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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I was delighted when a former Simon Fraser University Graduate Student who had done a practicum with me in 2016 approached me about doing an interview for Thrivehire. Here is the edited transcript from their website. Thanks Annalise! It’s a Balancing Act: How Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen Has Built a Career by Wearing Many Different Hats
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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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The relationship between Asia and Africa is a longstanding one, historically, and has been growing exponentially in recent years though increased investment and trade. Chinese porcelaine from the 9th century has been found in the archaeological site of Great Zimbabwe and the cotton trade from India to Africa dates back to the time of Herodotus
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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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Cet article publié la semaine passée dans La Source parle un peu de ma présentation sur la francophonie canadienne lors d’un colloque organisé par l’Association d’études canadiennes le 1er mars à Aylmer. Mes remerciements à Marc-Aurélien Négri – auteur de l’article – qui a pris l’initiative de me contacter pour rédiger le texte. Voici le
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This opinion piece focuses on the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco with some comparisons to other intentional universities, primarily on the west coast of Canada. The article was published by University Affairs on April 24th, 2018 and is freely available on the internet at: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/build-intentional-university/
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