Community Development
Canadian multicultural communities learn governance from each other.
Focused investments
Microcredit for the underserved and marginalized
Governance & Policies
Excercise of political and the use of institutional resources.
Health & Food Security
Lcomparing the state of health and food security under various external and internal influences.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Sequence and Dates subject to change)  

Official launch of Str8talk Africa Initiatives (SAI)
Date: November 18, 2012 @ 06:00pm. Cocktail/wine'n'cheese reception to unveil logo.
Location: Courtyard By Marriott in Ottawa's famed ByWard Market.
RSVP:
By invitation only

First Africa Cultural Banquet - fashion, food & dance
Date: December 15, 2012 @ 06:00pm. Fashion, food and dance.
Location: St-Elias Banquet Centre, 150 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa.
RSVP: Purchase Tickets - Details soon.


First Canadian Annual Community Leadership Workshop: Governance in Multicultural Associations
Date: April 22-24, 2013. Registration: Friday @ 04:00pm.
Theme: Continuity and Sustainability.
Discussion: Why some multicultural communities have succeded in fostering sustainability and enterprise while others have failed. Lessons from both sides. Lessons from membership professional associations
Location
"Courtyard By Marriott" in Ottawa's famed ByWard Market.
RSVP: Leaders and representatives of multicultural associations across Canada.

Comparative Health & Food Security Systems in Africa
Date : April 8-10, 2013.
Theme :A systems Approach to Development: Sectoral Planning and Policy Control of Rural Household Health and Food Security in Africa
Discussion: Is Africa's survival rigid on colonial legacies? Are there improvements since independence? Why the downward trend in health & food security?

Location: Dar Es Salaam Serena Hotel , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
RSVP: Registration allowed for senior national policy administrators to ministerial levels of governments in Africa.


Governance and Policy Changes in Africa: Progressive, Regressive or  Stagnant?
Date: November 10-12, 2013
Theme: Planning
Discussion: Are governance & policy matching to the tunes of sustainable development?
Location Hotel Africana, Kampala. Uganda
RSVP: Registration allowed for senior national policy administrators to ministerial levels of governments in Africa.