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29 weeks 5 days ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

ICA Canada honours two remarkable individuals for their
contributions in leadership for the betterment of our society, and will
bestow the inaugural “ICA Canada Courage to Lead Award” at our TEA at
the MET event.

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45 weeks 3 hours ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

As the sun shines a little warmer and things are starting to grow and change all around us, a new kind of energy surfaces. It’s a time of renewal and growth. I’m reminded of the Howard Truman quote, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” And I find myself asking...

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45 weeks 3 hours ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

ICA’s work in Africa with communities and organizations trying to tackle the scourge of HIV and AIDS continues. We currently are working on a number of strategic directions in this work, much of which is led by a team of deeply committed volunteers with the support of Nan Hudson, our Executive Director. Those directions include:

1. i) Preparation of a CIDA proposal collaborating...

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45 weeks 3 hours ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

The first half of 2011 has been a period of significant growth for the Courage to Lead program. There has been a tremendous amount of work accomplished by the CTL Advisory Committee and the Lead Trainers. Both have been working very hard in helping to develop and expand this program and I would like to extend a very special thank you to all those involved.

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45 weeks 3 hours ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

In a recent gathering of our Life to Language team, the elder present, Freda MacDonald taught us a an Anishinabe word, “Bimadji – Aawasowin.” She said that as she spent time with our group, it be came clear that what we were out to do, in designing program for young children and their families to support Indigenous language and culture, was to save the children. The word from Freda has helped...

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45 weeks 3 hours ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

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45 weeks 3 hours ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

On Monday, June 6th, ICA Canada held its Annual General Meeting in the Northwater Corporation office in downtown Toronto, thanks to their generous offer to use the breathtaking space.

Stan and Miriam Gibson served a delicious Indian meal, while ICA Canada Board Chair, Jeanette Stanfield, led the meeting. Five new Board members were approved and welcomed for the coming year, former...

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1 year 11 weeks ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

 

It is quite spectacular that since August of 2007, the community of Il Ngwesi has continued with an awareness, testing and care campaign, expanding these services both within their own community and to the 10 neighbouring group ranches as well. ICA Canada and the Il Ngwesi community are planning a series of capacity building trainings throughout 2011 to continue the replication...

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1 year 11 weeks ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada
   
   
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1 year 12 weeks ago by Justin Quilang
ICA Canada

When ICA Canada began the Young Community Leaders (YCL) project in North Bay and Sudbury in 2008, we recruited 11 youth who were trained in ToP methods in order to go out into their communities and conduct their own consultations to find out what youth wanted to see happening in their area and to find out what community members’ perceptions really were of local young people. This pre-work was...

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