September 17, 2018 | Biggar, Saskatchewan. BCS2000 received their Fair Trade Designation, and they are ecstatic to be the first school in Saskatchewan to do so! The Grade 6 class (2017/2018), along with their teacher, Ms. Diedra Whitell, worked very hard last school year to introduce BCS2000 to Fair Trade. Read more…
Join Fair Trade Manitoba, Divine Chocolate, and the Canadian Fair Trade Network for a one-hour webinar on the cocoa industry! It’s Halloween soon, and everyone will be buying lots of treats! But do you know where your chocolate was made, and who made it? This webinar is meant to give Read more…
Ottawa, ON – Two weeks ago, the Arabica coffee price plummeted below $1 USD/lb for the first time in 16 years, closing at $0.975 USD/lb on August 20, 2018, on the New York ‘C’, a global indicator price for coffee. The ‘C’ has been consistently declining over the past year Read more…
Thanks to our partners Chartwells and Choices Markets, the CFTN has put together an Advocacy Fund meant to support Fair Trade projects and events with grants ranging from $100 to $500. We are excited to announce that Fair Trade Winnipeg is the first recipient of one of the Advocacy Fund Read more…
Student Korina Liversage from the University of Ottawa and a student yet to be selected from McGill University will be joining this year’s Origin Trip to Peru, taking place in November. Their trip will be fully financed by a fund put together through the World’s Largest Fair Trade Bakesale of 2017, Read more…
June 27, 2018 | Markham, Ontario. SBA received their Fair Trade Designation and are proud that their purchases are supporting workers and producers in the Global South. The school is the 3rd high school in Ontario, and the 1st school in the York Catholic School Board to become Fair Trade Read more…
Toronto, ON | January 10, 2018. Humber College’s Lakeshore Campus is the first college in Ontario to receive Fair Trade Campus designation for its promotion of social and environmental sustainability and innovation. Recognized already as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers, achieving the designation is part of Humber’s five-year plan to Read more…
September 29, 2017 | Winnipeg, MB. Today the City of Winnipeg joins a global movement to drive social and environmental sustainability by becoming Canada’s 25th Fair Trade Town. The city joins more than 1,500 communities around the world as a supporter of fairer conditions and better wages for the farmers and Read more…
September 26, 2017 | London, ON – King’s University College is proud to receive Fair Trade Campus designation in recognition of its efforts serving 100% Fairtrade coffee alongside an offering of Fairtrade teas and chocolate. King’s becomes the latest campus to earn the Fair Trade Campus Designation from the Canadian Fair Read more…
September 25, 2017 | Wolfville, NS – Acadia University has been designated a Fair Trade Campus. The designation, awarded by the Canadian Fair Trade Network, Fairtrade Canada, and the Association quebecoise du commerce equitable, recognizes Acadia’s commitment to fair trade purchasing and education on its campus. Fair trade is an alternative Read more…