Contributed by Maria Paula Murad, ILSC Digital Marketing Specialist “Let’s teach our girls, from the beginning, a different way to see themselves,” says Suzanne Siemens, Co-founder of Lunapads, and the first guest in a new Community Talks Series at ILSC-Vancouver. The aim of the Community Talks is to bring in local experts to share their…
ILSC-New Delhi staff and students teach English in a slum
On September 5th, while celebrating the Teacher Day in India, the staff at ILSC-New Delhi visited a slum along with around 20 students who volunteered their time to teach English/Hindi to children there. There were about 35-40 children living in the area who gathered in a tiny room with dim lights and no fan in the scorching…
ILSC Montreal – Keeping the support of microfinance going through KIVA….
Hello everyone! Here’s the latest update on our continued support of small international businesses through KIVA. For those of you who don’t know, KIVA is a non-profit organisation with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, KIVA lets individuals lend as little…
Lessons in Fair Trade at ILSC Sydney
In June 2013, the Global Social Issues & Marketing class at ILSC Sydney had the chance to be involved with a fair trade textiles organisation based in New Delhi known as House of Wandering Silk (HoWS). With the kind help of HoWS’ founder, Katherine Neumann, the students spent two weeks exploring the issues faced by…
ILSC-New Delhi greening project
Recently, a dedicated team of students and teachers met on a bright Saturday morning at ILSC-New Delhi’s main campus. Our mission was to pick up the litter between our two campuses (a stretch of around 200 feet on the main road in the Shivalik neighborhood). ILSC students, teachers and staff walk from the main campus…