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![Two people sit facing each other, mirroring body language of hands pressed together in a Nepalese greeting.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/377874774_712420904260885_745544933749777228_n.jpg)
A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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Interview with Lucie Iserhoff, artisan
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Canada
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Undercurrents - Lay of the Land
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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![An Amish buggy that has been painted with a mural](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/side_1_and_back_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=Ti7UBzpZ)
The Landed Buggy
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Story
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![Two men stand with the duck they hunted. There is snow on the ground.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/northern_exposure_2008_walk_the_line_023.jpg.webp?itok=4t5NixT7)
Why living off the land is crucial - and nearly impossible to do
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Story
menu_book
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Undercurrents - Saving The Evidence (re-release)
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
Date
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Podcast/audio
headphones
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Undercurrents - Merle's Story
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
headphones
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Undercurrents - Merle's Story
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Ininew Friendship Centre Executive Director Susan Nelson (left) and Cultural Resource Coordinator Mary Jane Archibald.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/microsoftteams-image5.png.webp?itok=uIj5jFG3)
Planting seeds of hope and empowerment
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Indigenous Neighbors, Food
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Ontario
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![Objects like dolls, snowshoes and a pumpkin are used in the Blanket Exercise to illustrate the complexity of land issues.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img6341webedit.jpg.webp?itok=Wj_lVon0)
"Walk with Me"
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Peace, Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Manitoba
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Story
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Reserve 107
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Video story
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First Nations and the human right to water
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Water, Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
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Story
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![A group of Indigenous women play hand drums at an outdoor event](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/img_0106.jpg.webp?itok=2yIAY80r)
Celebrating the treaties
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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