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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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![A large group of makeshift tents and shelters](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs127373_senda_2_encampment-_big_file.jpg.webp?itok=_eEkiYj-)
New burdens on asylum seekers follow the end of Title 42
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Migration and Refugees
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman teaching a class of students at desks](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/salt%20may%202023%20threads.png.webp?itok=vEEWigHp)
Threads - May 2023 - SALT of the Earth
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Education
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Boring, but crucial: Indexing social assistance
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A group of young girls in Gaza](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/812266dc-6bf5-4f00-8295-fee163c4af12.jpeg.webp?itok=JpgazKR9)
Grandir à Gaza
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Education
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A young woman standing in front of an art installation](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs123081_syr2022_harmony_ra_dsc03571.jpg.webp?itok=vAXTgy6o)
Creating and coming together
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Education
Location
Syria
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A woman standing for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs123273_ukr2022_blaho_el_2k3a8341.jpg.webp?itok=y4DFY01l)
First person: Eleonora
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Disaster response, Education
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Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Children sitting in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs123309_ukr2022_blaho_el_2k3a8473-denoise.jpg.webp?itok=nLwcfMVO)
Carrying on in Ukraine
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Disaster response, Education
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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![man holds a Colombian flag with an added white stripe to represent peace.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs83378img6609-lpr1.jpg.webp?itok=FPzVa9-q)
Peace is more than a wish with words, not weapons
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Justice and Equity
Location
Colombia
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A collapsed building in Syria](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs124256_img_20230209_143502_302_1.jpg.webp?itok=DZMZSoT_)
After the earthquakes in Syria
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Disaster response
Location
Syria
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Michelle Brenneman](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img6978acroppedwebres.jpg.webp?itok=yxLv9TOX)
MCC Ontario announces new executive director
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![The exterior of MCC BC's office in Abbotsford near a road with many tents pitched to the side](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/2023-04mccbcgladysaveabbotsfordedited.jpg.webp?itok=JCMh849M)
Homelessness prevention and outreach
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Poverty Reduction
Location
British Columbia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Alina Bergstresser](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs126787alinabergstresser-hpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=m-5MTHVb)
Bethany Christian Schools student wins MCC essay contest
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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