We’re excited to announce that Julie Delahanty has been appointed as our new president! Julie’s leadership will be key as IDRC seeks to deliver on our Strategy 2030 aimed at building a more inclusive, sustainable world.
@CanadaDev
“We recognize the talent and knowledge that exists here and we want to be a partner for young researchers who are tackling the great challenges of our time,” said the
@CanadianPM
while inaugurating our office in Dakar
#IDRCinAfrica
@IDRC_BRACO
We are delighted to welcome our new president on her first day! Join us in giving a warm welcome to Julie Delahanty, a leader with a deep-rooted commitment to inclusive and sustainable development.
« Nous reconnaissons le talent et le savoir qui existe ici et nous voulons être un partenaire pour les jeunes chercheurs qui s’attaquent aux grands défis de notre époque », a déclaré le
@PMcanadien
en inaugurant notre bureau à Dakar
@IDRC_BRACO
50 years ago today, the IDRC Act received royal assent. Now more than ever, the world needs the kind of research and innovation we and our partners continue to foster.
Today’s newsletter marks the occasion :
#IDRC50
Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir notre nouvelle présidente pour son premier jour! Joignez-vous à nous pour accueillir chaleureusement Julie Delahanty, qui incarne un engagement profond en faveur d’un développement inclusif et durable.
Thanks to Canada’s Minister of International Development, Harjit Sajjan, for dropping by our
#WD2023
booth to chat with our colleagues and research partners.
Today in Kigali, Rwanda, Canada’s Minister of International Development, Harjit Sajjan, and MP
@KayabagaArielle
announced our new initiative with
@CanadaDev
to scale evidence-based and locally grounded care innovations.
#WD2023
As an organization that strives for equality in all aspects of our work, IDRC stands in solidarity with those standing up and fighting against anti-Black racism and discrimination.
#BlackLivesMatter
Research teams under our COVID-19 responses for Equity (CORE) initiative are in Dakar, with
@IDS_UK
, to discuss synergies and fine-tune plans to turn
#research
into action. Learn about emerging results from
#CORECovid
Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer la nomination de Julie Delahanty à la présidence du CRDI! Son leadership sera crucial alors que le CRDI poursuit la mise en œuvre de notre Stratégie 2030 pour un monde plus inclusif et durable.
@DevCanada
We enjoyed
@MPCelina
’s remarks at our
#CRVSGender
conference! Find out why
#CRVS
systems are essential to protecting the rights and meeting the needs of
#women
and girls by watching the conference proceedings!
We are pleased to have welcomed Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
@s_guilbeault
to
#Ghana
for a series of discussions on the research we support in response to
#ClimateChange
in Central and West Africa.
@environmentca
Excited to have had Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien meet with our colleagues and research partners at our booth at
#WD2023
.
Career Opportunity: Senior Program Officer (Nairobi, Kenya)
Apply by: 11 May 2023 at 11:59 PM EST.
Offre d’emploi : Administrateur.trice de programme principal.e (Nairobi, Kenya)
Date butoir : le 11 mai 2023 à 23 h 59 HNE.
Happy
#CanadaDay
! 🇨🇦 For 50 years we’ve been proud to be part of Canada’s
#GlobalDev
team, working with our partners worldwide to generate sustainable and inclusive solutions to pressing global challenges:
#IDRC50
The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau,
@CanadianPM
, announced funding of $4.8 million to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescent girls in Senegal: our new collaboration with
@CanadaDev
.
Details: .
What does it mean to recognize, reduce and redistribute women’s unpaid care work? We have just launched, with
@CanadaDev
, a new CAD25 million partnership to scale innovative solutions in the
#CareEconomy
in sub-Saharan Africa.
The
@GPforEducation
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange
#GPEKIX
is accepting proposals for applied research projects to strengthen education data systems and data use:
Deadline: July 17
Are you a
#womeninscience
in the dev. world? Last chance to apply for
#fellowships
worth up to USD $50K over 2 years. Deadline is August 31. Apply now!
Funding opportunities! Check out the newest
@GPforEducation
#GPEKIX
calls for proposals for knowledge and innovation on teaching and on inclusive early learning. A thread.
CLARE is a UK/IDRC partnership that aims to build resilience to climate change and natural hazards in the Global south. Read about the first group of CLARE projects now getting underway in 26 countries.
#CLimateAdaptationREsilience
It’s International Development Week!
This week, we’re celebrating 🇨🇦's commitment to address gender inequality.
Stay connected to learn how our supported research and partnerships contribute to meeting
#SDG5
:
#IDW2019
@CanadaDev
Funding alert! We are looking for organizations in
#Africa
with demonstrated experience in artificial intelligence and
#ClimateChange
to run a new research network. Deadline is April 5.
Apply:
#AI
Faysal El Kak, of the American University of Beirut and one of our grantees, has been appointed to the WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition. Learn more:
Thank you to all who joined us in-person and online for Breaking new ground on gender equality. What a wonderful way to celebrate
#IWD2024
with researchers, colleagues, and friends around the world!
Proof of birth & marriage reg'n affirms a woman's legal status, protecting her rights to inheritance after the death of a parent/spouse. Join us online at 9 a.m to discuss
#gender
and civil registration and vital statistics systems
#CRVS2030
#crvs
#sdg5
The
@GPforEducation
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange
#GPEKIX
is accepting proposals for applied research projects to achieve gender equality and social inclusion at school:
Deadline: August 28
Today, we are launching
#Strategy2030
, our vision for a more sustainable and inclusive world. Learn how we will make a difference over the next decade:
#IDW2021
Women are underrepresented in the research process in Africa and Globally.
We sat down with
@wanjirukr
, Director of
@AWARDFellowship
, to discuss how AWARD aims to challenge this issue in Africa.
