CIDA's Global Classroom Initiative (GCI) encourages young Canadians to become informed and involved global citizens. This initiative will help engage Canadian school-age children and their

A pupil is studying at a school which is participating in the CIDA-funded Kosovo Educator Development Program.

educators—from Grades 1 to 12 in most of Canada and Primary I to Secondary V in Quebec—in active exploration of international development and cooperation issues.

Managed by CIDA's Development Information Program, the GCI financially supports projects that develop and deliver effective school-based, global education resources and activities.

Objectives

The objectives of the GCI are to:

• encourage the integration of a global perspective in teaching;
• increase knowledge of international development and cooperation issues and help teachers deliver related resources and curricula;
• instil an understanding of global interdependence and Canada's responsibilities as a member of the global village;
• instil a sense of global citizenship and increase awareness of the difference that individual and collective actions can make on issues of global importance; and
• raise awareness of the role Canadians, Canada, and CIDA play in international development assistance.