United Nations in Prince George

Giulliana Tamblyn of the United Nations Association of Canada (UNAC) - Prince George joined us Oct. 8 as our guest speaker.

There are currently 20 UNAC branches in Canada, including the newly created branch in Prince George that was founded in March 2014. Its goal is to promote awareness of international issues and help build a sustainable world, ie through eradicating poverty and hunger and achieving universal primary education.

The Prince George branch meets the second Thursday of every month at CNC and is open to the public. There are currently 11 board members/volunteers involved.

UNAC Prince George is hosting a fundraising dinner at the Twisted Cork on Monday, Oct. 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. That follows a public forum from 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. at UNBC in Rm 5-123. The branch is also celebrating UN Day on Friday, Oct. 24 with a flag-raising ceremony at 9 a.m. at City Hall.

Guilliana was thanked for her informative presentation by president Leona Wilkinson and Tom Leboe.