Category Archives: Delegations/Solidarity Tours

Colombia Delegation Learns Innovative Approaches to Peace Education

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Kirsten

  by Wendy Santizo CoDev accompanied a Canadian teacher delegation to visit Colombia and learn from the “Schools as Territories of Peace” project FECODE is implementing across the country. Our visit coincided with the celebration of provincial pedagogical circles encounters, … Continue reading →

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CUPE Delegation to Cuba – Reflections

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Jeffrey

During the week of November 10-16, 2019, CoDev Executive Director, Steve Stewart traveled to Cuba with delegates from CUPE National and CUPE BC. What follows are a series of “reflections” written by the delegates shedding light on their experiences and … Continue reading →

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Colombian Civic Strike Leaders Visit Canada

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Kirsten

In 2017, social organizations launched a remarkable three-week civic strike that forced the Colombian government to negotiate solutions to the city’s pressing social and human rights crisis. Residents literally shut down Colombia’s most important trade route. Many, many activists were … Continue reading →

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Women Workers Make Gains in Central America

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Jeffrey

Excerpted from CUPE’s International Solidarity Report 2013-14, Executive Director Barbara Wood writes about the amazing work of CoDev/CUPE partners MEC. (you can find a full copy of the CUPE International Solidarity Report at their website) Shouts of joy and celebration … Continue reading →

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David Noble and His Delegation Experience

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Jeffrey

Amazing. Life changing. Rewarding. That’s how David Noble, winner of last year’s Membership Draw, describes his experience on a recent delegation to Nicaragua and Honduras to meet with MEC and CODEMUH, two women’s organizations that work with maquila or sweatshop … Continue reading →

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