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    Rethinking agriculture for a more sustainable planet
    Glauce Fleury
    • Mar 30
    • 3 min

    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.
    15 views
    Truth and Reconciliation: a day for education, reflection and mourning
    Glauce Fleury
    • Sep 30, 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.
    21 views
    July 25 marks Black women's fight against oppression
    Glauce Fleury
    • Jul 26, 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.
    23 views
    Indian residential schools reveal the past and present of Canada
    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.
    36 views
    Dear white people...
    Glauce Fleury
    • Nov 9, 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...
    106 views
    5 tips to decolonize your food
    Glauce Fleury
    • Sep 11, 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.
    28 views0 comments
    Women’s Day: building skills brings financial independence
    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.
    11 views
    Women’s Day: mutual support helps fight for equality
    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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    Intern gets inspired by Latin America and community work
    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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    Community enterprise improves Ecuadorians' lives
    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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    Everyone has a story: Meet the Clarkes, the adoptive parents
    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.
    18 views0 comments
    Computers donated by Douglas support education abroad
    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.
    2 views0 comments
    Education and Voice: How Peruvians improved their lives selling fair trade bananas
    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.
    22 views0 comments
    Think.Eat.Save: Are you wasting food?
    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.
    16 views0 comments

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