynote speaker, BC Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, Jessie Sunner. Enjoy a networking breakfast, engage with up to 15 impact-driven organizations, and enter for a chance to win an exclusive coffee and dialogue session with UNAC-Vancouver leaders.

⏰ Early Bird tickets end TOMORROW!
Secure your spot now for the discounted rate of $25 before prices increase. Space is limited, and this event sells quickly.

Join us to connect, learn, and start shaping the change you want to see.

02/09/2026

Tickets Available in Bio! 🤗

✨ Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) brings together socially engaged organizations and emerging leaders to connect, collaborate, and create impact. Each organization hosts a table led by a Table Captain who shares insights into their work and ways to get involved. Attendees can network throughout the event, hear from a distinguished keynote speaker, and enjoy a breakfast buffet.

🌍 Featured Organization: Global Shapers Vancouver
Created by the World Economic Forum, Global Shapers is a global community of over 10,000 young leaders aged 18–30 working to create positive change in their local and global communities. For over eight years, the Vancouver Hub has been tackling pressing local and global challenges while fostering a dynamic community of impact-driven young leaders.

🪑 Table Captain: Matin Moradkhan (Curator)
Matin Moradkhan is the Curator of Global Shapers Vancouver, leading youth-driven initiatives focused on meaningful change. A passionate advocate for mental health equity, she founded the Talk Mental Health Foundation to advance mental fitness education for students. Matin holds a Master of Global Health from McMaster University and also serves as a UNICEF Canada youth mentor and official advocate.

Join us at Think Global, Link Local to connect with youth leaders shaping a better future—locally and globally. 💙

02/07/2026

Tickets available in Bio! ✨️✨️✨️

✨ Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) brings together socially engaged organizations and community members to connect, learn, and build pathways for meaningful impact. Each organization hosts a table led by a Table Captain who shares insights into their work and ways to get involved. Attendees can network throughout the event, hear from a distinguished keynote speaker, and enjoy a breakfast buffet.

❤️ Featured Organization: Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross works to help people and communities in Canada and around the world during times of need, while supporting long-term resilience. As part of the world’s largest humanitarian network, it collaborates with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and 192 National Societies worldwide.

🪑 Table Captain: Adrienne Joy Bolen (Senior Emergency Management Coordinator)
Adrienne is a Senior Emergency Management Coordinator with CRC’s BC Emergency Management team for the Sea to Sky region, where she trains and manages specialized volunteer teams responding to emergencies from residential fires to large-scale floods. She began her career through a United Nations Association of Canada–funded internship with the UN World Food Programme and later worked in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, leading digital registration and cash delivery programs and supporting crisis response. Adrienne holds a degree in International Development from the University of Ottawa and has supported grassroots development initiatives in Guatemala and Peru.

02/04/2026

🌏 Featured Organization: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is a national not-for-profit organization and think tank dedicated to strengthening Canada’s knowledge of and ties with the countries and peoples of the Asia Pacific. The Foundation conducts policy research and analysis and brings together experts from Canada and Asia to discuss economics, politics, security, technology, the environment, and other key issues.

🪑 Table Captain: Erin Williams (Director of Programs)
Erin Williams is the Director of Programs at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where she leads Asia competence programming and provides editorial support for the Foundation’s research. Previously, she worked with the Canadian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Canada China Forum and the Advisory Committee for KPU’s Asian Studies Program.

Join us at Think Global, Link Local to learn, connect, and build meaningful global-local connections. 💙

01/31/2026

✨️TGLL Early Bird Tickets Available in Bio!✨️

✨ Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) is a space to connect with socially active non-profit organizations, meet like-minded individuals, and explore opportunities to create positive change. Each organization hosts a table led by a Table Captain who shares insights about their work and ways to get involved. Attendees can network throughout the event, hear from a distinguished keynote speaker, and enjoy a breakfast buffet.

🌍 Featured Organization: Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a global movement of over 10 million people across 170+ countries working to protect and promote human rights. Their mission is to research, advocate, and take action to prevent abuses and demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.

🪑 Table Captain: Katrina Chau (Grassroots Activist Leader)
Katrina is a lawyer and human rights advocate who has worked on refugee and migrant rights, supported survivors of human trafficking, and assisted low-income migrant workers at risk of labour exploitation. She currently promotes community activism around refugee rights.

Join us at Think Global, Link Local to learn, connect, and be part of meaningful change. 🌍

01/19/2026

TGLL 2026 Tickets are now live! 🌟 Link in our bio- don't miss out on this amazing networking and learning opportunity presented by UNAC-Vancouver and KPU!

🌟Welcome to the 12th Anniversary of Think Global Link Local!🌟

We’re excited to have you join us for this inspiring event, hosted by the United Nations Association in Canada, Vancouver (UNAC-Vancouver), in collaboration with the Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Students.

TGLL is an opportunity to link young people interested in professional opportunities in Canadian and international public service-oriented work (e.g. the UN, humanitarian aid, human rights, refugee support etc.) with present or former practitioners so they can learn of the opportunities open to them.

The TGLL keynote speaker this year is Ms. Jessie Sunner, the BC Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.

Join us to discover new perspectives, build valuable connections, and explore innovative ideas with like-minded individuals from Metro Vancouver and Lower Mainland.

01/09/2026

Don't miss this year's Splane Lecture, coming up fast on January 22nd! Sign-up link in bio🌟

📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:30 PM (refreshments available from 4:30 PM)
📍 Hybrid event — In person at the Jack Bell Building, Room 125, or online via Zoom
🔗 RSVP: Splane Lecture 2026. The link can be found in our bio! ✨️

2025 marks the 25th year of the UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This event features four prominent leaders whose work influences peace and security worldwide. The lecture centers women’s perspectives on conflict, resilience, and human security, emphasizing approaches that advance more equitable futures.

This lecture series is named in honour of Dr. Richard Splane, Professor Emeritus at UBC and a key architect of Canada’s social policy landscape! 🌍

12/17/2025

🌟The 2026 Dr. Richard Splane Lecture in Social Policy marks the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, a landmark resolution recognizing the essential role of women in peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and human security, in collaboration between the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, the UBC School of Social Work, and the United Nations Association in Canada, Vancouver Branch.🌟

This year’s lecture centers women’s perspectives on conflict, resilience, and security, highlighting approaches that advance more equitable, inclusive futures. We are honoured to welcome four prominent leaders whose work continues to influence peace and security efforts worldwide: Katrina Leclerc, Angela Marie MacDougall, Megan MacKenzie, and Ellen Woodsworth. ✨️

The lecture series is named in honour of Dr. Richard Splane, Professor Emeritus at UBC and a key architect of Canada’s social policy landscape! 🌍

📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:30 PM (refreshments available from 4:30 PM)
📍 Hybrid event — In person at the Jack Bell Building, Room 125, or online via Zoom
🔗 RSVP: Splane Lecture 2026. The link can be found in our bio! ✨️

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