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WASH and Days for Girls: Working towards a period-friendly world

WASH and Days for Girls: Working towards a period-friendly world

Wednesday, May 27 1:00 p.m. ET -- Join us online for this GRAN learning event to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day. Our guest speaker,...

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May 11, 2026
Crystal Clear – or Clouded? Rethinking Clean Water in Canada (Recording)

Crystal Clear – or Clouded? Rethinking Clean Water in Canada (Recording)

Do you know what is in your drinking water? Across Canada, people are becoming more informed and beginning to question how drinking water...

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May 6, 2026
Revisiting the UN Charter in a Changing Global Order (Recording)

Revisiting the UN Charter in a Changing Global Order (Recording)

As the UN enters a new era — with the appointment of a new Secretary-General — questions of reform have taken on renewed...

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May 6, 2026
Stephen Lewis Memorial Service (Recording)

Stephen Lewis Memorial Service (Recording)

For those who were unable to attend the live service celebrating Stephen’s life and legacy, a recording is available. It is filled with...

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April 27, 2026
Small Sips: Climate-Resilient WASH

Small Sips: Climate-Resilient WASH

Climate Change The climate crisis is a water crisis. Climate change is affecting water cycles and weather patterns and increasing the frequency and...

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April 19, 2026
From Risk to Resilience: Strengthening Communities through Climate-Resilient WASH (Recording)

From Risk to Resilience: Strengthening Communities through Climate-Resilient WASH (Recording)

GRAN Earth Day learning event with guest speaker Adnan Qader, Manager for Water Governance and Resilience at WaterAid Canada. Adnan highlights the increasing...

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March 26, 2026
Pharmaceutical company refuses to sell life-saving HIV drug to Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Pharmaceutical company refuses to sell life-saving HIV drug to Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

"Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly, long-acting HIV prevention tool, represents one of the most promising advances towards ending AIDS as a public health threat to...

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April 8, 2026
World Health Day

World Health Day

April 7 marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948, and is now celebrated as World Health...

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April 6, 2026
Remembering Stephen Lewis

Remembering Stephen Lewis

GRANs across the country mourn the loss of a role model and fierce advocate. Stephen Lewis touched countless lives with his unwavering commitment...

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March 31, 2026
The Weaponization of Water

The Weaponization of Water

Water infrastructure has become increasingly and deliberately targeted in modern warfare as a strategic tactic, even though the Geneva conventions specifically prohibit attacks...

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March 29, 2026