March Break is the perfect time to sign your teen up for our baby sitting course! They’ll learn the skills to become a responsible and skilled babysitter and provide care to children of different ages.❤️
More information: www.redcross.ca/training-and...
📅 April 21, 2026
⏱️ 12-1PM (EDT)
🎟️ Free
🎥 Live & recorded online event
Inspire your students to take action and register today: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
We are now accepting registrations to our FREE 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁.
High school students & teachers will learn about the laws that protect people in situations of armed conflict and discuss topics such as refugees, child soldiers and gender-based violence.
🏠Is your child staying home alone for March Break?
Join us for a FREE webinar on how to identify common risks and take simple, effective steps to help keep kids safe when they’re home alone.
📆Wednesday, March 11
⏰12-1PM EDT / 10AM-11PM MDT
Secure your spot now: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Next week, we’re hosting a FREE virtual webinar in our Disaster Preparedness & Resilience Learning Series to help you learn about spring flooding risks and how to prepare.
📆Tuesday, March 10
⏰12-1PM EDT / 10AM-11PM MDT
For all the details & to register: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Calling all 16-30 years old! 👋
You have a project idea that could benefit your community? This is your chance!⤵️
All projects are welcomed, as long as they’re led by youth, safe, respectful, inclusive and helpful for your community.
Deadline: March 31st, 2026.
➕ www.redcross.ca/sa/resilienc...
✔️ Receive a certificate of recognition from the Canadian Red Cross and the University of Ottawa.
Learn more and register today: www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
✔️ Apply IHL knowledge through realistic case studies and a full day of simulation exercise.
✔️ Learn from leading Canadian and international scholars and experts from the Department of National Defence and the Department of Justice Canada.
📣Calling all students and professionals interested in learning more about International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
@uottawahrrec.bsky.social and the Canadian Red Cross are offering the 2026 Summer School on IHL.
"Widening hostilities across the Middle East are putting civilian lives in grave danger. Without urgent steps to de-escalate the situation and respect the rules of war, further civilian lives will be lost."
Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC president: ms.spr.ly/63329QdvPP
📣Happening tomorrow! Join our FREE virtual webinar Service Continuity Planning 101 for community organizations.
Learn how community organizations can maintain services during emergencies.
Register now: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Today marks four years since the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
Celine McGarvey shares her experience supporting the response and why humanitarian support remains crucial.
Read more: www.redcross.ca/ukraine-four-years-on-why-humanitarian-action-still-matters
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Over 100 volunteers and 18 emergency vehicles took part, completing 26 simulated emergency cases in just over an hour. Exercises like this build coordination, confidence, and resilience - ensuring communities are better prepared when disasters strike.
Recently, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent carried out an earthquake simulation in Latakia - an essential step in strengthening emergency readiness. Supported by the Canadian Red Cross, teams trained to respond to a 7.0‑magnitude quake and manage mass‑casualty scenarios.
The Tumbler Ridge Tragedy Appeal will help support those affected by the devastating events of the past week. 100% of the money raised will be used to help meet the needs and address the impacts on individuals, families, and communities, including direct and immediate financial assistance.
📣Coming up! The Canadian Red Cross and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) are partnering for a webinar on Navigating violence in contested territories.
📆 February 17, 2026
⏰ 12-1 PM
To learn more and register: www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
The Canadian Red Cross extends its deepest condolences to those impacted by the tragic events in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Our thoughts are with the parents, families, friends, and community coping with this imaginable loss at this heartbreaking time.
The Canadian Red Cross is working to support those impacted by the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, B.C through the Tumbler Ridge Tragedy Appeal.
You can help by donating at give.redcross.ca/page/26TRTA?...
📣Happening today! Join our FREE virtual webinar Be Ready: General preparedness.
Learn about disaster risks in your area, making an emergency plan, building an emergency kit and creating a network.
Register now: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
📣Coming up! Join our FREE virtual three-part webinar on Opioid Harm Reduction (OHR): An Indigenous Perspective.
Learn about a holistic approach to OHR and engaging youth in OHR, and hear community stories of lived experience and local leadership.
Register now: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
The Canadian Red Cross has supported the response by contributing funds to Red Cross Red Crescent partners, deploying 14 humanitarian experts, and sending 22,000+ relief items.
Together, Red Crescent teams and volunteers have reached millions of people with essential services.
Three years after the devastating 2023 earthquakes, millions of people in Türkiye and Syria are still rebuilding their lives.
In Türkiye, many remain in temporary accommodation. In Syria, recovery continues amid long‑standing humanitarian challenges.
and other material to support the heating points set up by the Ukrainian Red Cross Society.
You can help by donating to Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis - Winter relief 2026 Appeal: give.redcross.ca/page/26UHCWR
Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have been without power across the country in recent weeks.
Along with partners, the Canadian Red Cross bought tents, generators, furniture, charging kits, lamps, blankets, boilers
🔊Turn your sound up 🔊 The sound of Kyiv these days is generators.
Ukraine is facing its most difficult winter since the escalation of the conflict nearly four years ago. With temperatures well below -10°C, attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure have caused rolling blackouts.
🌍 Episode 4 of 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿 is out!
This month, Kelsey Lemon walks us through our emergency responses in Syria, Lebanon and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
🎥Watch the full episode on YouTube: youtu.be/7KjQun5D0uo
The Red Cross has also provided stocks to help the community to shelter safely in place.
You can help by donating to the 2026 Pimicikamak Cree Nation Crisis Appeal: give.redcross.ca/page/26PCNC
