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Leah Wainwright- 2018 IIIY Intern
My name is Leah Wainwright, I live in Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Canada. I was born and raised in the Yukon Territory. I am a Tr’ondëk...
Feb 25, 20192 min read


Autumn Jules- 2018 IIIY Cambodia Intern
Skaydu.û yu xhut duwasakh, Autum Jules dlet ka xanaxh. (My Tlingit name is Skaydu.û and my English name is Autum Jules.) Daxhlawedi I ya...
Feb 25, 20192 min read


Intern In Kenya- A Photo Essay
Owen Gould from Waycobah, NS works on Preserving Traditional/Elders’ Knowledge, the Community Water Wells Project, and Wildlife...
Jan 10, 20191 min read


UNICEF Grant Enables NSGA To Lead Project
UNICEF Grant Enables NSGA to Lead Project for Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Gambia The NSGA was founded...
Dec 12, 20182 min read


CFI's Award-Winning Documentary To Air On National Geographic
CFI screened the full length version at ACIC’s Symposium in 2017 Kokota: The Islet of Hope tells the story of one community’s journey to...
Dec 12, 20181 min read
A Note From The Executive Director
Dear ACIC Members, As we move deeper into autumn, I want to send out a message to update you on some of the news coming out of the sector...
Oct 22, 20187 min read


Jennifer Heads To Thailand
What program are you involved with this summer? I will be going to Thailand on a Rotary Peace Fellowship from June to August. It’s a...
May 23, 20184 min read
2017 Call For Preliminary Proposals - Development Impact Window - Canadian SMOs
ACIC is delighted to share that Global Affairs has just launched a call for proposals - 2017 Call for Preliminary Proposals - Development...
Nov 24, 20172 min read


Public Engagement Catalyst Forum
"Graphic Recording of the ICN Public Engagement Catalyst Forum 2017 by Tracey McGurran Levasseur of DecisionWorks Consulting Inc. Thank...
Oct 17, 20171 min read


Souther Speakers Symposium Fund Recipient 2017
We are pleased to announce that Alice Mugisho Musimwa from East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights (ECAAIR) is this...
May 1, 20171 min read


I Will Be A Hummingbird
“There is no world, there is only 6 billion understandings of it.” Drew Dudley literally turns the idea of “changing the world” on its...
Apr 10, 20172 min read


Tough Goodbyes
By Travis Jacox Goodbyes are always hard, and leaving Tamale was no different. Saying goodbye was difficult because I have grown fond of...
Apr 5, 20172 min read


Women's Day March
By Taryn Husband On January 21, 2017, thousands of women all over the world came out to stand up for their rights and march in solidarity...
Apr 5, 20172 min read


Dr. Rosen
During my time in Cape Town, I was very fortunate to be able to have a conversation with Dr. Eli Rosen who seems to be tackling the...
Apr 5, 20176 min read


Changes
By Krystal Lewis The last few months have been a whirlwind of travel for me and Aurora. We’ve visited family, returned to Halifax early,...
Apr 5, 20172 min read


Lowering The Drawbridge
By Jean-Christophe Taillandier Similar to what my fellow interns experienced in Jamaica, Haiti has its own language that consists of a...
Apr 5, 20172 min read
Route Taxis And Jamaica
By James Thiébault To the uninitiated, route taxis (and their larger cousin coaster busses) are cars that run a specified route and pick...
Apr 5, 20173 min read


Ross
By Zoe Chung In Jamaica, it’s good to be resourceful and make contacts for a plethora of needs. For example, one of my fellow Canadian...
Apr 5, 20174 min read


The Patois Perspective
By Manal Rajan Patois is the official language spoken in Jamaica. It is a dialect derived from English and Creole. It originated in the...
Mar 23, 20172 min read


Meeting Of Cattle Farmers
By Jessica Chen This past February I had the opportunity to travel to the Western region of Uganda to a village near the district of...
Mar 23, 20172 min read
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