MAM Cambridge Bay 1957 – Le dispensaire pour l’infirmière
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The last several months have flown by and I have been very preoccupied with the troubling global food crisis, which also impacts wealthy countries like Canada. It’s been an honour to be approached for media commentary on the emerging situation. Krystalle Ramlakhan of CBC Radio interviewed me in February. You can read the online article
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Le français suit… As some of you already know, after nearly three exciting, intense years as Executive Director of Food Secure Canada (FSC) I decided some time ago to step down and take a needed breather but the news was confidential until January 24th. My last day was Friday, January 28th per the message that was shared with
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Like 2021, 2020 will be an intense year to remember. In May, I returned to Montréal for about six weeks and eventually vacated my apartment there in late June. Our board also approved a three-year strategic plan that month, which was quite an accomplishment, given the global pandemic. We also hired a few talented new
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Before taking on my current assignment a few years ago, I was asked to contribute background papers to provide research, advisory and analytical services for the Food Safe and Nutrition Secure Urban Asia project of the World Bank’s Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) in collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The
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Bientôt, je fêterai mes deux ans au Réseau pour une alimentation durable. Le temps passe vite! Depuis le mois d’aout, j’ai fait la COVID au mois d’octobre, on a organisé un super évènement au mois de Novembre – Cultiver le Changement: Une transition juste vers un système alimentaire régénérateur, et on a eu notre assemblée
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It’s been over 15 months since I joined Food Secure Canada as Executive Director. En français, c’est le Réseau pour une alimentation durable – un sens un peu différent – enfin, longue histoire… Food Secure Canada is a national, bilingual not-for-profit organization devoted to achieving a healthy, just and sustainable food-system through knowledge sharing, networking
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Thanks to Food Tank: The Food Think Tank for publishing my guest blog coauthored with Tara Moreau of UBC Botanical Garden on the role of botanical gardens in food security. Much of this is due to Norbert Steinhaus inviting me to become involved in the EU-funded “Big Picnic” project. You can access the article here.
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It was a privilege to lead a research project over the past nine months for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada on the topic of micro, small and medium enterprises in the agri-food sector in the Philippines, Vietnam and Peru as part of the Global Affairs Canada funded APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership. The report was
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Dernièrement, ce fut un plaisir de reprendre mon travail comme chroniqueuse à Radio-Canada. J’avais une chronique en français à « Rendez-vous » de Radio-Canada, Vancouver de 2000 à 03 sur le thème des communautés asiatiques en Colombie-Britannique qui a été repris par la suite pendant quelques années en anglais avec l’émission « BC Almanac ». J’ai
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