August 30, 2016 | Montreal, Quebec. It’s official! Concordia has become a Fair Trade Designated Campus. This means that all residence dining halls, non-franchised campus cafés and student-run cafés are stocked with 100 per cent fair trade coffee, at least three fair trade teas and a minimum of one fair Read more…
Consider murgh makhani, better known in Canada as butter chicken. The dish, first whipped up in a small Delhi restaurant to save leftover chicken from spoiling, is now a fixture on the global menu—a prime example of the world’s seemingly effortless culinary cosmopolitanism. The story is in the spices. Once Read more…
June 28, 2016 | La Baie, Quebec. École Secondaire des Grandes-Marées, in the Saguenay-Lac St-Jean region of Quebec, has been designated a Fair Trade School. They are the 5th school in Quebec and the 10th in Canada to receive this designation. The school has had a long history working on Read more…
June 22, 2016 | Port Colborne, Ontario. McKay has become Ontario’s First Fair Trade designated School! The designation comes after a great deal of planning and preparation. The new designation was celebrated at a school wide event on June 22nd, and staff and students at McKay are thrilled to be Read more…
June 13, 2016 | L’Assomption, Quebec. Celebrations were held, a certificate was awarded, recognizing the school’s efforts to promote fair trade. The school has had a World Shop since 2009, with the support of Oxfam-Québec. Over the years, more than 250 students have been involved in this project. The store Read more…
June 4th, 2016 | Chelsea, Quebec. The Municipality of Chelsea has been designated Canada’s 22nd Fair Trade Town, joining a growing movement across the country. There are now over 1,500 Fair Trade Towns in 32 countries around the world. Through its Fair Trade Town designation, Chelsea, a community of 7,000 Read more…
May 24, 2016 | Toronto, Ontario. Trinity College has been designated Canada’s 16th Fair Trade Campus, rounding off a busy Fairtrade Month! An event was held at the dining hall to celebrate the new designation, where a certificate was delivered commemorating this achievement. Students, faculty, and administration were in attendance, Read more…
May 17, 2016 | Toronto, Ontario. The University of Toronto – Scarborough Campus has been designated Canada’s 15th Fair Trade Campus!! UTSC’s Business Development office, Sustainability office, and Scarborough Campus Students’ Union (SCSU) spearheaded efforts to obtain the designation, bringing fair trade products to outlets on campus. “University of Toronto Read more…
May 16, 2016 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. École Secondaire Ozias-Leduc has been designated Canada’s 7th Fair Trade School, joining a growing movement from coast to coast. Early this year, David Morin, a secondary student, wanted to open a Magasin du Monde (World Shop) in the school. So they met the management, Read more…
May 10, 2016 | Toronto, Ontario. The University of St. Michael’s College has been designated Canada’s 14th Fair Trade Campus, joining a growing movement from coast to coast. The announcement comes just days before World Fair Trade day. An event was held at the university’s Canada Room dining hall to Read more…