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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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![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
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United States
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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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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman, man child and young woman standing for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/gabiandhost1.jpg.webp?itok=qxnby1oI)
Building home away from home
Location
United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Three people standing for a photo on a farm](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/samuelandhiscoworkers.jpg.webp?itok=aMRtpsq2)
Inspiring dedication and solidarity
Location
United States
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A collage of people in different poses](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/alumni21-22.jpg.webp?itok=vB-w2aJl)
Journey of homecomings
Location
United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Un autre refrain: la Saskatchewan en route vers la réconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Media Type
Story
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![A woman with her arm raised in a church building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/euphrasie_minzambi%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=muVAgf9v)
À mesure que l'église et le MCC travaillent de concert la paix s’installe à Kikwit
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Peace
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Media Type
Story
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![Reserve 107 memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img_4842.jpg.webp?itok=-EhTsb_l)
More than a song: Saskatchewan's path to reconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Story
menu_book
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Threads - Hydro over troubled waters
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Students in line to receive school kits](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs127478_ssd202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_498-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=oq3Z2_f6)
How the gift of school supplies can change a life
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Education
Location
South Sudan
Date
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![Victor Dogos with group in Chad](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs127976_20230215_144441-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=_QlEmUEo)
Pastor recibe el primer Premio Mundial de la Paz Michael J. Sharp
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Peace
Location
Chad
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Un pasteur reçoit le prix Michael J. Sharp pour la paix mondiale
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Peace
Location
Chad
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