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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
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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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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
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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Undercurrents - "John"
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Justice and Equity
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A group of 16 young adults of different nationalities pose for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/ivepgroup1sm.jpg.webp?itok=V9RWvzoB)
IVEP Welcome: Despite many challenges, we continue
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Undercurrents - I Believe in Miracles
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A Nepali woman sits on the ground and feeds a baby with a spoon. Another child is sitting to the left of her.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/feeding-enhanced.jpg.webp?itok=TxDr3MKj)
Super flour saves the day for children in Nepal
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Health, Food
Location
Nepal
Date
Media Type
Story
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Undercurrents - Making a Living
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A powerpoint slide during a video call presentation. The speaker is in the upper right-hand corner. Photos on screen show engineers who are women.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/webinar_3.png.webp?itok=qj_j8uM4)
MCC and climate change: Responding to climate change risks
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Climate Change
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Webinar
computer
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![An older woman and man stand in a grassy space](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/20thanniversary-billednajilldetweilerbreckbill.jpg.webp?itok=Jn-4kXUa)
MCC Connections lives up to its name through Bill & Edna Ressler
Location
Ohio + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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Undercurrents - Saving The Evidence (re-release)
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![CSCS cross-country Climate Riders arrived to Washington, DC at the end of their cross-country bike trip on July 28, 2021. With support from MCC's Washington Office, they met with their elected officia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_0631.JPG.webp?itok=dlTErMWF)
Cycling for climate justice
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Climate Change
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Undercurrents - Merle's Story
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A headshot of a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a stain glass window](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/edgardo_colon_emeric_headshot_new.jpg.webp?itok=3WdWQ9FM)
What Archbishop Romero teaches us about public courage
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Stinky sticky: An organic approach to managing pests
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Food
Location
Tanzania
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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