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Future City Competition 2019
The Leacross Foundation is proud to support the Future City Competition in Canada. Future City is a project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. Canadian teams are for the first time participating in the Future City competition with participants gearing up in Ontario, and Prince Edward Island. This expansion is made possible through the support of Engineers Canada, the Durham District School Board, Engineers PEI and the…
Find out more »Reading for the Love of It Conference
The 43rd Annual Reading for the Love of It conference is taking place on Thursday, February 21, and Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. This annual language arts conference is regarded as pre-eminent in bringing together local, national and international authorities in the field of literacy. The goal of the conference is to provide a wide spectrum of speakers to inspire and provoke thinking about literacy issues, and to promote the lifelong love of reading, all at an…
Find out more »Key Ceremony at Leacross Landing with Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa
Leacross Landing is located at the southeast intersection of Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard and Fortune Drive in Orléans, north of Highway 174 in close proximity to the Jeanne d'Arc transit station. When completed, the development will include a total of 16 townhouses, with eight townhouses fronting onto Fortune Drive, while the remaining eight townhouses will front onto an internal private road called Leacross Private. Jeanne d'Arc development in Orleans: Phase II is in progress Phase II of Leacross Landing broke ground in…
Find out more »Women Deliver 2019 Conference
The world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. This conference will boast three days of inspiration, connections, learnings, and networking - you won’t want to miss out! The Women Deliver 2019 Conference will focus on power, and how it can drive – or hinder – progress and change.
Find out more »4th Annual Global Women Shelter Conference
The 4WCWS program reflects the key issues facing both the shelter community and the broader movement to end violence against women today, and is designed to produce maximum participation, learning and networking opportunities for delegates. The four-day agenda is divided into five plenary sessions, bookended by an opening and closing ceremony, with additional study tours to shelter organizations around Kaohsiung on the final day. Each plenary session will be followed by workshops and seminars, broadly under the themes of the…
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