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The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED February 13, 2025
NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED February 13, 2025
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen. Canada will soon release its aid plan for Myanmar for the next three years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen. Canada will soon release its aid plan for Myanmar for the next three years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MARíA WONG | December 22, 2024
Women’s rights organizations are necessary humanitarian actors during times of crisis, but they need the assistance of international organizations, governments, and agencies, writes María Wong. Screenshot courtesy of CBS News
Opinion | BY MARíA WONG | December 22, 2024
Opinion | BY MARíA WONG | December 22, 2024
Women’s rights organizations are necessary humanitarian actors during times of crisis, but they need the assistance of international organizations, governments, and agencies, writes María Wong. Screenshot courtesy of CBS News
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 18, 2024
African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki, left, meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 18, 2024
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 18, 2024
African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki, left, meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CAROL THIESSEN | November 20, 2024
Flooding has carved deep gullies at the bottom of these slopes in southern Ethiopia. A community effort to rehabilitate degraded watersheds is ongoing in the region as part of Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Nature+ program. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Opinion | BY CAROL THIESSEN | November 20, 2024
Opinion | BY CAROL THIESSEN | November 20, 2024
Flooding has carved deep gullies at the bottom of these slopes in southern Ethiopia. A community effort to rehabilitate degraded watersheds is ongoing in the region as part of Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Nature+ program. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Opinion | BY DAVID BOROTO | November 18, 2024
Mary Ng, Albert Muchanga
Albert Muchanga, the African Union's commissioner for economic development, trade, tourism, industry, and minerals, left, and International Trade Minister Mary Ng at the Lester B. Pearson Building on May 17, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID BOROTO | November 18, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID BOROTO | November 18, 2024
Mary Ng, Albert Muchanga
Albert Muchanga, the African Union's commissioner for economic development, trade, tourism, industry, and minerals, left, and International Trade Minister Mary Ng at the Lester B. Pearson Building on May 17, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Canada grows 1.5 per cent of the world’s food—pretty significant for a country that has just 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, writes Sophia Murphy. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Cheney
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Canada grows 1.5 per cent of the world’s food—pretty significant for a country that has just 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, writes Sophia Murphy. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Cheney
Opinion | BY MANUEL OTERO | March 19, 2018
A field of corn grows thanks to a new irrigation system that pulls water from a nearby river in Mirebalais, Haiti, in 2012. The country is one of the focuses of IICA work to help mitigate the effects of climate change to vulnerable parts of the continent. UN photograph by Logan Abassi
Opinion | BY MANUEL OTERO | March 19, 2018
Opinion | BY MANUEL OTERO | March 19, 2018
A field of corn grows thanks to a new irrigation system that pulls water from a nearby river in Mirebalais, Haiti, in 2012. The country is one of the focuses of IICA work to help mitigate the effects of climate change to vulnerable parts of the continent. UN photograph by Logan Abassi
Opinion | March 14, 2018
Opinion | March 14, 2018
Opinion | March 14, 2018
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | March 8, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured, has made it clear that Canadian aid is committed to helping first and foremost vulnerable women and girls. But UNCHR representative in Canada Jean-Nicolas Beuze ask what Canada’s new aid policy means for Rohingya women and their 33 million sisters around the world who have also been forcibly displaced? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | March 8, 2018
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | March 8, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured, has made it clear that Canadian aid is committed to helping first and foremost vulnerable women and girls. But UNCHR representative in Canada Jean-Nicolas Beuze ask what Canada’s new aid policy means for Rohingya women and their 33 million sisters around the world who have also been forcibly displaced? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | March 7, 2018
Opinion | March 7, 2018
Opinion | March 7, 2018
Opinion | BY PAUL LAMONTAGNE | March 7, 2018
Members of the Wanawake Kwanza (Women First) growers association in Maza, Tanzania. Canada's new development finance institution, FinDev Canada, is set to focus its work in part on supporting women in developing countries. Photograph courtesy of USAID
Opinion | BY PAUL LAMONTAGNE | March 7, 2018
Opinion | BY PAUL LAMONTAGNE | March 7, 2018
Members of the Wanawake Kwanza (Women First) growers association in Maza, Tanzania. Canada's new development finance institution, FinDev Canada, is set to focus its work in part on supporting women in developing countries. Photograph courtesy of USAID
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 21, 2018
The Lester B. Pearson Building, once home to the foreign ministry alone, now houses foreign policy, international development, and trade staff working together under a combined ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 21, 2018
The Lester B. Pearson Building, once home to the foreign ministry alone, now houses foreign policy, international development, and trade staff working together under a combined ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | February 21, 2018
The last Canadians involved in the NATO training mission in Afghanistan board an American Chinook helicopter on March 12, 2014 as they leave Kabul, Afghanistan. Sakhi Naimpoor says it's time Canada commit to another advisory mission. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Patrick Blanchard
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | February 21, 2018
The last Canadians involved in the NATO training mission in Afghanistan board an American Chinook helicopter on March 12, 2014 as they leave Kabul, Afghanistan. Sakhi Naimpoor says it's time Canada commit to another advisory mission. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Patrick Blanchard
Opinion | BY JENNIFER CLAPP | February 21, 2018
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in the Abu Shouk Camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | BY JENNIFER CLAPP | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER CLAPP | February 21, 2018
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in the Abu Shouk Camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | February 21, 2018
Opinion | February 21, 2018
Opinion | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JANET LONGMORE | February 9, 2018
NDP MP Charlie Angus, fourth from right, who is his party's critic for the Indigenous Youth portfolio, poses with youth from Nishnawbe Aski Nation in northern Ontario. Millennials have the potential to be the largest generation voting in the 2019 election, and youth voter turnout is on the rise, writes Janet Longmore. The Indigenous population in Canada is young and rapidly expanding; nearly half of Indigenous peoples in Canada are under the age of 24. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY JANET LONGMORE | February 9, 2018
Opinion | BY JANET LONGMORE | February 9, 2018
NDP MP Charlie Angus, fourth from right, who is his party's critic for the Indigenous Youth portfolio, poses with youth from Nishnawbe Aski Nation in northern Ontario. Millennials have the potential to be the largest generation voting in the 2019 election, and youth voter turnout is on the rise, writes Janet Longmore. The Indigenous population in Canada is young and rapidly expanding; nearly half of Indigenous peoples in Canada are under the age of 24. The Hill Times file photograph