A great big THANK YOU to the supporters, sponsors, hosts, partners and youth who made Global Citizen Events amazing this year! Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

  • GECCO

  • Impact Toolbox

  • Global Citizen Events

    Sponsors & Donors

  • BC Council for International Cooperation

  • Government of Canada

  • Interior Savings - Presenting Sponsor

  • Holar Developments Mill Site

  • Kelowna Sunrise Rotary Club

  • Kairos Foundation

  • Shauna & Sheldon Gardiner

  • Victor Projects

  • Enactus Okanagan College

  • Impact Toolbox

  • Central Okanagan Foundation

  • City of Kelowna

    Supporters

  • Dunnenzies

  • Purrpl

  • Rotary Centre for the Arts

  • Innovation Centre for the Arts

  • KelownaNow

  • Bell Media

  • Spaces

  • Okanagan Regional Library

  • Kelowna Community Resources

  • GreenStep Solutions

  • Lomi

  • Pela

    Community Partners

  • MCC

  • The Spinoza Foundation

  • KCS / The Foundry

  • Friends of Woodhaven

  • People Lived Experience

  • Child of Mine

  • Boys and Girls Club

  • Metis Community Services

  • Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society

Media Coverage 2024

Arts for Social Change

‘Take this opportunity and run with it’: Kelowna art wanted — Coverage of the Arts for Social Change in Black Press Outlets

Students Plant Trees in Kelownas Mission Creek Regional Park Castanet September 19th, 2023

Sustainable Development Challenge

Sustainable Development Challenge and Arts for Social Change on Global Television News - February 23rd, 2024 (at 22:41)

Empowering Youth for a Sustainable Future: The Sustainable Development Challenge Kelowna Now, February 20, 204

Okanagan youth tackle development sustainability challenges Global Citizen Events are back for students of SD23 Barry Girding, Kelowna Capital News, February 17th, 2024

Kelowna students to pitch ideas for sustainable development The winning team will receive an investment up to $5,000 Brittany Webster, Kelowna Capital News, February 8th, 2024

Great Okanagan Waste Reduction Challenge

Penticton Secondary students take on zero waste challenge

Four themed weeks from recycled clothing to reducing plastics and food waste

The Sustainability Club at Penticton Secondary has created a challenge that consists of four themed weeks to teach youth about sustainability. The challenge was inspired by the Great Okanagan Waste Reduction Challenge currently running until March 15.

Starting on Feb. 20, the first week of the challenge was a fashion waste reduction week. During this week students have planned a thrift table to spread awareness about the importance of reusing clothes and buying used clothing items.

The following weeks will be a plastic waste reduction week, a food impact week, and an outdoor/nature week that will encourage students to connect with their environment. Some other activities planned during the challenge include sustainability guest speakers, eco-friendly DIY workshops, and trivia.

In preparation for the challenge, club members checked out their compost and garden in Pen High’s courtyard, as well as taking note of recycling and garbage bins located throughout the school.

The Sustainability Club encourages all businesses, schools, and individuals to visit the Great Okanagan Waste Reduction Challenge website to learn more about how they can reduce their own waste and get involved in this important initiative.

Penticton Secondary students take on zero waste challenge

Four themed weeks from recycled clothing to reducing plastics and food waste.

Media Coverage 2023

Sustainable Development Challenge

Members of Willowstone Academy’s Better World Club pose with Kelowna council following a presentation on climate change and biodiversity on April 17. (Photo/Gary Barnes Capital News)

Media Coverage 2022

Sustainable Development Challenge

Check out Kelowna Secondary School Students Making s Stylish and Sustainable Difference in Kelowna Capital News

Local coverage of the Arts for Social Change Feb 10- March 10th Kelowna art exhibit calls people to action, The Global Citizen Events exhibits will be set up around Kelowna until March. 10

This Local Art is Addressing a Global Crisis Kelowna10 Story

Castanet coverage of Arts for Social Change

Thank you to all of the volunteers, sponsors, students, teachers and supporters who came out to cheer on the Challenge teams in 2023!

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF GLOBAL CITIZEN EVENTS 2021:

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE

 MEDIA COVERAGE OF GLOBAL CITIZEN EVENTS 2020:

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#NOWISTHETIME SUSTAINABILITY FAIR

GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE

THE WALK: A PLAY ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING

Read about the progress on last year’s Sustainable Development Challenge Sicanang Water Project.

 

Global Goals, Local Action: Kelowna’s Voluntary Local Review

While the Sustainable Development Goals are often framed as a global agenda, the priorities outlined in the agenda often require change at local and subnational levels.

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This project, developed in partnership with the Global Empowerment Coalition of the Central Okanagan (GECCO), aims to better understand how the Community of Kelowna has aligned local efforts with the global 2030 Agenda. The goal of this project was to review Kelowna’s progress towards achieving the 17 SDGs as outlined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In conducting one of Canada’s first Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR), BCCIC identified targets and indicators that were within the city’s priorities and abilities to effect change. Identifying trends, challenges, and opportunities relevant to each of the 17 SDGs, this VLR project supports the advancement of sustainability in the community and highlights the important role that cities play in meeting global agendas. Details at: https://www.bccic.ca/kelowna-sdg-voluntary-local-review/