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International Development

Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai's government should continue to invest in Partnering for Climate, a federal program to support climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa, as a way to support climate adaptation and food security efforts, writes Carol Thiessen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | September 3, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. A strategic implementation plan for Canada’s Africa Strategy requires co-ordination across multiple departments including Global Affairs, Immigration, Innovation, and Finance, writes Selah Getahun. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | September 3, 2025
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | September 3, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. A strategic implementation plan for Canada’s Africa Strategy requires co-ordination across multiple departments including Global Affairs, Immigration, Innovation, and Finance, writes Selah Getahun. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEXANDER DOW | August 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Foreign Minister Anita Anand, and Ambassador to the UN Bob Rae should attend the Sept. 30 UN conference on the Rohingya and show that Canada stands for justice, writes Alexander Dow. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEXANDER DOW | August 27, 2025
Opinion | BY ALEXANDER DOW | August 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Foreign Minister Anita Anand, and Ambassador to the UN Bob Rae should attend the Sept. 30 UN conference on the Rohingya and show that Canada stands for justice, writes Alexander Dow. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, at the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, at the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE, DOROTEA GUCCIARDO | July 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney must follow through with his promise on May 19 to take "concrete actions in response" to Israel not lifting its restrictions on humanitarian aid, write Alex Neve and Dorotea Gucciardo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE, DOROTEA GUCCIARDO | July 25, 2025
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE, DOROTEA GUCCIARDO | July 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney must follow through with his promise on May 19 to take "concrete actions in response" to Israel not lifting its restrictions on humanitarian aid, write Alex Neve and Dorotea Gucciardo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PAUL FARRAN | July 24, 2025
Bob Rae
Canada’s UN Ambassador Bob Rae joined global leaders as the conference concluded and opened the plenary with a quote from Leonard Cohen: 'Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PAUL FARRAN | July 24, 2025
Opinion | BY PAUL FARRAN | July 24, 2025
Bob Rae
Canada’s UN Ambassador Bob Rae joined global leaders as the conference concluded and opened the plenary with a quote from Leonard Cohen: 'Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CAROLINE RISEBORO | March 28, 2018
Students learn in temporary classrooms for displaced youth at a UN camp in South Sudan in July 2016. UN photograph by Isaac Billy
Opinion | BY CAROLINE RISEBORO | March 28, 2018
Opinion | BY CAROLINE RISEBORO | March 28, 2018
Students learn in temporary classrooms for displaced youth at a UN camp in South Sudan in July 2016. UN photograph by Isaac Billy
Opinion | BY INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC | March 23, 2018
This year's World Water Day marks the start of the United Nations’ International Decade (2018-2028) for Action: Water for Sustainable Development. UN photograph by JC McIlwaine
Opinion | BY INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC | March 23, 2018
Opinion | BY INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC | March 23, 2018
This year's World Water Day marks the start of the United Nations’ International Decade (2018-2028) for Action: Water for Sustainable Development. UN photograph by JC McIlwaine
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 21, 2018
Canada’s Bombardier Q400 has proven popular among African airlines for short-haul regional flights, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Hansueli Krapf
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 21, 2018
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 21, 2018
Canada’s Bombardier Q400 has proven popular among African airlines for short-haul regional flights, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Hansueli Krapf
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