Global Connect
From May 22 to June 1, we explored international cooperation together with youth participants 18 to 24 years of age through themes of sustainability, gender equality, and a range of local/global issues—right here in Alberta!
We partner with our members and other projects and initiatives through dialogue and practical hands-on learning. Over the summer and into the fall, Global Connect participants implemented public engagement activities by opening up conversations around some of the lessons learned throughout the Global Connect experience.
Keep your eye out for our next Global Connect program running in Spring 2025!
If you have questions about the this program, please contact ACGC’s Global Citizenship Education Lead, Wajed El-Halabi, at wajed.el-halabi@acgc.ca or projects@acgc.ca, or call 780-988-0200.
Past Programs
ACGC has been running youth experiential learning programs since 2010, previously called the ‘Change Your World Youth Leadership Program’.
- 2010: Ethiopia with Canadian Humanitarian
- 2012: Peru with Sombrilla International Development Society
- 2013: Nicaragua with Change for Children Association
- 2015: South Africa with Keiskamma Canada Foundation
- 2017: Uganda with Mennonite Central Committee Alberta
- 2022: Global Connect 2023 in Alberta
In the past, youth travelled internationally to visit international development projects run collaboratively by ACGC’s partner organizations. Beginning last year, with limits on international travel, we started taking a new approach!
Past Global Connect Site Visits:
- Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets (ACWA)
- Alinea International
- Billie Fortier, Lawyer, MLT Aikins LLP, Calgary
- Biosphere Institute
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- Canadian Volunteers United in Action Society – Associations des Volontaires unis dans l’action au Canada (CANAVUA)
- CAUSE Canada
- The Colombian Coffee Bar & Roastery
- Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4W)
- Centre for Affordable Water Technology (CAWST)
- Professor Dwayne Donald, Curriculum studies and Indigenous wisdom traditions, University of Alberta
- Dignity Network
- Earth Group
- End FGM
- Engineers Without Borders
- Expand Hope
- Islamic Family and Social Services Association (IFSSA)
- Islamic Relief
- Journey 2050 (Nutrien and Calgary Stampede)
- Mennonite Central Committee
- Operation Eyesight
- Painted Warriors
- Samaritan’s Purse
- School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
- Sihle-Sizwe Vineyard Foundation
- Sombrilla
- Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC), MacEwan University
in partnership with Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv - Villages Calgary
- Water Movement
- Wilder Institute, Calgary Zoo
See videos from past years here.
About ACGC
The Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) is a coalition organization with over 40 members focused on sustainable development and global citizenship. We aim to mobilize Albertans (like you!) to become more active global citizens engaged in sustainable development and gender equality, especially through increasing awareness, sharing knowledge, and strengthening connections to mobilize for global issues.
Our values include respect, inclusiveness, equality, empowerment, human rights, collaboration, accountability, transparency, sustainability, and mutual learning.
