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The Time I got Lost on a Bus in Kazakhstan
There I was, riding the circuit of the city without the slightest idea of how to find my destination, with hardly any street smarts in my...
Immigrants & Refugees – Connecting Our Newest Arrivals with Good Food
Loving Spoonful connects people with good food across the Kingston region. Working toward a healthier, more connected community, Loving...
Two Types of Roots: Stories of Childhood Abroad and The Importance of Good Food
Deep roots grow slowly, creeping down over time to intertwine with that of others nearby, creating a pulsing, thriving ecosystem. This...
Running in Ethiopia
She had run the same road a thousand times. The dust had been about her feet for a life time. Her speed was fast. Really fast. Banchi...
Canadian Co-op Gives Back
As a co-operative, Gay Lea Foods is dedicated to supporting communities in Canada—where our facilities are located and where our members...
Collective Solutions to Climate Change
Climate change has a lot of scientific evidence that is still too academic to understand. The gap between the information and the...
The Ladder of Luck
There are many terms that we apply to them and many reasons that we conjure up for their failures. Mental health issues, laziness, crime,...
Enriching the Lives of Tanzanians with Albinism
Standing Voice has worked on Ukerewe Island for more than a decade. Perhaps more than anywhere else in Tanzania, or Africa, Ukerewe has...
A "multidimensional approach": Improving Clean Water Access in Tanzania
This past summer, I left my home in Ottawa, Ontario to travel to the Arusha Region of Northern Tanzania to begin my tenure as a member of...
Tchukudu Women’s Training Centre
This year I was invited to participate in a theatre performance called "The Mother of All Mothers". The performers were extremely...
The Power of Art and Entrpreneurship: Bridge Building in the United States
A bridge has less to do with its literal definition in the context of making the world a better place than it does it's allegorical...
Ugandan Youth Choose Agriculture
I came into the farming business because I was introduced at a young age: my parents were coffee farmers. The money my family was able to...
How to Save a Life: Lessons from the Mountains of Nepal
We made a rookie mistake. Maybe because we were tourists? Actually, it’s a mistake some locals make too. We’d underestimated the time and...
"You're Very Brave!": The Problems of and Potential for Study-Abroad Programs
Often when telling westerners where I was moving for work, I would get variations of the same reaction, all of which involved surprise....
Adventures in Ghanaian Medicine
The details are hazy now, 6 years later, but I don’t think I’ll ever forget the rush of delivering my first baby. I had just finished my...
Technology Transforming Agriculture in Nepal: Anita's Story
Anita Lama, 35, lives in a small village 20 km away from the capital city Kathmandu. She lives with her two daughters, aged 15 and 17....
Imagine If You Can: Stories From Women in the DRC
Stories are the foundation of BridgingPost. They illuminate what we do, where we’ve been and where we might go next. They speak of our...
Bridges Must be Supported to be Safe
As of the 2016 census figure, Stats Canada confirms that 21.9% of Canadians are immigrants and this is expected to increase to over 30%...
The Heart of Education Across Cultures
I have had the privilege and honour of seeing 3 education systems for a short 6 years. I graduated from Teacher’s College from the...
Natural Birth in Tanzania
What does the phrase “natural birth” mean to you? I know that when we gave birth to our son two years ago, it was a phrase that we...
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