Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) shared his office with 23-year-old Breanne Lavallée-Heckert on Oct. 5 as part of Plan International Canada’s #GirlsBelongHere initiative, demonstrating that girls everywhere have the right to pursue their dreams and achieve their full potential. To mark the upcoming International Day of the Girl on Oct.11, Lavallée-Heckert is one of a diverse … Read more
Canadian leaders will give up their seats to girls for a day to mark the 5th International Day of the Girl. Canadian girls will fill these seats to illustrate every girl’s right to equal opportunities – seats such as those of International Development and La Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.), Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior … Read more
Plan Canada is pleased with the Government of Canada’s announcement to extend the deadline for matching contributions to registered Canadian charities to support humanitarian relief efforts for the Syrian crisis. The decision means Canadians will continue to be able to double the impact of their donations to Syrian relief efforts until February 29, 2016, with … Read more
Plan Canada stood with the international community at the annual UN General Assembly in New York as a new set of global goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), were ratified by 193 countries. The SDGs replace the Millennium Development Goals, the most successful anti-poverty push in history, and build on that strong progress to ensure … Read more
A new report published by child rights organization Plan Canada, in partnership with the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, finds that school-related gender-based violence is a major factor threatening the education of children, especially young girls, in many countries of the world, including Canada. The full release is … Read more
