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[Montréal, Québec, Canada 24°C] CitizenShift, Parole citoyenne, the Institut du nouveau monde (INM), Media@McGill, Alternatives and Communautique invite bloggers, engaged filmmakers, photographers, citizen journalists, media experts, independent media practitioners and others to the 2nd Citizen Media Rendez-Vous on Monday, August  23, 2010 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. This international event begins at 8:30 [...]

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -2°C] In a previous post from Juba, Southern Sudan, I wrote about a UNICEF managed and CIDA-funded Mine Risk Education (MRE) programs. I visited program sites where local NGOs taught children and their elders about landmines that remain hidden near their villages. At the time, there were still more known minefields to [...]

[Montréal, Québec, Canada  26°C] This morning I cycled to the Clinique Santé-voyage for a fourth immunization visit. During my first visit on January 13 of this year, I received many vaccinations: polio, Tetanus/Diphtheria, Hepatitis A (first of two shots), Hepatitis B (first of three shots), typhoid Fever and I also a tuberculin skin test (I [...]