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A job description that makes you laugh and a budget that makes you cry
The first Going Barefoot conference was held in 2007, which doesn’t sound that long ago to me. Or at least, it didn’t until I realized that year was the first time anyone heard the word “iPhone.”
The next conference was in 2009, and I found this gem among the workshop descriptions: “Everyone knows about Facebook and My Space, but what about Ning, Yammer, Bebo and Orkut?”
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From globetrotting to CMU to working for the Province of Manitoba
Travelling for a year is a rite of passage for many high school graduates. Julia Tetrault turned that year into nearly a decade of globetrotting.
Tetrault (nee Wiebe, CMU ’08) visited more than 30 countries, including stints living and working in England and Australia, before arriving at CMU.
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A different kind of trick-or-treating
On Halloween, Derrek Bentley (MSC '15, IDS 4–year) encourages high school students to trick-or-treat for clothing, non-perishable food items, or monetary donations instead of candy. This is one part of “A Homeless Night,” a project Bentley has organized for the past six years.
The experiential project is designed to raise high school students’ awareness and understanding of homelessness in Winnipeg. Students learn about the complexities of homelessness, spend one night sleeping outside in a cardboard shelter, and volunteer at organizations that serve those who are homeless.
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Exploring connections through international development
A trip to Rwanda with World Vision sparked MSC student Evan Roberts’ interest in the topics of development and human rights.
Roberts says the almost month-long trip, on which he was a World Vision Youth Ambassador, was an opportunity to “go overseas and experience development firsthand.”
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Are you interested in helping others resolve conflict? The Conflict Resolution Studies (CRS) teaches about the nature and dynamics of human conflict.
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