peopleself-reliance safety health supportdiversity engagementinspiration resources foodhopelearning freedom successchoice compassion knowledge inclusioncommunity education access empowerment awareness help annual report 2012–2013 content people . .2 SCIC’s board, staff, and funders message . .3 letter from SCIC’s President and Executive Director . MATCH International cooperation 4 working together to strengthen our network Young Women’s Rights Activists: Conversations in Canada communication . .5 FIRST NatiONS UNIVERSITY, REGINA reaching far and wide engagement . .6 community connecting the dots…from education to action youth . .8 inspiring the next generation of global citizens Canada World Youth multiply . 10 BENIN/QUEBEC Saskatchewan Matching Grants in Aid Program awareness . 17 Public Engagement Small Projects Fund finances . 18 2012-13 financial information 4 people message SCIC helps Saskatchewan people act on their desire to make the world a FROM SCIC’S PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR better place. We do this by educating Saskatchewan people about global SCIC has been making a world of difference again this past year, through our multi- issues like poverty, health, and human rights, by encouraging individuals to faceted programming and growing partnerships . As a community, we have been take meaningful action, and by disbursing funds to our members working able to engage the people of Saskatchewan in meaningful dialogue and on the ground to reduce global poverty and improve people’s lives . action towards a greater understanding of social justice issues, global citizenship, and effective international development . SCIC would like to thank all those who served as board and staff members This past year, our public engagement programming engaged 41,918 people during 2012-2013: across the province, and we partnered with 61 community groups and 39 member organizations . Through our communications activities we BOARD MEMBERS SCIC Staff garnered 114 mainstream news stories, and our global education program Nial Kuyek (President) Jenn Bergen distributed over 16,000 resources to teachers in the province . We were André Magnan (Vice-President) Victoria Nelson also thrilled to host another successful International Development Week, with Mewael Eyob (Treasurer) Arlene Janzen 7 municipalities proclaiming IDW in their communities . Angela Fraser (Secretary) Denise MacDonald Ashfaque Ahmed Steffany Salloum SCIC continues to receive strong support to carry out this work from our Provincial Barbra Bailey Robbi Humble and Federal governments . This past year, the Government of Saskatchewan Edith Conacher Jessica Wood contributed $410,000 to the Matching Grants in Aid Program to support our Lana Kopp Brandon Bertram member’s international development and emergency relief efforts . As a result, SCIC Malinda Meegoda Ashley Hooker was able to fund 22 projects in 16 countries . SCIC also received $329,000 Rosemary McCallum Shaheen Lotun from the Government of Canada through CIDA’s (former) Partnership with Simon Granovsky-Larsen Canadians Branch, which enables us to build our member services, expand our Sheila Brandick communications initiatives, and carry out our public engagement work . Finally, Yordanos Tesfamariam this past year Saskatchewan people donated over $7.6 million to our members doing international development work around the globe! SCIC gratefully acknowledges the organizations and individuals who In addition to this work, SCIC has also been busy collaborating with our sister supported our work financially in 2012-2013: councils on a three-year project to develop tools, resources, and best-practices for public engagement in Canada . After two years of hard work, the interactive toolkit INDIVIDUAL DONORS Global Hive: Tools for Engaging Global Citizens is nearing completion, and Allan Scholz Arlene Janzen Betsy Bury Bill & Mary Chapman Bill Curry Bonnie & will be launched in the fall of 2013 . John Lawrence Curtis Dorosh Dale Holmberg Dan Beveridge Diane N. Rogers SCIC is grateful for the many volunteers that serve on our dedicated Dr . John Fryters Mrs. Hannelore Fryters Elizabeth Jmaeff Elsie Livingston Board of Directors and committees, and for the tireless efforts of our staff and Heather Kleiner Jake & Louise Buhler Jeanniene Tazzioli Joan Havlock John L . interns . Together we have been working to make a world of difference . Whether Crawford Kerrie Strathy Leo & Helen Kurtenbach Lorna Gaudet Michael Bray it’s workshops with high school students on the Millennium Development Goals, Nancy Allan St . Thomas Wesley United Church Stacey Dyck-Jiricka & Milton our Gathering of Global Minds discussions series, International Development Week Jiricka Tonja Gunvaldsen-Klassen Wilma & David Wessel activities, or