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Tim Brodhead Address Available For Viewing Online

On May 26, 2009, Intercordia held an event to celebrate and share it’s mission with the larger community.  The event featured music by Once in a While, testimonies by Intercordia Alumni who were in Bosnia, Ecuador & Nicaragua and an address by keynote speaker Tim Brodhead, President and CEO of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.  Tim spoke on “Service Learning and Compassionate Leadership”.  If you were not able to join us on that day, Tim’s talk is available for viewing.

Last Intercordia Student Departs For Placement

Last night at 11:40 p.m., we saw our last Intercordia student from St. Michael’s University College off on her 3 month placement to Brazil to live in a L’Arche community in Sao Paolo.  It was a full week of students leaving to complete the last segment of their Intercordia experience.

Intercordia May 26 Celebration Event

Intercordia Canada is hosting it’s annual celebration event on May 26.  The event is an opportunity to reach out to the larger community, bring awareness and invite support for Intercordia’s mission. 

Beatboxing for Intercordia:  Profile of an Intercordia Participant

Daniel at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick is working hard to meet his fund raising deadline before he goes overseas with Intercordia this summer.  One of Daniel’s more creative projects is putting together an International beatbox CD called Straight From the Mouth Straight From the Heart.  For those of us who are out of touch with beatbox culture, Wikipedia defines it this way:  “Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion which primarily involves the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, and more. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments.”  Check out this interview with Daniel taken from Future Students, a news publication on the St. Thomas University website.

Intercordia Canada Launches On Line Newsletter

View the very first issue of our online newletter, Voices.

Intercordia Founder, Jean Vanier, named Nation Builder of 2008 by The Globe and Mail

Annually, The Globe and Mail assembles a list of 50 nation builders - “people whose efforts have contributed materially, intellectually or simply in terms of national pride, to Canada’s sense of coming into its own.”  The list of nominees is created using an Ipsos-Reid national poll and the expertise of Globe writers in five fields - public life, arts, business, science and sports.  Then, with the aid of votes submitted by The Globe and Mail readers, one person is named “Nation Builder” of the year. 

Essential Information for Canadian Travellers, 2008-2009

http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/bon_voyage_but-en.asp

Anmchara International School, Sega Ghana

The Anmchara International School was founded in January 2002 on the veranda of a house in a remote, rural village named Sega. While the school only consisted of 16 pupils on its first day, it would become a beacon of hope and promise for hundreds of children in the surrounding area, who were previously without the opportunity for quality education. For more info, see http://www.segaschool.com/

Canadian youth spend more of their money on foreign aid than the government

When it comes to tackling global poverty, Canadian youth are putting their money where their leaders’ mouths are - according to Ipsos Reid/World Vision poll.

Intercordia Hits the Radio Waves

On November 6, 2008, Intercordia was featured on the radio show, Community in Concert hosted by Sharon DiCecco on Radio Maria.

Mitchell McIvor Leaves His Appendix in Bosnia

St. Thomas More College students at University of Saskatchewan recall their experiences abroad in the latest issue of Discover More, the college’s alumni publication.

St. Michael’s College Alumni Magazine Features Intercordia

In the Spring 2008 issue of the St. Michael’s College Alumni Magazine out of University of Toronto, three Intercordia participants were interviewed about their placements. Natalie Zinko who went to Ghana, Fiona Clarke who worked in Nicaragua and Alison D’Souza who travelled to Honduras tell their story and share the significance of their summer away.

Intercordia Launches New Web Site

Intercordia Canada is fundamentally about building relationships. We are learning that the network of relationships that constitute the Intercordia program is growing far beyond the connections our students make with their host families and communities while they are on placement during the summer months.

Fall Recruitment Campaign Launched

Intercordia Canada is still open to applicants for the 2008-2009 academic year on all participating Canadian campuses. 

The deadline for application submission is: