Thursday, September 21, 2017 | Sherwood Park, Alberta. 18th in Canada, 4th in Alberta, and first in the Elk Island Public School District. At the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year, the plan was made to become a Fair Trade School. The people behind it all? A school group called Read more…
Waterloo, ON | May 29th, 2017. St. Paul’s University College, in partnership with Watson’s Eatery, is proud to announce that they are officially a Fair Trade Campus! St. Paul’s has been serving Fairtrade coffee and other Fairtrade products for years. They have also implemented other sustainable and eco-friendly initiatives. “Because Read more…
May 31st, 2017 | Rouyn-Noranda, Qc. The town of Rouyn-Noranda has been officially recognized as a Fair Trade Town! By resolution, the town invites its community to subscribe to the objectives of fair trade and the municipality is committed to contribute to the promotion of fair trade at the local Read more…
May 24th, 2017 | Winnipeg, Manitoba. St. James Collegiate is so proud to be Winnipeg’s 1st, Manitoba’s 3rd and Canada’s 17th designated Fair Trade School! Our quest for designation began in 2015 when a group of students were inspired by classroom discussions surrounding sustainability and fair trade. The group of Read more…
April 28th, 2017 | La Prairie, Quebec. École de La Magdeleine has been named Canada’s 15th Fair Trade School! École de Le Magdeleine has become the 8th Fair Trade designated School in Quebec, and 15th in Canada! The designation comes after a great deal of work from students involved in the Read more…
Edmonton, AB | April 19, 2017. It’s official! MacEwan has been designated a Fair Trade Campus. Joining the University of Calgary, MacEwan University is the second Fair Trade Campus is Alberta! The designation represents an opportunity to acknowledge the significant purchasing power that Canadian Universities have, and how changes in Read more…
The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF) is appealing to supporters to assist members of Peru’s co-operatives affected by intensive flooding. As you may have seen and heard several regions of Peru are in a state of emergency due to excessive rains caused by the El Niño phenomena. The country Read more…
Montreal, QC | March 13th, 2017. It was with pride that the director of Polytechnique Montréal, Christophe Guy, and the chancellor of Université de Montréal, Guy Breton, announced their Fair Trade Campus designations at an event on March 13th, 2017. The two campuses unite with a national fair trade movement Read more…
Ottawa, ON | February 15, 2017. Carleton University received its Fair Trade Campus Designation today. A ceremony was attended by Ed Kane, assistant-vice-president (University Services), members of the Carleton Fair Trade steering committee and representatives from Fairtrade Canada. “This designation is part of our ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in Dining Read more…
February 14, 2017 | Welland, Ontario. To celebrate their LOVE of all things fairly traded, Notre Dame College School of Welland Ontario celebrated its new designation as Canada’s 13th Fair Trade School – 2nd in Ontario after nearby McKay Public school in Port Colborne. Notre Dame’s Fair Trade Club members Read more…