Fatima Elmasri is a human rights activist, educator, and passionate knowledge seeker who is pursuing her Master of Education degree at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She shares her experience of the symbolic value of food in peacebuilding. “The making and sharing of food infuses relations of trust, care, and […]
Are you a health and peace promoter? Tell us about yourself!
April 27, 2012 by
The promotion of education and the enhancement of professionalism through sharing and collaboration are central components of peacebuilding. InterChange has many practitioners and professionals in the health and peace fields who are working on eclectic and diverse projects around the world. I am creating a space to showcase their ideas and perspectives, and share their […]
The Promotion of Health and Peace
April 27, 2012 by
“All diseases have two causes; one is pathological, the other is political” Rudolf Virchow This oft-quoted line by the German physician-anthropologist, who led the creation of social medicine in the 19th century, has motivated and beguiled me for years. After an undergraduate degree in International Development and Nutrition, I have spent 3 years living on […]
Food is a Universal Experience
April 16, 2012 by
Food is a nourishing way of bringing people together from a diversity of backgrounds. We can learn about and honour cultural traditions from all over the world in our own backyards. Crystal Randall, a graduate student at the University of Toronto, hosted a potluck at a Toronto InterChange meeting with the theme of how food […]
Lentils: One Person’s Side Dish is Another’s Main Course
April 16, 2012 by
Fatima Elmasri is a human rights activist, educator, and passionate knowledge seeker who is pursuing her Master of Education degree at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She shares her experience of the symbolic value of food in peacebuilding. “The making and sharing of food infuses relations of trust, care, and […]
Passport to Peace: Canada
April 16, 2012 by
Submitted by Anonymous A bowl of homemade soup for supper: A treat for both of us as we reconfirm for the thousandth time that soup is one of our favourite dishes. My grandfather and I have eaten together for many years, seated next to each other in our respective ‘spots’ at the kitchen table. Both […]
Passport to Peace: Serbia
April 16, 2012 by
Submitted by Golga Sajinovic To drink one cup of coffee together guarantees forty years of friendship. ~ Turkish saying Fildžan viška or an extra Turkish-coffee cup is the name of a Bosnian Internet network for the promotion of friendship and tolerance in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. For centuries, coffee has been an important ingredient of […]
Passport to Peace: Papua New Guinea
April 16, 2012 by
Submitted by Alastair McIntosh During the 1970s and 1980s I spent four years of my life living and working in Papua New Guinea. I was teaching, setting up small hydroelectric systems, and helping to run the South Pacific Appropriate Technology Foundation. I worked in both the wildest rural areas and the roughest urban ones. As […]
The Tale of the Rain and the Krampiô
April 16, 2012 by
Cleonice Pankararu, from the Indigenous village Cinta Vermelha-Judiba in Brazil, told this tale to Rita Simone Liberato in May 2008. Once, a group of Pankararu had to flee from a drought. It was a time when drought was everywhere. There was not a single drop of water in the region. The sun splintered the skin […]
Potluck 4 Peace
April 16, 2012 by
Members of InterChange and our allies held a potluck in the Peace Lounge at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education to collect stories for the Food Peace project. The project features diverse ways food and drink are used to build peace and impact transformative change in our lives, communities, and societies around the world […]
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