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    Educating champa / Naked blogger
    (2011) Petzold, Sheila; Sayan, Bianca
    In 2008, the Unitarian Service Committee (USC) Canada started offering a series of workshops in ecological farming methods in Bangladesh. The workshops compare past and present trends in agriculture, heritage seed collection and preservation techniques, as well as composting, intercropping and other simple techniques that enrich soils. Initial meetings with villagers had revealed knowledge losses between generations. This article in Alternatives Journal (2010), focuses on “Champa,” a young woman attending her first intensive four-day workshop at the age of 14. “The Naked Blogger” reviews a “green” blog by a young Canadian committed to an ecological lifestyle.
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    2011 Dame Nita Barrow visitorship : final technical report
    (2013-05-12) International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
    This grant supported the visit of Shanthi Diariam, the fourteenth Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitor, to the University of Toronto (UT) and the initial development of ‘Friends of the Dame Nita Barrow Visitorship.’ During her residence at UT, Ms. Dairiam taught a graduate course in the Adult Education and Community Development Program (AECD) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). The report reviews activities, meetings, lectures and future plans for the ‘Friends of the Dame Nita Barrow Visitorship.’ Dame Ruth Nita Barrow was the first female Governor-General of Barbados.
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    China’s national talent plan : key measures and objectives
    (2010) Huiyao, Wang
    China’s talent cultivation plan, the National Medium- and Long-term Talent Development Plan (2010), is a blueprint for creating a highly skilled national work force in the next 10 years. The goal is the transformation of China from a manufacturing hub to a world leader in innovation. The paper explores dimensions of the national talent plan in terms of China’s industrial sector, investment, demographic changes, labour markets, and capacity to retain talented people. China needs to transform its workforce from one that is labor-intensive to one that is talent-rich.
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    Science of the elders
    (2010) Onyango, Maria; Ouma, Gilbert; Ogallo, Laban
    This program aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable. Famous for their rainmaking skills, Kenya’s Nganyi clan are working with scientists to forecast the weather. One of the key objectives in working with the Nganyi is to make weather information available and accessible at the local level. The article reports on a team of scientists/researchers who view the elders as fellow scientists. The Nganyi gather information by keeping a close eye on various natural “shrines.” At these sacred sites where it is forbidden to cut trees, they monitor the patterns of climate-sensitive plants and animals.
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    Canadians abroad : Canada’s global asset
    (2011) DeVoretz, Don; Zhang, Kenny
    Canadians abroad are a major asset for Canada’s international affairs. The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada initiated the Canadians Abroad Project as part of a policy research consortium. The report aims to better understand the policy implications of a Canadian diaspora that is nearly a tenth the size of the total population; 2.8 million Canadians live abroad. It addresses demographic information, citizenship, voting rights, taxation and other policy implications and issues.
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    Flows of people and the Canada-China relationship
    (2010-05) Zhang, Kenny
    This paper provides a demographic analysis of Chinese communities in Canada. Chinese people are concentrated in major cities such as Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and more recently, Calgary. As China increasingly becomes a global economic powerhouse and the biggest recipient of foreign direct investment, more than 90 percent of the top 500 multinationals have set up in China, and 30 percent of those have established regional headquarters there. Canadian businesses are active in China, and there are increasing numbers of native-born and naturalized Canadian executives, engineers and other professionals and specialists working in China.
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    Final Technical Report / Non-Communicable Disease Research Training Program. A Graduate and Postgraduate Initiative in Central America
    (2017-09-30) Ramirez-Zea, Manuel
    The Research Training Program (RTP) aimed to strengthen research capacity in Central America needed to generate policy relevant evidence for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD). It provided mentored research awards and training to recent healthcare graduate professionals and postgraduate students. Most research fellows and scholars (83%) were able to present the main results of their study in an international scientific meeting. However, only 13% were able to publish their work in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The RTP also allowed mentors to experience enhancement of their own personal and professional knowledge while teaching and learning from each mentee.
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    Es saludable para la niñez el ambiente alimentario en Guatemala?
    (Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP), 2017-09-30)
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    Como podemos empezar a prevenir la epidemia de sobrepeso, obesidad y enfermedades cronicas en Costa Rica
    (Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP), 2017-09-30)
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    Alcance de la implementación de políticas públicas sobre ambiente alimentario saludable en Guatemala al 2016, mediante el índice Food-EPI : prioridades recomendadas por expertos en nutrición y salud de la sociedad civil
    (Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamí (INCAP), 2017-07) Sánchez Nóchez, Carmen María; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Maria
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    Agents of technology localization in East Africa : case studies of social enterprises in Tanzania
    (Taylor & Francis Online, 2018-10-19) Sheikheldin, Gussai H.; Devlin, John F.
