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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![A group of people sit in a hut listening to someone speaking out of view.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs77057img0970-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=UAGs2QFY)
Escuchar para desarmar
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Peace
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Ribbon cutting at Woodland store](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/thrift-woodland.jpeg.webp?itok=im-mKNCe)
Thrift at Woodland Crossing is MCC's newest thrift shop
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Peace
Location
Indiana + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A group of young adults stand in front of orange cones](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118449_img_9885-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=dslldcoo)
The next generation of peacebuilders:
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Migration and Refugees, Peace
Location
California
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A man stands between two trays of cacao seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs102919_colombia_-_choco-_day_7_-81-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=3I8y3I7G)
Paix et chocolat
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Peace, Food
Location
Colombia
Date
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Undercurrents - "You need to chill!" and other lessons from SALT
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A mural of a child playing soccer. There are also birds taking flight.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/calwaartpiece.png.webp?itok=ZdUxSSzh)
Contributing to Neighborhood Pride
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Peace
Location
California
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A man stands between two trays of cacao seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs102919_colombia_-_choco-_day_7_-81-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=3I8y3I7G)
Peace and chocolate
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Peace, Food
Location
Colombia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A woman* in a village recovered from Russian military control in Ukraine's Kherson region displays the MCC relief kit she received from MCC partner Charitable Foundation Uman Help Center (Uman Help Ce](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/8S4A8743.jpg.webp?itok=nbnjc571)
Special Issue: Russian military invasion of Ukraine
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Peace
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Menno au Québec
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Peace
Location
Québec
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Undercurrents logo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/Undercurrents.jpg.webp?itok=IeXAiXIx)
Undercurrents - Bidder Sweet: A Quilt to Remember
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Check presentation](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/check_presentation_resized.jpg.webp?itok=aNSmAY9G)
Community support key to Ohio thrift shop's $1M donation to MCC
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Peace
Location
Ohio
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A barbed wire fence near a river](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/RS70804_IMG_4218-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=_yhWpOeA)
Virtual visit - War and Peace: MCC's peacebuilding work
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Webinar
computer
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