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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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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
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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
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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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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![Ingrid Laan, Aline Wielenga and Sjoerd Huese, and Erik Husslage (front), IVEP participants 1986-87 from the Netherlands together in Munster, Germany, in October 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/6994d6e0-7820-4a00-b78c-67cbe41be42b.jpg.webp?itok=Lw3n0GMg)
IVEP reunion: A journey across continents, cultures and decades
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Education
Location
Europe
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Media Type
Story
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![Singer singing](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-31%20at%201.24.12%20PM_0.png.webp?itok=vmRigPTx)
Motivated by compassion for people in prison
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Video story
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![Group of IVEPers](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/Participant%20Insight%20for%20header%20photo.jpg.webp?itok=IO0lf4oN)
Stories of cultural exploration in the U.S.
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Adonis Kodjihiti engages with students during break at Esperanza Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/Adonis%20serving%20refreshements%20for%20the%20break%20during%20classes.jpg.webp?itok=eTpDV4-E)
A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program
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Migration and Refugees, Education
Location
Maryland
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Jason Schmidt (IVEP Supervisor 2022-23) at his farm, Grazing Plains Farm, in Whitewater, Kansas.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/jason.jpg.webp?itok=6x8yk7DP)
Cultivating friendship and community
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Food
Location
Kansas
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Daisy Toews, Cadence Miller, Keilana Miller, Rod Miller and Melanie Miller visit Niagara Falls](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/familypicture.png.webp?itok=FQIzI_E2)
A journey of mutual enrichment and community support
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Peace
Location
Ohio
Date
Media Type
Story
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![David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/IMG_5904.JPG.webp?itok=Qh0lx3El)
"In the name of Christ"
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Food
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
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![A group of young adults gather for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/IMG_3653_1.JPG.webp?itok=BATKgY5N)
Peace for the Weary
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Peace
Location
New York
Date
Media Type
Story
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![a young man sits at a picnic table outside and smiles at the camera](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/samuel_iveper.jpg.webp?itok=9uMB7NNA)
Right relationships through regenerative agriculture
Location
Virginia
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young adult stands in front of the U.S. capital building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%283%29_0.png.webp?itok=qDaDBPcj)
Telling the Palestinian story in the U.S. / Anthony Jeer
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Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![Purple petunias](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/petuniaa1.jpg.webp?itok=56HVuM6x)
Finding beauty and embracing wonder
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Education, Peace
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman working in a store](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/sukoluhlencube.jpg.webp?itok=zG6dmGNo)
Embracing the unexpected
Location
United States
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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