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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
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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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![Two mattresses on the floor at a migrant shelter](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs71227_img_2468-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=9ccC8KrW)
Peace is more than a wish with some love for enemies
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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La paix est plus qu’un vœu
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Peace
Location
Colombia
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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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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Boring, but crucial: Indexing social assistance
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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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 group of people posing for a photo by a set of puzzle.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/glretreatpuzzle.jpg.webp?itok=mqzv94tS)
Seeing wisdom reciprocated
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Education
Location
Indiana
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A man standing in front of a border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/danielpachecoflorez.jpg.webp?itok=uQ4ZHdIM)
Challenges, goals and dreams as a volunteer
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Education, Peace
+1 more
Location
New York
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A group of four people smiling for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/phildillon1.jpeg.webp?itok=JmNBhV_m)
The value of life together with the IVEPers
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Education
Location
Missouri
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman smiling for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/miriamnita.jpg.webp?itok=gkHT7Sy3)
The tenderhearted and gracious presence
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Migration and Refugees, Education
Location
Arizona
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![woman standing beside papaya tree](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/papaya_tree.jpg.webp?itok=lt9eyT2w)
What good does it do to plant one tree?
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Food, Climate Change
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Mana speaking](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/manaspeaking_0.jpg.webp?itok=rT6lfp8f)
How one Christian leader works for hope in a hopeless time
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Justice and Equity
Location
Myanmar (Burma)
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Three Colombia women sit and sew a comforter](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/january_2015_016%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=B4ZcZIxY)
Peace is more than a wish when women talk
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Peace
Location
Colombia + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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