November 26th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Children must pass through several stages, or take specific steps, on their road to becoming adults. For most people, there are four or five such stages of growth where they learn certain things: infancy (birth to age two), early childhood (ages 3 to 8 years), later childhood (ages 9 to 12) [...]
November 18th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
CPAR Study Tour is a great opportunity to experience development on a grassroots level.
On the Study Tour you will meet with local communities; learn about CPAR’s health and development programs being implemented by those communities; meet with local officials and health professionals; enjoy some of the world’s most amazing wildlife; and see [...]
November 18th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
cbm Canada is motivated by God’s love to break the cycle of poverty and disability. We work together with Canadians, international Partners and our clients – those we serve – to set people free for life.
By 2012, we will be one of the top ten providers of non-government international aid, and the [...]
November 12th, 2009 Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.
Founded in 1937 as Foster Parents Plan, we are one of the world’s oldest and largest international development agencies, working in partnership with millions of people around the world to end global poverty. [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Dr Shoukat Dedhar, BC Cancer Agency, UBC, $682,500 over five years, is focusing on how a group of receptors, integrins, and a protein that he identified, ILK, react to their microenvironment to regulate cell growth, movement and death. This work may lead to the development of more effective therapies for cancer.
Dr Grant [...]
October 13th, 2009 Research is the only route to discovering new and better ways to manage and treat the many forms of arthritis. With financial support from its Division offices, The Arthritis Society has been able to develop an excellent Research and Career Development Program that contributes millions of dollars each year to arthritis research in Canada.
This year, [...]
October 13th, 2009 Researchers Dr. Marc Therrien at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and Dr. Frank Sicheri, at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, have discovered a new target that may be instrumental in the development of new, more effective cancer therapies.
A recent article [...]
September 14th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
The Canadian Deaf Sports Association (ASSC-CDSA) was incorporated in 1964 under the name “Federation of Silent Sports of Canada Inc” and now operates as a registered charity under the name of Canadian Deaf Sports Association.
The objectives of the CDSA are as follows :
* To encourage the development and affiliation of Provincial and [...]
May 11th, 2009 About:
CPAR was founded in 1984 by Canadian physician Mark Doidge, in response to the extreme famine and poor health conditions faced by Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. CPAR’s work started out as emergency relief in the form of food aid and medical intervention, but it has since evolved into an international development organization, committed to building [...]