As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc and disrupt lives around the world, the devastating secondary effects of the pandemic are widening the gaps of inequality. In addition to exacerbating deadly divides in income, healthcare, nutrition and other disease epidemics, there is an unprecedented crisis in education with 1.6 billion students out of school at the peak of the pandemic in April 2020, and still almost 800 million students today. Our #RaiseYourHand campaign highlights the urgent need to put education at the core of the pandemic recovery effort to keep children and youth around the world in school and learning.
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Our #RaiseYourHand campaign this month highlights the acute barriers to education for children and youth living in low-income countries and calls on Canada to invest in the Global Partnership for Education.
All of our voices together can change the world and change the lives that others live.
– Clarecia, Results Canada board member
Canada’s official position is that it is undecided on the TRIPS waiver petition. In the seven months since the petition was submitted, Canada has stalled by asking for examples of where the current system does not work, despite answers being repeatedly provided by waiver proponents and publicly available in WTO documents.
In a domestic context, Canada enacted sweeping federal legislation in March 2020 allowing the production of any product related to the fight against the pandemic, regardless of patent protection. It is this same type of comprehensive flexibility, urgently needed at a global level that is being debated and blocked by high-income countries within the WTO. Read our brief.
Over my long affiliation with Results Canada (15 years and counting) as a volunteer, a donor, and an on and off Executive Director, I’ve been fortunate to have many amazing moments as an advocate. Every day I feel lucky to be doing this work alongside so many people who inspire me. However, one day in particular stands out and I’ve grown to think of it as my favourite advocacy moment. Read Chris's blog.
Yesterday, the government announced an additional CAD$375 million towards the global pandemic response, which is part of a CAD$1.4 billion increase in international assistance over 5 years. Much of this CAD$1.4 billion is targeted for spending this year, meaning that Canada does not have a recovery plan for the world and is failing to take action to #StopTheDeadlyDivide. Read our statement.
COVID-19 has created the largest education disruption in history, with the number of out-of-school children growing substantially for the first time in decades. The urgency to act on education has never been greater. Join us for this webinar to learn (or re-learn!) how you can effectively use digital advocacy to #RaiseYourHand for education.
Do you want to know more about volunteering? Register for one of our upcoming online information sessions. Get involved today!
