Chronique radio – Micro, Petites et Moyennes Entreprises Agroalimentaires

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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Trash Can Dreams

The Coffee Cup Revolution: Vancouver’s Downtown East Side, Oct 16th 11am-2pm For the uninitiated, there’s a term in Vancouver English for those who earn a living by sorting through the trash and collecting the valuable recyclables. They’re called binners and the expression was coined by Vancouver journalist Bob Sarti in the mid-1990s. I remember hearing about
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Agri-Food MSMEs & Global Sustainable Development

Micro, small and medium enterprises, or MSMEs, are backbones of the economy in both wealthy and low and middle income countries (LMICs). The agri-food sector in particular is of fundamental importance in terms of livelihoods, food-security and meeting growing domestic and international demand for food, including value-added comestibles. If one includes informal enterprises and activities,
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New book chapter on women’s livelihoods in South and Southeast Asia

I’m pleased to announce that my chapter comparing women’s access to public space for their livelihoods in Thailand, the Philippines and India in a collection entitled Women, Law and Culture: Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict is available for ordering in advance of the March 2017 publication date by Palgrave-MacMillan. Thanks to our editor, the amazing The Honourable
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