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Aid: the face of Canada for many in the developing world

  • What is Canada’s face to the world—hockey? Tim Hortons? Mounties? It’s all those things. But for hundreds of millions of people in the developing
Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | February 7, 2019
Bui Vai Nguyen, 24, with his 11-month-old daughter, Bui Thi Thao, and 19-year-old wife, Bui Thi Phuong, in their home in rural northern Vietnam on Oct. 31, 2014. The family received help from MACDI, funded by a Canadian government-supported non-governmental organization. Aid is often the face of Canada abroad, writes John Longhurst. The Hill Times photograph by Carl Meyer

Aid: the face of Canada for many in the developing world

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | February 7, 2019
  • What is Canada’s face to the world—hockey? Tim Hortons? Mounties? It’s all those things. But for hundreds of millions of people in the developing

Aid: the face of Canada for many in the developing world

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | February 7, 2019
  • What is Canada’s face to the world—hockey? Tim Hortons? Mounties? It’s all those things. But for hundreds of millions of people in the developing
Bui Vai Nguyen, 24, with his 11-month-old daughter, Bui Thi Thao, and 19-year-old wife, Bui Thi Phuong, in their home in rural northern Vietnam on Oct. 31, 2014. The family received help from MACDI, funded by a Canadian government-supported non-governmental organization. Aid is often the face of Canada abroad, writes John Longhurst. The Hill Times photograph by Carl Meyer

Aid: the face of Canada for many in the developing world

  • What is Canada’s face to the world—hockey? Tim Hortons? Mounties? It’s all those things. But for hundreds of millions of people in the developing
Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | February 7, 2019
Bui Vai Nguyen, 24, with his 11-month-old daughter, Bui Thi Thao, and 19-year-old wife, Bui Thi Phuong, in their home in rural northern Vietnam on Oct. 31, 2014. The family received help from MACDI, funded by a Canadian government-supported non-governmental organization. Aid is often the face of Canada abroad, writes John Longhurst. The Hill Times photograph by Carl Meyer

Aid: the face of Canada for many in the developing world

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | February 7, 2019
  • What is Canada’s face to the world—hockey? Tim Hortons? Mounties? It’s all those things. But for hundreds of millions of people in the developing

Aid: the face of Canada for many in the developing world

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | February 7, 2019
  • What is Canada’s face to the world—hockey? Tim Hortons? Mounties? It’s all those things. But for hundreds of millions of people in the developing
Bui Vai Nguyen, 24, with his 11-month-old daughter, Bui Thi Thao, and 19-year-old wife, Bui Thi Phuong, in their home in rural northern Vietnam on Oct. 31, 2014. The family received help from MACDI, funded by a Canadian government-supported non-governmental organization. Aid is often the face of Canada abroad, writes John Longhurst. The Hill Times photograph by Carl Meyer

Religion is an important part of civil society and ought to be heard

  • On May 28 and 29, a major civil society summit was held in Ottawa in advance of the June 8 and 9 G7 meeting in Charlevoix,
Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | July 5, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, speaks to Canadian Council for International Co-operation president-CEO Julia Sánchez, left, at the C7 summit of Canadian civil society organizations May 28 in Ottawa. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

Religion is an important part of civil society and ought to be heard

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | July 5, 2018
  • On May 28 and 29, a major civil society summit was held in Ottawa in advance of the June 8 and 9 G7 meeting in Charlevoix,

Religion is an important part of civil society and ought to be heard

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | July 5, 2018
  • On May 28 and 29, a major civil society summit was held in Ottawa in advance of the June 8 and 9 G7 meeting in Charlevoix,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, speaks to Canadian Council for International Co-operation president-CEO Julia Sánchez, left, at the C7 summit of Canadian civil society organizations May 28 in Ottawa. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

While reporters watch Trump’s tweets, famines kill hundreds in parts of Africa

  • WINNIPEG—In late May, the government of Canada announced its Famine Relief Fund. The fund was launched to galvanize Canadians into helping the estimated 20
Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | June 21, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured on Parliament Hill last week, announced last month the government would match donations for famine relief to registered Canadian charities up to June 30. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

While reporters watch Trump’s tweets, famines kill hundreds in parts of Africa

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | June 21, 2017
  • WINNIPEG—In late May, the government of Canada announced its Famine Relief Fund. The fund was launched to galvanize Canadians into helping the estimated 20

While reporters watch Trump’s tweets, famines kill hundreds in parts of Africa

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | June 21, 2017
  • WINNIPEG—In late May, the government of Canada announced its Famine Relief Fund. The fund was launched to galvanize Canadians into helping the estimated 20
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured on Parliament Hill last week, announced last month the government would match donations for famine relief to registered Canadian charities up to June 30. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Canada’s foreign aid groups are ripe for disruption

  • What would happen if the leaders of Canada’s major relief and development groups got into the same room and were told to set aside
Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | May 10, 2017
Nicolas Moyer is the former head of a group of seven Canadian aid organizations collaborating on fundraising efforts during disasters in the developing world. Photograph courtesy of Nicolas Moyer

Canada’s foreign aid groups are ripe for disruption

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | May 10, 2017
  • What would happen if the leaders of Canada’s major relief and development groups got into the same room and were told to set aside

Canada’s foreign aid groups are ripe for disruption

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | May 10, 2017
  • What would happen if the leaders of Canada’s major relief and development groups got into the same room and were told to set aside
Nicolas Moyer is the former head of a group of seven Canadian aid organizations collaborating on fundraising efforts during disasters in the developing world. Photograph courtesy of Nicolas Moyer

The other Syrian refugees

  • Wherever I went in Jordan and Lebanon last month while visiting refugees from Syria, I heard people express gratitude for what Canada had done
Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | April 13, 2016
Ghassim al-Haraki with members of his family in their home in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. Photograph courtesy of John Longhurst

The other Syrian refugees

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | April 13, 2016
  • Wherever I went in Jordan and Lebanon last month while visiting refugees from Syria, I heard people express gratitude for what Canada had done

The other Syrian refugees

Opinion | BY JOHN LONGHURST | April 13, 2016
  • Wherever I went in Jordan and Lebanon last month while visiting refugees from Syria, I heard people express gratitude for what Canada had done
Ghassim al-Haraki with members of his family in their home in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. Photograph courtesy of John Longhurst
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