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Reminder: Applications open for Laure Waridel Bursary until Dec. 1

31 October 2012

Are you a student in a BA or MA program? Or a recent graduate working to disseminate your research? You have until midnight, December 1, 2012 to apply for the Laure Waridel bursary, offered for the 5th year in a row by Equiterre and the Caisse d'économie solidaire...

Visit the new Farm to Cafeteria Canada website

31 October 2012

The pupils at Saint Barthélemy primary school in Montreal grow their own organic veggies. McGill University serves fruit and vegetables grown on its Macdonald campus. Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Ontario "cooks patient meals from scratch using fresh,...

A fair trade product for each month

17 October 2012

Quebec fair trade association, the Association québécoise du commerce équitable (AQCE), has declared a fair trade focus for each month of the coming year: October – cocoa and sugar for Halloween November – tea December – wine and spirits for the...

New Local Food Act in Ontario

10 October 2012

Last week, Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture introduced a Local Food Act, establishing "a target to aspire to in respect of local food." Quebec should take note. According to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, if Ontario households were to take just $10 of their normal...

Now accepting applications for the Laure Waridel bursary

3 October 2012

Equiterre and the Caisse d'économie solidaire Desjardins (Desjardins Solidarity Credit Union) are pleased to launch the 5th edition of the Laure Waridel bursary, which supports socially minded research projects. The bursary is now worth $10,000. Students in a BA or MA program at...

Last year's bursary winner needs your ideas

1 October 2012

It has now been a year since Marie-Eve Arbour, winner of the 2010 Laure Waridel bursday, and partner Simon Côté, left Montreal in a veggie-oil-powered pickup, looking for citizen-led environmental initiatives to add to their online directory: visagesregionaux.org. Now they...

Fairtrade Canada honours seven Canadian businesses

22 September 2012

The first annual Canadian Fairtrade Awards, recognizing businesses for their commitment to ethical business practices that support farming communities and sustainable agriculture around the world, were presented this week in Toronto, to: Federated Co-operatives...

Taking the metro should be like this everyday

17 September 2012

Last Thursday, a caped thank-you squad led by environmentalist Steven Guilbeault and partner in crime, Michel Labrecque, chair of the STM, hit the Square-Victoria metro station to show appreciation for the everyday superheroes who use public transit. At final count, 1785 high...