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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation


RCS Ottawa
Aug 21, 2016
Comprehensive sexuality education combats violence against women and girls
An estimated one in three women and girls worldwide report suffering physical or sexual abuse, most often at the hands of an intimate...


RCS Ottawa
Aug 15, 2016
What people think Modi should speak about on (India's) Independence Day - Aug 16
The Independence Day address has been a unique platform for Prime Ministers. It gave them the grandest of stands in the country from...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
The Commonwealth What’s the point of it?
“THERE’S been an existential question mark over the Commonwealth for some time,” says a seasoned diplomat in its secretariat in London....
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
Does Commonwealth Day matter?
Sandwiched between International Women’s Day (8 March) and St Patrick’s Day (17 March) is Commonwealth Day. Celebrated in 2016 on Monday...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
Commonwealth Oral Histories
The aim of this AHRC funded project is to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965....
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
Calabash International Literary Festival: Readings, music and storytelling on Jamaica’s glorious Tre
Regional winner of the Commonwealth short story prize, Stefanie Seddon writes about her experience at Calabash alongside Man Booker...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
Canada: $10m boost for mobility scholarship fund
A Canada-based scheme that funds mobility scholarships for projects promoting global leadership between Canada and the Commonwealth has...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
Spotlight on The Round Table Journal – June 2016
Out of Malta: Beginning Anew by Stuart Mole The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Malta witnessed high drama in...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
ACU Conference of University Leaders 2016
Defining the responsible university: society, impact and growth Accra International Conference Centre, Ghana, 27-29 July 2016 Higher...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
The Man Booker Prize 2016 longlist
Conspiracy theorists like to think that prize long-and shortlists are compiled with an eye to various external factors: are there enough...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
Secretary-General joins top academics to define ‘responsible university’
Ghana, 27 July 2016: The Commonwealth Secretary-General will challenge universities to increase the number of scholarships they make...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 10, 2016
What do we do about FGM? – Health and Education online discussion
How health and education policies can end the scourge of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be the big question on the Commonwealth’s...
RCS Ottawa
Jul 7, 2016
University degrees are not the answer for Africa’s unemployed youth
Employers throw out degrees Companies like Ernst & Young, PWC, and Penguin have already made bold steps in that direction, doing away...
RCS Ottawa
Jul 7, 2016
Africa's Brain Drain vs Brain Gain
The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 showed Burundi as the African country least able to hold on to its top...


RCS Ottawa
Jun 19, 2016
Find Your Voice - "SHOP" Nov 30, 2016
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU SAY, BUT HOW YOU SAY IT - Ottawa high school students are invited to compete at the November 30, 2016 "Shakespeare...

RCS Ottawa
Jun 19, 2016
Engaging and Empowering Canadian Youth - NSCF
Each May, over one hundred Canadian youth travel to, the nation's capital, to attend the National Student Commonwealth Forum (NSCF) a...
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