Intern chronicles

• Peter Farrell, 11 May 2010

  Sewing the labels of discontent

  Whatever it is that draws us to go clothes shopping, it is a fairly repetitive ritual based on labels. We scan the racks to find something appealing, first we check the brand label, then we check the size label, then the price label, and finally we might even check the washing instructions (...)

  
  
• Christopher Vaughn, 11 May 2010

  Celine Dion, Mali and Black identity

  I continue down towards my residence, tired from the long day of working at Radio Kayira’s rooftop garden. Across from my place I see a set of brothers in their early twenties chilling on woven chairs in quiet conversation. I’ve seen them before and they wave me over to come and sit with them. I (...)

  
  
• Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Parker Mah, 16 juin 2009

  Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh

  
  
• Daniel Lanteigne, 16 June 2009

  Labour Brokers Labour Breakers

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• Daniel Lanteigne, 16 June 2009

  Lunch Time Demonstration

  
  
• Daniel Lanteigne, Violaine Brisebois-Lavoie, 16 June 2009

  Politics of pollution

  
  
• Parker Mah, 15 June 2009

  Losing out: the Asian Development Bank not lending a hand in Bangladesh

  These development projects, while generally well-intentioned, have seen their fair share of controversy in recent years. The Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project began in 1996 as an attempt to address the river drainage problem through the construction of a series of sluice gates, (...)

  
  
• Parker Mah, Violaine Brisebois-Lavoie, 12 June 2009

  Mass(ive) Education

  “There’s a lot of things Montreal has in common [with Brazil], but hip hop as a model officially in the educational or political sphere doesn’t exist here like it does there. There’s a much stronger validity in terms of the relationship between hip hop as a cultural phenomenon and [its use] as an (...)

  
  
• 15 December 2004

  Articles written by former interns

  Summary of articles written by the overseas interns of Alternatives youth programs Canadian Executive Buy Into Fearby: Andrew ELKIN Stepping Back from the Brink ?by: Jeremy GANS Postcard from Johannesburgby: Ingrid HEIN Bureaucratic Embargoby: Jeremy GANS Let’s Go Global with Barterby: (...)

  
  
• Kristin NELSON, 10 December 2004

  Israeli-South African Relations: On the Mend?

  It’s not every Saturday in downtown Johannesburg that one sees a crowd of kaffiyeh-clad protesters shouting slogans about Palestinian liberation. But then again it’s not every day that South Africa’s government of former freedom fighters plays host to a top official from what many now refer to as an “apartheid state”.

  
  

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