    This paper highlights a number of social enterprises from Tanzania involved in localizing technologies for sustainable energy and agricultural mechanization. The cases demonstrate technology localization activities and assess their effectiveness as agents of localization. Technology localization refers to activities aimed at making particular technologies locally functional and locally embedded in order to overcome resistance to their adoption. The study concluded that, given appropriate tools and context, such as engaging early adopters of innovation and staying attuned to feedback from local communities, social enterprises can be effective agents of technology localization. Clients and partners of the social enterprises were interviewed.
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    Facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding practices of internally displaced mothers residing in disaster relief camps in Pakistan : a critical ethnography
    (University of Alberta - Faculty of Nursing, 2019-01) Hirani, Shela Akbar Ali
    Pakistan is a low to middle income country with high infant and child mortality rates. The country often faces disasters such as earthquakes and floods, that exacerbate the discontinuation of breastfeeding. This study explores the facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding practices of internally displaced mothers residing in disaster relief camps in Pakistan. Breastfeeding-friendly initiatives led by displaced mothers, their family members, the community at large, and country-based and international organizations are instrumental for enhancement of maternal autonomy in breastfeeding. Findings reveal a range of maternal, socio-cultural, economic and geopolitical factors that affect breastfeeding practices.
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    Canada-global South two-way student mobility : challenges and inspiring practices
    (2019-01) Rashid, Ahmed
    Based on interviews with 32 respondents, including professors, university officials and students, representing a small subset of Canadian universities, this study explores two-way student exchange programs with developing countries. The research finds that programs that have developed long-term relations with Southern counterparts, effectively communicated the benefits of cross-border study experiences and have flexible program designs, have achieved greater success. Mobility experience closely connected to academic disciplines fostered better learning outcomes. Students’ experiences outside of classrooms in developing country contexts as well as collaborative activities with Southern counterparts broadened and deepened their knowledge. The study suggests increasing reciprocal exchanges with the global South, initiating deliberate program planning processes and closely matching exchange programs to student profiles.
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    Potential of dual-purpose organic amendment for enhancing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) performance and mitigating seedling damage by mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana spp.)
    (SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017) Ngosong, Christopher; Tanyi, Clovis; Njume, Cyril; Mfombep, Priscilla; Okolle, Justin
    Pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers are scarce and expensive for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) coupled with potential negative externalities. This research tested the efficacy of locally produced dual-purpose organic amendment for improving tomato protection and yield, compared with synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Conclusion: The dual- purpose organic amendment is an effective sustainable alternative for improving tomato protection and yield compared to inorganic inputs. Treatment was negatively correlated with tomato seedling damage by mole cricket (r = −0.86), with 100% efficacy in the organic treatment compared to 90% in the inorganic treatment and 80% in the control (P = .05)
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    Challenges to conducting epidemiology research in chronic conflict areas : examples from PURE- Palestine
    (BioMed Central, 2016) Khatib, Rasha; Giacaman, Rita; Khammash, Umaiyeh; Yusuf, Salim
    This paper describes issues encountered in designing and conducting the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The challenges encountered in working within a fragmented health care system are discussed, along with possible ways to overcome them. Challenges include difficulties planning for data collection in a fragmented healthcare system within a conflict setting, standardizing data collection when resources are limited, and working in communities where access is restricted by the military. In regions engulfed by war and strife, specialized planning for collection of epidemiologic data is essential.
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    Bridging organizations to improve conservation fit in the Coral Triangle
    (2017) Berdej, Samantha; Department of Geography, University of Waterloo
    Identifying how bridging organizations shape narratives, and what actions and consequences flow from these narratives, can contribute to more effective interventions and conservation policy. Based on three case studies from across southern Indonesia: the Bali Marine Protected Area Network, the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area and the East Buleleng Conservation Zone, the thesis studies how bridging organizations such as Reef Check Indonesia (RC-I), a national-level NGO; the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Buleleng, a regency-level government agency; and the Indonesian Nature Foundation (LINI), a national-level NGO can cultivate social networks to support interactive processes for more adaptive coastal-marine governance.
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    La cour des grands
    (Vélo Québec Éditions, 2017) Guillemette, Mélissa
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    Le prochain Einstein sera africain
    (Vélo Québec Éditions, 2017) Guillemette, Mélissa