community ambassadors
ambassador program
- Are you passionate about equality and social responsibility?
- Would you be proud to see Calgary become Canada’s next Fair Trade Town?
- Do you want to play a part in making your community stronger through relationship building?
Fair Trade Calgary is running a campaign to make Calgary
a Fair Trade Town.
a Fair Trade Town.
In order to apply for this status, we need to meet the following requirements:
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Meet our Alberta representatives
Erin Bird, Calgary Erin Bird is a Senior Planning Engineer by day at The City of Calgary Water Resources. Her second "job" right now is to lead the campaign for Calgary to become a Fair Trade Town. Fair Trade Calgary sits within Engineers Without Borders Calgary Professional Chapter, and the group has been working hard over the last couple of years to achieve the Fair Trade Town designation. Erin's other hobbies are cooking with Fairtrade ingredients, dancing in Fairtrade banana costumes, and she also enjoys reading while drinking Fairtrade tea and relaxing with family and friends.
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Joy Akaa, Calgary
Joy is a supply chain professional with a legal background. She understands the gap analysis between the supply networks of farmers in developing economies and competitive international markets as well as the linkages needed to bridge the gap necessary to create a mutually beneficial relationship for both groups. She feels privileged to be a 2017 Fair Trade Ambassador as it will create avenues to spread the gospel about fair trade in Canada.
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