2023 Events - Canadian Red Cross

December 1, 2023 - Atlantic Humanitarian Education Teacher Training

The Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian Education Training is a professional development program intended for Canadian educators who wish to strengthen capacity to help students 13-18 years of age better understand principles of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), justice, human rights, and humanitarian action.

November 14, 2023 - Educator Webinar: Refugees and Displacement in Sudan: connections to FREE lessons in the Humanitarian Education Curriculum Guidebook

Please join us for this special webinar featuring subject matter experts, including practitioners from the field and the classroom as we discuss refugees and displacement in Sudan and Ukraine.

November 9, 2023 - AI and its Evolving Relationship with IHL

This conference will bring together a panel of expert speakers to discuss the growing usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and its evolving relationship with human rights at home and abroad, avenues for regulation, and how these concerns intersect with international humanitarian law.

October 26, 2023 - Kingston Conference: International Law in the Asia-Pacific

The Canadian Red Cross and partners are pleased to announce the 2023 Ontario IHL Conference to be held at Queen’s University in Kingston.

October 21, 2023 - Atlantic International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Conference

The Canadian Red Cross, the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University are proud to present the 2023 International Humanitarian Law Conference.

Spring 2023, Cross-Canada, Online Humanitarian Education Youth Action Summit

The Cross-Canada Online Humanitarian Education Youth Action Summit is an opportunity for high school students and teachers across the country to learn with free, ready to deliver activities about the laws that protect people in situations of armed conflict, like Ukraine.

April 26 & 28, 2023 - Pan-Canadian Online Humanitarian Youth Exchanges: Children in War

The Humanitarian Youth Exchanges are webinars for high school students to explore the issues of children and forced migration in Ukraine and other wars through the lens of International Humanitarian Law.

March 25, 2023 - Regina Humanitarian Education Teacher Training

• Participants will explore classroom activities that introduce the principles of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and related issues to young people.

February 23, 2023 - Educator Webinar: Using Star Wars to Teach International Humanitarian Law

Prepare for the jump to lightspeed with the Canadian Red Cross and American Red Cross as we journey from the Death Star to Dagobah.

February 6, 2023 - The impact of restrictive measures on humanitarian action: the case of Afghanistan

The Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia and the Canadian Red Cross present a special discussion on counterterrorism and sanctions regimes and their impact on humanitarian action in Afghanistan.

February 4, 2023 - Atlantic International Humanitarian Law Conference

The Canadian Red Cross and our partners are pleased to invite you to attend the 2022 Atlantic IHL Conference. Modern-day conflicts profiled in the media have triggered wide-spread interest in humanitarian issues.

February 1, 2023 - Quebec IHL Conference : Gendered Impacts of Armed Conflicts and Application of IHL

(in French) This free half-day public conference will include discussion from field experts, academics, and those with lived experience in conflict zones.

11 au 13 janvier, 2023 - Explorons le droit humanitaire – Formation pour professeur(e)s au niveau collégial

« Explorons le droit humanitaire » nous plonge à la fois dans l’histoire, dans l’éthique et la politique, dans la psychologie humaine, et nous révèle tout un réseau d’organisations internationales qui œuvre à l’application de ce droit très particulier, aussi appelé droit de la guerre.