- Thursday, July 29, 2010 - Reflections on the course Our Contested Food System: Cultivating a Just
Peace, offered by the Canadian School of Peacebuilding, June 14-18,
2010.
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- Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - EFICOR works with the mahadalits in the northern Indian state of Bihar.
Mahadalits are considered the lowest caste of people and are not deemed
worthy of acknowledgement in the Hindu system. EFICOR works with them to
improve their access to different government programs, which improve
their quality of life. One program is to ensure that children who are in
school receive one meal a day. EFICOR works with the community members
to support them as they lobby and struggle with governmental
representatives to ensure they are receiving all the support they are
entitled to.
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- Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - Canada has announced that it will invest $400 million in 2010 towards
helping developing countries adapt to and fight climate change.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice made the announcement on the eve of
the G8/G20 summits in Ontario, billing it as Canada’s fair share of
fast-start financing promised under the Copenhagen Accord.
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- Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - The most recent version of the Food Justice Update has now been
released.
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- Thursday, June 10, 2010 - Sub-Saharan Africa, including Zimbabwe, is particularly vulnerable to
climate change and climate variability. High temperatures and low,
highly variable, precipitation already reduce yields in the region.
Increased heat stress from high temperatures and drought related to
climate change will make farmers even more vulnerable to disaster,
increased poverty and food insecurity.
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- Thursday, May 27, 2010 - Just Food: The Right to Food from a Faith Perspective is an art
exhibit highlighting artists from Canada and around the world whose
inspiration for their art were Biblical texts about food and justice in
juxtaposition to statements from the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
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- Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Juan Raul Junay sat down to talk with Honduran Pastor Francisco Machado who opposes Canadian mining activities in his country. Juan Raul will also be touring Canada to share about Canadian mining activities and food security as it relates to his home country, Guatemala. Find out more...
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- Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - A new Fast for Change resource entitled 7 Weeks of Finding the Divine in Dinner enables groups to dig deeper into the issues presented in the booklet 7 Days of Food for the Soul,
with an outline for each session including music, prayers, print-outs,
fact sheets, and resource materials on how to lead the activities.
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