volunteering with a member organization, Saskatchewan people are engaged and active, and SCIC is proud to do our part . Nial Kuyek - SCIC President Jenn Bergen - Executive Director 2 3 cooperation communication GOVERNMENT RELatiONS As a provincial member organization, we spread the message of our In addition to holding regular meetings with provincial and federal government members’ amazing work, and connect Saskatchewan people to the representatives to discuss the current state of the international development sector, world of international development through a variety of methods. Here’s 2013 marked our most successful NGO day to date, with almost 100 members and how Saskatchewan responded: MLAs in attendance at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in March . MEMBER SERVICES 114 media hits SCIC offered a number of capacity building, training, and networking opportunities on mainstrean channels for our members including: workshops on development effectiveness and the challenges and opportunities facing Canadian civil society; webinars on the Istanbul Principles, the implications of the federal aid budget, and Canadians perceptions 271 followers of global poverty; Toolkit Workshop Series on fundraising, volunteer engagement, on Twitter social media, burnout prevention, youth engagement, research and evaluation, and anti-oppression training through the Apathy into Action conference . 514 friends on Facebook 2,000 global action calendars distributed ENGAGING CANADIANS AS GLOBAL CITIZENS Sharing Best Practices in Public Engagement 2,400 Earthbeat newsletters through the Inter-Council Network (ICN) mailed to subscribers As a member of the ICN, SCIC wrapped up the second year of a three-year research project to gauge Canadians’ understanding of global issues and to identify and 2,643 teachers share good practices in public engagement . Using information gathered in year received global education resources one through surveys and national polling, in year two each of the seven Councils convened a regional knowledge hub in a different thematic area where they developed by SCIC and our members developed tools and resources for effective public engagement on global issues . In year three, SCIC will continue working with our sister councils to release the 3,493 video views culmination of our work in an online toolkit, Global Hive: Tools for Engaging Global on YouTube Citizens, which will be launched at a national virtual conference taking place in the fall of 2013 . The ICN is a coalition of the seven provincial and regional Councils for International 8,821 visits Cooperation . The ICN provides a forum in which the Councils collaborate for to our website improved effectiveness and identify common priorities for collective action . Together, our member-based Councils represent over 400 diverse organizations from across 41,918 engaged citizens Canada committed to global social justice . through SCIC public engagement & communications initiatives 4 5 engagement SCIC carries out a variety of public engagement events and activities to DevelopmentWeek inspire and educate Saskatchewan people about global issues, and to Every February, SCIC and our members, partners, and supporters celebrate International provide citizens of all ages with the tools to engage in meaningful ways . Development Week . Collaborating to host numerous events and campaigns, we work Highlights from this year include: together to highlight positive stories of change, and the role that we all play in creating a more just and peaceful world . GathERING OF GLOBAL MINDS Highlights from this year’s celebrations include: Launched this year, this discussion series brings people together in a lively format to • Keynote address by Avi Lewis in Saskatoon hear a diversity of perspectives about development and social justice issues . Through • Global Citizens Awards Galas in Regina and Saskatoon short presentations and group discussions, we wade through the noise to try to gain • Launch, panel discussion, and screening of documentary a better understanding of interconnected global struggles . This year topics included: “Trashed” at the U of R Buying a Better World: Is Ethical Consumerism the Answer?; Voluntourism: From • Global justice poetry slam and on-line competition Feel-Good Vacations to Sustainable Global Partnerships; and Canada’s Shifting • Proclamations of International Development Week made by seven Priorities: Aid in an Environment of Change . Saskatchewan municipalities • Global justice resource displays in public libraries across the province HarVEST and HunGER FOOD SEcurity FOrum • Global Classrooms in the 306 - WorldBeat youth video profiles In November, SCIC and numerous partner organizations brought together food and sustainability experts for two days