EWB's Annual Essay Competition is now open!
Building on Engineers Without Borders’ award-winning School Outreach program, EWB, Honda Canada Foundation and Mountain Equipment Co-op are proud to announce Get Outside Your World, a national contest for youth. Get Outside Your World challenges students to do just that – tell us their vision for a better world... |
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The unpredictability of development
| “I don’t think we’re going to make it through this one,” I sighed, referring to more than just the muddy pond that stretched across the road in front of us. Whyson, my co-worker, looked ahead, then at me, and shrugged in agreement. Having been stuck in the mud more times than we cared to count in the days leading up to now, but determined to get the information we were looking for... |
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100,000 Canadians take a bite out of poverty
| Engineering students have traditionally been known for their outlandish pranks, but on March 6, hundreds of Engineers Without Borders student volunteers were in the public eye for a different reason: in one day they distributed Fair Trade chocolate to 100,000 commuters across Canada in a bid to promote fairly trade products as a way to reduce poverty. |
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EWB recognizes five exceptional volunteers
| The 2007 Volunteers of the Year are Kyle Baptista, Lianne Cockerton, Jen Hiscock and Florian Villaumé, and the winner of the 2007 Kruchten Award (for his behind the scenes contributions) is Scott Rutherford. These five individuals have each left an important imprint on EWB’s work throughout 2007 that will carry into the future. |
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Fair Trade Weeks 2008
| Spring is here and coffee drinkers, banana eaters, and promoters of Fair Trade Certified products are taking their commitment to new heights. It’s the middle of Fair Trade Weeks 2008, from May 1-15, and if you’ve never bought Fair Trade, there’s no better time than now! |
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