Glauce Fleury
Rethinking agriculture for a more sustainable planet
UN calls for governments to rethink how agriculture is subsidized. Let's reflect on the link between its report, subsidies and the pandemic.
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Glauce Fleury
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Truth and Reconciliation: a day for education, reflection and mourning
September 30 recognizes both Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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Glauce Fleury
- Jul 25, 2021
- 2 min
July 25 marks Black women's fight against oppression
Black women from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered 30 years ago to denounce oppression, racism and sexism. The fight continues.
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Glauce Fleury
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Indian residential schools reveal the past and present of Canada
The stories about residential schools remind us that this atrocity is not historical, but a daily experience for many Indigenous people.
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Glauce Fleury
- Nov 8, 2020
- 3 min
Dear white people...
It happened overnight. I went to bed, and woke up vegan. I didn’t really know what happened to animals in farms. But considering the...
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Glauce Fleury
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
5 tips to decolonize your food
How a recent experience and sweet childhood memories helped me understand what it means to decolonize food systems.
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Glauce Fleury
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
Women’s Day: building skills brings financial independence
Elsa Choque’s quick move from a member to the president role proves her leadership skills; her eagerness to succeed had deep motivations.
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Glauce Fleury
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
Women’s Day: mutual support helps fight for equality
Like in most countries, gender equality is an issue in Bolivia but this reality doesn’t shy Encarnación Fernández away from taking the lead.
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Glauce Fleury
- Jan 6, 2020
- 2 min
Intern gets inspired by Latin America and community work
Passionate about Latin America and community work, the undergrad student at SFU Nolan Kim will start his co-op term in Ecuador.
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Glauce Fleury
- Dec 18, 2019
- 2 min
Community enterprise improves Ecuadorians' lives
The association has helped protect the environment by growing blueberries instead of raising cattle, which is destructive to the highlands.
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Glauce Fleury
- May 10, 2016
- 5 min
Everyone has a story: Meet the Clarkes, the adoptive parents
Sara and Jack decided not to have biological kids. Instead, they chose to focus on doing volunteer work that helped children at risk.
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Glauce Fleury
- Nov 30, 2015
- 2 min
Computers donated by Douglas support education abroad
Even with low income, Kenyan middle-class families have made the efforts to pay a private school for their kids hoping for a better future.
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Glauce Fleury
- Jul 31, 2013
- 5 min
Education and Voice: How Peruvians improved their lives selling fair trade bananas
Despite the mass appeal, the banana industry is ripe with many troubling issues. Many banana farmers around the world don’t earn enough.
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Glauce Fleury
- Jun 21, 2013
- 2 min
Think.Eat.Save: Are you wasting food?
About 1.3 billion tonnes of food go to waste every year in the world, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
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