Pink Shirt Day for Red Crossers

Staff and volunteers from across the country wore pink today in support of Pink Shirt Day. The campaign came about as a result of a bullying incident in Nova Scotia back in 2007. It’s an issue that’s close to our heart at the Canadian Red Cross. We reach thousands of youth every year through our [...]

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NEW ZEALAND: Staff and volunteers from the New Zealand Red Cross took part in a variety of memorial events to mark the one year anniversary of the deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake that claimed the lives of [...]

Red Crescent volunteers in Syria

For volunteers of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), restful weekends with family are a thing of the past. Instead, on days off, they are at the SARC’s crisis response unit or in ambulances retrieving sick or injured people in communities affected by the ongoing conflict. Their work is far from easy.   Volunteers face [...]

Photo of the day: Paper plane toss for good

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! The Canadian Red Cross in Prince Edward Island teamed up with local Holland College and UPEI hoopsters for an entertaining fundraiser called Hoops for Hope [...]

Photo of the Day: Helping victims of fire in Iqaluit

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! The Canadian Red Cross is on scene in Iqaluit helping the community following a fire in a townhouse complex that left many families homeless. Last [...]

Tech Talk: Podcast on Crowdsourcing for Change

Disaster responders and do-gooders in the tech community worldwide have been paying particularly close attention to Ushahidi, a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. Through Ushahidi, users can build maps and add content that can be of great value to disaster responders. [...]

First aid for outdoor enthusiasts

Last week, I stepped out of the office to get a taste of a different kind of first aid training. I joined instructor Blair Doyle and a dozen participants taking part in an Advanced Wilderness and Remote First Aid course. This Canadian Red Cross course is meant to prepare people to deal with unpredictable situations they might [...]

Photo of the Day: Cool Red Crossers

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know!    Canadian Red Cross staff and volunteers in Timmins, ON participated in the South Porcupine Winter Carnival Parade on February 11. They showed their Red [...]

Photo of the Day: Aboriginal youth participating in a Red Cross abuse prevention workshop in Calgary

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! Walking the Prevention Circle is an intensive three-day Red Cross abuse prevention workshop for aboriginal youth and adults, developed and delivered in close collaboration with aborignal communities. [...]

“Bully” heading to theatres this spring

Bullying has been a prevalent topic in the media in recent years, with a number of high-profile and tragic stories, even here in Canada. To explore all of this, Lee Hirsch, an award-winning American filmmaker, has created a documentary called “Bully” (http://www.thebullyproject.com/).  The film centres on the lives of three teens and two parents whose [...]