World Youth Skills Day
Today, there are 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 years, accounting for 16 per cent of the global population. The active engagement of youth in sustainable development efforts is central to achieving sustainable, inclusive and stable societies by the target date, and to averting the worst threats and challenges to sustainable development, including…
Attention Finance Recruiters: “Canadian Experience” Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be!
Canada is one of the top countries in the world that has the highest foreign-born population (20%). People come here from far and wide to seek new opportunities, only to find that these are not without their fair share of challenges. While the nation takes great pride in being a cultural melting pot, it turns…
Today is World Environment Day
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on the 5th of June every year and is the United Nation’s principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing
Remembered in #China more euphemistically as the 4 June incident, the events of that day in early summer 1989 are among the bloodiest in modern political history. Hundreds of civilians were killed by the 200,000 strong People’s Liberation Army in a brutal crackdown on student pro-democracy protesters that sent shockwaves around the world. The military had…
World No Tobacco Day – May 31.2019
Conscious of the global tobacco epidemic’s massive toll of death, sickness and misery, and mindful of the need to raise the profile of its tobacco control work, WHO (World Health Organization) established the #Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) in July 1998. TFI focuses international attention, resources and action on the global tobacco epidemic. Every year, on…
Today is World MS Day
World MS Day is a day to celebrate global solidarity and hope for the future. #World #MSDay is coordinated by the MS International Federation and it members officially marked on the 30th of May each year. Events and campaigns take place throughout the month of May. It brings the global MS community together to share stories, raise…
Historical Major Events that took place on – May 22
1906 The Wright brothers’ flying machine is patentedThe American aviation pioneers are credited with having performed “the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.” (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) 1960 The most violent earthquake in recorded history hits ChileThe Great Chilean Earthquake rated 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. According to estimates, between 2230 and…