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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
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Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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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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![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
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Six ways to solve homelessness (and a few ways to make it worse).
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Canada
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"That grief that never goes away"
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Climate Change
Location
Canada + 1 more
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Story
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![Incarcerated men gather in semi circle sitting at tables.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS112500_Jason%20at%20Workshop.jpeg.webp?itok=eS5fhzGY)
Witnessing the seeds of peace blossom
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Peace
Location
Zambia + 2 more
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"In the name of Christ"
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Food
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
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La générosité à travers les générations : Les cadeaux de Noël du MCC
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Canada + 1 more
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Meeting Jesus in another culture
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Education
Location
Bolivia
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Cuba: A case study on sanctions
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Peace, Disaster response
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Cuba
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A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy
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Peace
Location
Cuba + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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Beyond raised beds
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Climate Change
Location
New York + 1 more
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Finding new life at the Winnipeg thrift shop
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Manitoba + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
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