Past Events
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Feb11
One-Month Challenge kick-off
February 11th 2009
Mingling Area of the Knowles-Douglas Building Student Centre, Brandon University
Noon - 4 p.m.
Come kick-off the One-Month Challenge! ‘Des peuples et du cafe’, a fair trade photo exhibit, will be on display. You can also meet the photojournalist, Éric St-Pierre and have some complimentary fair trade coffee!
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Feb10
For Love or Chocolate: One-Month Challenge Kick-off
February 10th 2009
Gimli New Iceland Heritage Museum- Waterfront Centre
Starting at 7:30 p.m.
Join us at the museum for the One-Month Challenge kick-off, For Love or Chocolate. The evening will feature fair trade photos from photojournalist Éric St-Pierre, who will be speaking at the event. It’s also the opening of the museum’s exhibit on the history of wedding dresses. GreenBean Coffee Imports will be there with coffee, espressos, cappuccinos and lattes!
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Dec8
2009 One-Month Challenge Launch
December 8th 2008
Legislature Rotunda
Join us for the official launch of the 2009 One-Month Challenge!
Monday, December 8, 2008
11 a.m. in the Legislature RotundaOnce again, Fair Trade Manitoba is asking Manitobans to Go Fair Trade for 30 Days and sign up for the third annual One-Month Challenge. To kick off the campaign, we will be releasing the results from a Probe Research poll on fair trade in the province, and premiering a Fair Trade Manitoba video. There is free parking on the Legislature grounds, but please allow a few extra minutes to pass through security.
For more information, please contact Laura at (204) 987-6420 or fairtrade2@mcic.ca
Hope to see you there!
A light lunch and refreshments will be provided
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Nov14
Fair Food Fare
November 14th 2008
Assiniboine Park Conservatory
Come warm up with a cup of fair trade coffee and take a stroll through a tropical paradise while learning all about your food and where it comes from! The second annual Fair Food Fare is taking place on Friday, November 14 at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
This event is an opportunity for Manitobans to learn about where their food comes from and how it’s produced. The Fair Food Fare features tours of the palm house explaining the edible plants found inside, the chance to plant your own herbs to take home, complimentary fair trade coffee and muffins, as well as displays from Fair Trade Manitoba, Ten Thousand Villages, Growing Up Organic, Resource Conservation Manitoba, Manitoba Food Charter and the Assiniboine Park Conservatory Education Division.
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Nov7
Shop Outside the Box an Ethical Purchasing Event
November 7th 2008
Millennium Library, Winnipeg, MB
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This shopping season, think about where you spend your money and how your purchases impact your community. Come Shop Outside the Box to find out more. Featuring complimentary fair trade coffee, a fair trade chocolate tasting at 12:30 p.m. and a chance to win an ethical prize!
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Oct10
Reykia Fick talk
October 10th 2008
Gimli High School, Gimli, MB
Takes place at noon; organized by the Social Justice Club. Reykia Fick, Outreach Coordinator for TransFair Canada, will be in Manitoba for three days this week to challenge local communities to officially go fair trade. Reykia is the prime contact for the national Fair Trade Towns Campaign, wherein communities strive to meet six criteria that will lead to their fair trade designation.
Reykia is also an organizer of the first annual meeting of the Canadian Coalition for Fair Trade which will take place in Ottawa October 31st to November 2. She is also working on TransFair’s “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” Campaign, which promotes fair trade chocolate instead of conventional brands which involve child labour.
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Oct9
Reykia Fick talk
October 9th 2008
Manitoba Council for International Co-operation (MCIC), #302 - 280 Smith Street, Winnipeg, MB
12 noon. Reykia Fick, Outreach Coordinator for TransFair Canada, will be in Manitoba for three days this week to challenge local communities to officially go fair trade. Reykia is the prime contact for the national Fair Trade Towns Campaign, wherein communities strive to meet six criteria that will lead to their fair trade designation.
Reykia is also an organizer of the first annual meeting of the Canadian Coalition for Fair Trade which will take place in Ottawa October 31st to November 2. She is also working on TransFair’s “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” Campaign, which promotes fair trade chocolate instead of conventional brands which involve child labour.
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Oct8
Reykia Fick talk
October 8th 2008
Marquis Project/Worldly Goods Fair Trade store, 912 Rosser Ave, Brandon, MB
12 noon. Reykia Fick, Outreach Coordinator for TransFair Canada, will be in Manitoba for three days this week to challenge local communities to officially go fair trade. Reykia is the prime contact for the national Fair Trade Towns Campaign, wherein communities strive to meet six criteria that will lead to their fair trade designation.
Reykia is also an organizer of the first annual meeting of the Canadian Coalition for Fair Trade which will take place in Ottawa October 31st to November 2. She is also working on TransFair’s “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” Campaign, which promotes fair trade chocolate instead of conventional brands which involve child labour.
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