Press release: Refugees and freedom of movement – international conference
WINNIPEG – The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13) states that everyone has the right to freedom of movement within and across borders. Today, unprecedented numbers of people are being denied this fundamental freedom. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that war, conflict, and persecution have displaced some 60 million people worldwide, the highest number on record.
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From the field: practicum reflections from Cambodia
By Tyler Loewen
Sue s'dye (hello in Khmer), my name is Tyler Loewen; I am a fourth-year International Development Studies student currently completing my practicum. The organization where I am interning is called Organization to Develop Our Villages (ODOV) based in rural Pray Veng Province, Cambodia. It exists to address issues of food insecurity, inadequate livelihoods, unsustainable farming practices, and financial exclusion. The population in the region is made up almost exclusively of rice farmers; however, a significant percentage of the population has migrated to Phnom Penh, Thailand, or Malaysia in search of better economic opportunities.
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Stefan Epp-Koop: Working toward healthy, sustainable food for all
Most of us don’t think twice about the food we eat, but Stefan Epp-Koop (CMU 2002-04) does.
As the acting executive director of Food Matters Manitoba, it’s Epp-Koop’s job to help make Manitoba a healthier place by building healthy, fair, and sustainable food systems that make food available and affordable to all.
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Contemplation room
Beginning Tuesday, April 5, the Contemplation Room (Room 232 in the MSC faculty offices hallway) will be open Monday–Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
In the spirit of Menno Simons College as an Invitational Community, this space is offered as a non-denominational, interfaith venue for quiet personal contemplation, prayer, or meditation. This is intended to be a peaceful, welcoming space for all traditions and practices, founded on mutual respect. All welcome and encouraged to use the space.
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The value of relationships
By Barbara Bucheli
How does one summarize an experience that tested one’s limitations, expanded and stretched one’s understanding of the world and of one’s self, has heightened one’s passions, and that has grounded theories that required practical knowledge? A practicum experience is not an easy event to describe accurately in a few sentences but may be better described by the actions and continued relationships that follow after one has completed the practicum. For example, a practicum lead my parents approximately 25 years ago to leave their home in Switzerland and immigrate to Canada, a country they both fell in love with during their farming practica here in Manitoba. My life was greatly shaped by the practicum experiences of my parents and the friendships they made through that time, some of whom are still core people in my family’s life to this day.
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