NEWS & EVENTS

November 19, 2008: World Toilet Day

November 7, 2008: SWAN Canada unveils new advocacy posters to mark World Toilet Day, 2009. Download here.

June 18, 2008: Jon Lane, Executive Director of the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council, gives a speech by video at SWAN Canada’s first annual meeting to share his thoughts on the International Year of Sanitation, and how Canada can help address the global sanitation crisis. Read Text. View video: part 1 - part 2 (need Quicktime to view)

March 22, 2008: World Water Day

March 20, 2008: SWAN Canada Calls for Sanitation to be a Foreign Aid Priority
In a letter to Minister Bev Oda, SWAN Canada makes the case for increased investment in sanitation as part of broader poverty-fighting efforts.
Read the letter here. Read the press release here.

Montreal Gazette: "For world's poor, water is a killer"
Reporter Andy Riga talks to SWAN Canada coordinator George Yap about "flying toilets" and the need for improved sanitation in the developing world. Read the article here.

Ottawa Citizen: It's time for toilet talk
This Citizen editorial highlights the advocacy efforts of SWAN Canada and
calls on the government to boost Canada's role in ending the global
sanitation crisis. Read the article.

SWAN Canada in the Toronto Star
In an interview with the Star’s Olivia Ward, SWAN Canada coordinator George Yap discusses the dirty truth about the sanitation crisis, and how it is inextricably linked to global poverty. Read the article.

November 21, 2007: Official launch of the United Nations International Year of Sanitation 2008 at UN Headquarters in New York.
Read the media advisory here.
French media advisory here.

SWAN Canada advertisement in Weekly Hill Times (Nov. 19, 2007) and Embassy Weekly (Nov. 21, 2007) highlighting the sanitation crisis. See advertisement here.

SWAN Canada writes an open letter to the Prime Minister highlighting the global sanitation crisis. Read the letter here. French Language Letter

SWAN Canada and its website are officially launched on World Toilet Day. Read the press release here. French press release here.

November 19, 2007: World Toilet Day