Canada & International Organizations
This international organization brings countries together to work on peace, security, human rights, and global cooperation.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This global environmental issue happens when Earth's average temperature rises over time.
What is climate change/global warming?
This international organization works to improve health and respond to diseases around the world.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Cutting down large areas of forests can affect climate, habitats, and biodiversity.
What is deforestation?
This military alliance includes Canada, the United States, and several European countries that cooperate on collective defence.
What is NATO?
Fish populations can decline when people catch fish faster than the population can replace itself.
What is overfishing?
Canada participates in international organizations partly because global problems often require countries to do this rather than solve them alone.
What is cooperate/work together?
These plants, animals, or organisms can enter a new ecosystem through international transportation and harm native species.
What are invasive species?
This UN declaration outlines rights for Indigenous Peoples around the world and is one international agreement connected to Canada's global participation.
What is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)?
Climate change is considered an international issue because pollution and greenhouse gases do not stop at these human-made divisions between countries.
What are national borders/boundaries?