History
1971 Canada World Youth is founded by Jacques Hébert.
1972-1973 The first groups of young Canadians are sent to Cameroon, Malaysia, Mexico, Tunisia, and the former Yugoslavia.
1981 Ten years after its creation, CWY is running educational programs between Canada and more than twenty-five countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
1989 The Netherlands creates a program inspired by the CWY model. Sweden and Great Britain follow suit in 1993 and 1999, respectively.
1991 CWY runs its first programs with schools and youth groups. Since then, hundreds of high school and college students have had the chance to learn about international cooperation and solidarity through the Global Learner program.
1994 CWY runs its first programs with partners in Central and Eastern Europe.
1996 Jacques Hébert's book Hello, World!, in which he describes the creation of Canada World Youth, is published.
1996-1997 CWY participants meet with Team Canada India (January 1996) and in Thailand (January 1997).
1997 CWY participants become eligible for a college-level certificate through Cégep Marie-Victorin. Afterwards, several other colleges and universities also begin to offer equivalencies and academic credit to CWY participants, confirming the educational value of CWY programs.
1999 Prime Minister Jean Chrétien meets with CWY participants during his official visit to Poland.
CWY becomes the lead agency of the NetCorps Canada International coalition, an innovative program focusing on information and communication technologies and funded by Industry Canada.
The first world conference of CWY past participants is held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2001 CWY celebrates its 30th anniversary.
2003 With support from the "Canada Fund for Africa" administered by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), CWY creates fifty new trilateral programs with African partners: the Africa-Canada Eco-leadership Programs (ACELP).
2004 Canada Corps awards one of its first grants to the NetCorps coalition, which includes Canada World Youth.
2006 CWY celebrates its 35th anniversary! Approximately one hundred cities across Canada proclaim the week of October 15 to 21, 2006 to be Canada World Youth week.
An extensive evaluation project concludes that the CWY program has a positive and lasting impact on its young volunteers and on host community members.
2007 Jacques Hébert, the founder of Canada World Youth, passes away (1923–2007). His work has led to the creation of thousands of young global citizens who are equipped to cultivate tolerance and resolve conflict in constructive and peaceful ways.
2010 Canada World Youth hosts its first International Learning Forum with all its current international partners.
2011 Canada World Youth celebrates its 40th anniversary through 40 events in 40 cities around the world during Canada World Youth Week. An official proclamation of Canada World Youth Week was announced in 150 municipalities across Canada.
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