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A group of male and female farmers in Kenya harvest a small bean crop from a group plot and put them into canvas bags.

IDRC at the 2026 Africa Food Systems Forum

Two men hold up shovels they use to plant trees in a natural setting

Connecting Indigenous research leadership in Canada and the Global South

Students use education technology supported by GPE KIX at a school in Djabel Refugee Camp, Eastern Chad.

The Global Partnership for Education and IDRC extend their KIX partnership to advance the use of evidence in education

Farmers tend crops in a lush green oasis with palm trees, surrounded by dry desert terrain in Barkadroussou, Chad.

IDRC at Women Deliver 2026

IDRC at the Ottawa Civic Space Summit 2026 poster

IDRC supports the inaugural Ottawa Civic Space Summit

IDRC at CSW70: Strengthening access to justice for all women and girls

A wide view of the General Assembly Hall as Annalena Baerbock (on screens and left at dais), President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 72nd plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

AI for Development research partners appointed to the UN’s new expert panel on artificial intelligence

Young women participate in a slam workshop on reproductive health.

Building a sustainable future for the health and wellbeing of adolescents in Central and West Africa

A group of people on stage at the African Union announcing SGCI-3

Building stronger science systems: SGCI’s third phase accelerates Africa-led research