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Co-founders Craig (left) and Marc Kielburger introduce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau as they appear at the WE Day celebrations in Ottawa in November 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

August 26, 2020

The other WE Charity scandal: White saviourism

Karen Dubinsky, Queen's University, Ontario

An intense controversy over sending Canadian teens to Cuba to cut sugar cane in the 1970s raises questions about why WE Charity’s international development approach hasn’t been controversial for years.

L’ancien premier ministre Pierre Trudeau et son épouse Margaret rendant visite à Fidel Castro en Janvier 1976. La Presse Canadienne/filière

June 27, 2019

Adíos harmonie! Les relations canado‑cubaines ont pris un bien mauvais tournant

Karen Dubinsky, Queen's University, Ontario

Le Canada ne délivre plus de visas directement à Cuba. Ce revirement met en péril des décennies de relations créatives et productives entre les Cubains et les Canadiens.

Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife, Margaret, visited Fidel Castro in Cuba in January 1976. THE CANADIAN PRESS/File

June 23, 2019

Canada‑Cuba relations take a sad turn with new visa requirements

Karen Dubinsky, Queen's University, Ontario

The ugly turn in Canadian-Cuba relations stemming from Canada’s new visa requirements puts at risk decades of creative, productive connections between Cuban and Canadian people.

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