@afs_asa
It’s Canada’s International Development Week and so we are shining a light on how IDRC became a leading supporter of responsible
#AI
for international development.
#IDW2024
#SDG9
@CanadaDev
Il y a 50 ans aujourd’hui, la Loi sur le CRDI recevait la sanction royale. Maintenant plus que jamais, le monde a besoin du type de recherche et d’innovation que nos partenaires et nous continuons à encourager.
Notre bulletin marque l’occasion :
#CRDI50
Deadline extended! Funding of 1M to 1.25M CAD for
#GenderEquality
in STEM research projects in the Global South. Submit your expressions of interest by May 10:
#WomenInSTEM
We are collaborating with the Government of Canada and the World Bank to discuss the recommendations of the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives. Read the report: and join us on May 12. Registration coming soon.
Apply now! New
#funding
for
#research
proposals provide up to CAD$500K to establish how best to attract, recruit, retain and promote
#womeninscience
in the developing world:
Funding opportunity: We are now accepting applications for this year’s John G. Bene Fellowship 2023 on Justice for women and Indigenous peoples through
#ClimateResilient
forests and
#FoodSystems
.
Apply by August 31, 2023.
Education is a key driver in reducing poverty and gender inequality, yet some children never go
#BackToSchool
. Follow us to learn how research we support helps to ensure quality education for all.
@CanadaDev
#TransformingEducation
Marking Pride Month with a renewed pledge to generate knowledge that tackles systemic discrimination and violence against
#LGBTQ
communities in the
#Global
South. Learn how
#research
we support is making a difference.
Join us online on January 24, for a discussion of
#womenpeacebuilders
in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, their challenges and how they help to amplify local voices, co-hosted with
@CanadaFP
Please register:
New funding call! We're seeking innovative and gender-responsive proposals aimed at solutions to key challenges in advancing skills, social protection, and decent work. Join us in shaping a sustainable and inclusive future of work.
Deadline is June 26.
@IDRC_ESARO
@IDRC_LAC
Join the Honorable
@BobRae48
at a webinar we’re co-hosting with
@Lerrning
on mobilizing a global response to humanitarian and refugee issues on October 1 at 9:30am. EST:
Fouad M. Fouad has taken up the IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement at
@AUB_Lebanon
, where research will focus on the well-being of forcibly displaced children and adolescents in Lebanon and the Middle-East.
We are pleased to announce eight new research chairs in Global South universities to anchor knowledge on forced displacement in the experiences of those who have been forced to flee their host communities,
#WithRefugees
:
Today!
@CollabAdapt
#cariaa
partners
@PRISEclimate
&
@IEDAfrique
are at
#HLPF2018
. They’re going to show that achieving SDGs & leaving no one behind is possible only with public/private invest. to tackle poverty & climate vulnerability in semi-arid lands
Congratulations to Julliet Nafula Ogubi and Salome Aluoch Owuonda, the joint recipients of the IDRC
#WomenPeaceSecurity
Research Award who were recognized in a ceremony yesterday with
@CanadaFP
.
#WPSAwards
“Our efforts over the next 10 years will focus on getting research into the hands of people positioned to use it for the greatest good.”
@_JeanLebel
, IDRC President. Learn more about our
#Strategy2030
:
#IDW2021
Are you interested in our call for concept notes on scaling care innovations in Africa? We’re hosting our second and last live Q&A session on May 24, 9am EST.
Please see our funding page for more details on how to join:
We are accelerating Southern research and leadership for inclusive, climate-resilient futures. Thank you to all our research partners and co-hosts at
@AdaptFutures
this year for advancing the adaptation agenda together.
The Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems,
@UNStats
and
@Data4SDGs
are co-hosting an event Sept. 26 at the UN
#GA74
.
Discussing a holistic approach to CRVS and ID management systems can help us to leave no one behind:
#WhoWeAre
We’ve been checking in with our grantees around the world to see how
#COVID19
is affecting them and their work. Recipient Omotayo Fakinlede shares a story about taking action in
#Nigeria
:
#Ottawa
’s
@OneWorldFilm
Festival is screening three
@GrOW4Women
short films featuring
#women
facing complex challenges to empowerment.
When: Sept. 20, 6 p.m.
Where: Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave.
Is your faculty interested setting up an
#AI
research lab in
#Africa
? Do you have questions? The deadline for asking them is March 12.
Details:
@Sida
@ai4dev
For
#IDW2022
, we are highlighting inspiring quotes from actors who are contributing to an inclusive recovery from
#COVID19
. We are happy to kick off the campaign with a message from our president
@_JeanLebel
!
Happy
#CanadaDay
! We’re proud to be part of Canada’s
#GlobalDev
team, working with our partners worldwide to generate sustainable and inclusive solutions to pressing global challenges:
Funding alert! We are looking for two public universities in
#Africa
with demonstrated
#AI
experience to create multidisciplinary research labs. Deadline is March 19:
#ResponsibleAI
@Sida
@ai4dev
With a growing young workforce,
#DecentJobsForYouth
in
#Africa
is a priority. We join our partners in Nairobi on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 to discuss boosting youth employment and harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth!
Learn more:
As the IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement at
@CmsLegon
,
@mbsetrana
will lead research with forcibly displaced populations to redress gender inequalities and improve livelihoods and access to services in West Africa.
We are part of a second wave of funding for Canada’s rapid research response to
#COVID19
. Vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics make up one of many of the areas of focus.
Learn more:
Andrea Roman Alfaro says that Grupo Sofía had the most success in addressing the barriers women researchers face by targeting inequalities in professorships, research production and public debate:
#genderequality
#WD2019