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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Voici un lien à ma chronique diffusée hier à Radio-Canada au sujet de l’immigration francophone dans l’ouest canadien et les questions de diversité, tant au niveau historique que de nos jours. Le sujet fut inspiré par ma ma présentation sur la francophonie canadienne dans l’ouest canadien lors d’un colloque organisé par l’Association d’études canadiennes le
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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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This post is inspired by my participation in the 2015 Congrès Asie-Pacifique, held in Paris this past September. Here is an excerpt with the full text available here: While English is often thought of as the international academic lingua franca, there is significant scholarship on Asia in other languages, including French. French-language scholarship on the
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I’m delighted to have been invited to speak at the Commonwealth People’s Forum in Malta taking place from November 23-26. This civil society gathering – organized by the Commonwealth Foundation – is a precursor to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place from November 27-29th. I will be chairing an exciting panel on food
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