Welcome to the Right To Play Canada press centre. Here you can find recent updates, announcements, and resources related to our programs and activities.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Rebecca Cuthbert

Marketing & Communications Officer
+1 416-203-0190 ext. 305
rcuthbert@righttoplay.com

Recent Announcements

• Sept. 10, 2019

  Celebrating the Power of Music: Right To Play and The Silkroad Ensemble, Team Up to Empower Vulnerable Lebanese and Refugee Youth to Rise

  Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian youth performed alongside world-renowned musicians in Qasqas, Beirut

• June 26, 2019

  NBA CHAMPION PASCAL SIAKAM LEADS DISTINGUISHED LIST OF HONOUREES AT RIGHT TO PLAY’S HEROES GALA

  Youth rising above adversity through the power of play to be theme of signature fundraising event

• Oct. 11, 2018

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• Dec. 10, 2019

  CANADIAN TENNIS CHAMPION BIANCA ANDREESCU APPOINTED RIGHT TO PLAY AMBASSADOR

  Andreescu and Right To Play join forces to empower the next generation of leaders

• Feb. 14, 2020

  Government of Canada announces new collaboration with Right To Play to empower girls in Senegal

  Prime Minister Trudeau makes announcement at star-studded event in Dakar. New collaboration will support girls to learn and lead.

• March 25, 2020

  Canada’s Charities Make Urgent Ask of Ottawa for $10 Billion Stabilization Fund; Their Very Survival at Risk

  Over 200 major charities form Emergency Coalition to save sector and maintain support to Canada’s most vulnerable.

In the News

• July 12, 2018

  This 2018 STWM runner is attempting a world record in full ice hockey gear

  In full ice hockey gear, Evan Latsky will attempt to set a Guinness World Record at the 2018 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

• March 3, 2020

  The Slaight Family Foundation announces $15M Global Initiative for Women and Girls

  To mark International Women’s Day, The Slaight Family Foundation is donating $15 million to 15 international organizations working to improve human rights and opportunities for women and girls.

• Jan. 16, 2020

  Children's Well-Being: Towards 2030

  The past decade has been a bad one for children in humanitarian crises around the globe, particularly in terms of food sustainability. Can the situation improve in the 2020s? Lindsay Groves, of Right to Play, and others join Steve Paikin to discuss how to make the world a safer place for the next generation.