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    Laurier celebrates Fair Trade Week with sustainable campus coffee

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    Laurier celebrates Fair Trade Week with sustainable campus coffee

    All across Canada higher education institutes are celebrating Fair Trade Week, promoting the fair trade food and drink products that are available to students on campuses around the nation to support ethical consumption. Laurier Food Services held the event for Laurier at Frankโ€™s Coffee Haus, which opened earlier in the year. Samples were given out…

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  • Measuring the impact of the Brantford Downtown Outreach Program

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    Measuring the impact of the Brantford Downtown Outreach Program

    The Brantford Downtown Outreach Team, otherwise known as BDOT, is a pilot program implemented in July of 2019 with a focus on reaching out to people struggling with addiction, homelessness and other challenges. The idea for the BDOT was born out of a need for a new approach to working with vulnerable populations, such as…

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