Students, teachers, parents and community leaders gathered at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) on May 11th to celebrate the graduation of 79 students from various ACCC programs. 60 of the graduates were women, graduating from specially designed employment-oriented courses in fields such as Leadership, Business Communication and Human Resources. These women were applauded for their [...]
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8th to mark the achievements of women around the world. It is a day to mark the great progress women have made, and also to make renewed commitments to combat gender inequality where it still exists.
At the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC), a school that grants women [...]
Please join The Free Thinking Film Society at the National Archives (395 Wellington) on March 9th for “Canada and Afghanistan: Keeping Our Promises”, a presentation of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee’s vision for Canada’s re-dedication to the cause of Afghan reconstruction, human rights and democracy, post-2011.
CASC will be presenting a variety of Afghan and Canadian speakers [...]
On November 2nd, 2009 a landmark ceremony was held in Kandahar to celebrate the graduation of 140 female students from the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC). The ceremony was attended by over 350 guests including teachers, parents, students, prominent members of the local community and media, and representatives of the Afghan and Canadian governments.
Among the [...]
CanILF NR-0901 November 2, 2009
OTTAWA – Despite recent insecurity, more than two hundred students at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) in Kandahar, Afghanistan graduated on November 2, 2009 from a professional education program funded largely by the Canadian International Development Agency.
“Through the education and support provided by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, the [...]
A role model for many at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center met with ACCC Director Ehsanullah Ehsan in September, praising the programme for its many successes and saying Afghanistan needed the full participation of its women to succeed.
Michaëlle Jean, Canada’s Governor General, met with Ehsan on September 8th as part of a tour of [...]
This past may, students and staff from St. Matthew Catholic High School, in Orleans, Ontario, came together to raise $2,000 for the Canadian International Learning Foundation (CanILF) at their annual cake auction.
Now in its ninth year, the cake auction has become quite a tradition and a major event in the school’s fundraising calendar. In [...]
The Afghan School Project and Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Clubs will be hosting a comedy show in Ottawa on November 13th to benefit the Afghan-Canadian Community Center.
The comedians performing are Derek Seguin, Ryan Denee and Kwasi Thomas. The show will be held at The Prescott, at 379 Preston Street. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and the show will start [...]
