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World Food Day 2021
Posted: October 15, 2021
Morgan Clark – Emergency Programs Officer World Food Day (WFD) 2021 is on October 16! World Food Day has been celebrated annually since 1981 to commemorate the founding of the...

GlobalMedic’s Mile Match Week with Aeroplan
Posted: September 13, 2021
Aeroplan is celebrating 15 years of Mile Match Week and for the first time, Globalmedic has been selected for one of Aeroplan’s Mile Match Weeks! From Sept 13 – 19,...

Providing PPE During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Posted: August 23, 2021
Sarah Twomey – Emergency Programs Intern In June of 2021, PRIMED Medical Products partnered with GlobalMedic and Traffic Tech by donating 38 million level three masks to help combat COVID-19...

World Humanitarian Day 2021
Posted: August 18, 2021
Kaitlin Waters – Communications Intern World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on August 19, to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and...

COVID-19 Vaccination Support
Posted: August 9, 2021
Sarah Twomey – Emergency Programs Intern At GlobalMedic we are incredibly thankful for our dedicated volunteers who make our work possible. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, our...

World Water Day 2021
Posted: March 21, 2021
Emma Graham – Emergency Programs Intern Water is life. That’s what they say, right? We couldn’t agree more. Water is the most valuable resource we have, and this World Water...

Hurricane Dorian: One Year Later, Where Are We Now?
Posted: September 4, 2020
Rameesha Qazi – Communications Intern On September 4th 2019, what started as a large tropical storm had grown into a historic and monstrous Category 5 Hurricane, named Dorian, made land contact,...

World Humanitarian Day 2020
Posted: August 19, 2020
Rameesha Qazi – Communications Intern World Humanitarian Day was commemorated for the first time on August 19, 2009. The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness...

Feed the Six Campaign
Posted: May 18, 2020
To help address food insecurity across the GTA, GlobalMedic has partnered with Hand Up Toronto to help “Feed The Six” with nutritious food kits that can help feed the average family for up to two weeks.

World Pulses Day 2020
Posted: February 9, 2020
Jamie Cross – Emergency Programs Officer On February 10, 2019, the United Nations recognized the first annual World Pulses Day. This day built off of the success of the International...