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Two meetings have taken place with teachers of all divisions and interested students. A third meeting is planned for Monday, June 17,at 4 p.m., at the LDSB office. Newcomers are welcome.
Six years ago, Québec activist Alexandre Boulerice denounced the First World War as “butchery.” The war cost millions of lives and enriched countless capitalists…Read more in the Toronto Star.
Latest crisis in Congo DRC underlines link between hunger and conflict War is tipping fragile regions in Congo DRC into disaster and making it difficult for aid agencies to operate. ~ Mark Tran, January 23, 2013
“Tramps, ne’er do wells and criminals” During World War I medical authorities in Britain described the condition of men suffering from their war experiences as “Not yet diagnosed – nervous” or NYD-N. They divided these cases into “neurasthenia” and “hysteria”. Neurasthenia seemed to occur… among officers and was treated with rest, recreation, and a period away […]