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Posted By:  jongbloed
Posted On:  Sep 16, 2008

  What’s Up this week: Human Rights Online, Peace and Conflict, Do-gooder’s grad fair

Tomorrow I’m headed to Hacking Back: The Battle for Human Rights Online , with a presentation by Ron Diebert from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab . (7pm at Innis Town Hall). Also on this week are the Idealist Grad Fair and the International Day of Peace , as well as...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed
Posted On:  Jan 6, 2008

  The Ravaging of Africa

Sorry for my holiday absence! I should have warned you of it ahead of time. The semester starts tomorrow, and it promises to be a full one- the last one, in fact, if all goes according to plan. My focus this semester is on finishing my thesis (on the impact of economic empowerment projects on...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed
Posted On:  Dec 3, 2007

  Merry World AIDS Day!

I wore my AIDS ribbon to work on Saturday. It's red, and beaded, with the colours of the Kenyan flag (green, black, white and red) at the bottom, and was given to me by a new friend active on Campus and in East Africa. As I pinned it to my top in the morning, I wondered how many people would...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed
Posted On:  Nov 7, 2007

  Living in Defiance of Despair: Hope in the Balance

This weekend, as six of Random House’s authors deeply embedded within humanitarian issues in Africa spoke during what was an epic (9 hour) seminar on the subject, each participant struggled to define the word ‘hope’ in a humanitarian context. Marilyn McHarg (MSF), James Orbinski (Nobel...... [view]

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