{"id":3461,"date":"2020-05-21T10:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/?page_id=3461"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:55:18","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/internships\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3461\" class=\"elementor elementor-3461 elementor-3460\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbaa6c1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbaa6c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"069ba03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interns' Blog<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adfdff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adfdff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During their assignment abroad, participants in the International Youth Internship Program offered by Alternatives are encouraged to produce content, such as blog posts, podcasts or video reports.<\/p><p>These journalistic-style productions aim to provide a platform for expressing their experiences during their placement, with the goal of engaging the general public with the 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class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/the-empowered-women-supporting-their-communities-in-rural-sri-lanka\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blogue-stagiaires-akino-milligan-1-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">2 June 2026<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/the-empowered-women-supporting-their-communities-in-rural-sri-lanka\/\">The empowered women supporting their communities in rural Sri Lanka<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>In the villages of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka, groups of empowered women are working to support each other and their communities after Cyclone Ditwah. Their lives are difficult: marked by poverty, a high vulnerability to climate change, and rigid gender norms. But through fundraising, entrepreneurship, and event planning, these women are transforming their lives and their communities one meeting at a time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/canadian-cleanliness-is-built-on-malaysian-garbage-2\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blogue-stagiaires-safikhan-malaysia-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">11 March 2026<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/canadian-cleanliness-is-built-on-malaysian-garbage-2\/\">Canadian Cleanliness is Built on Malaysian Garbage<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>Malaysia is one of the Asian countries that, for several decades, has been the victim of waste exports from the West, across all sectors. Canada participates in this migration of its own waste to Malaysia, but the country is putting policies in place to stop serving as a dumping ground for rich countries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/from-plantations-to-kopitiams-the-colonial-labor-system-that-still-shapes-malaysias-traditional-flavors-part-2\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/blogue-hyunwoo-malaisie-traditionsculinaires-partie2-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">13 January 2026<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/from-plantations-to-kopitiams-the-colonial-labor-system-that-still-shapes-malaysias-traditional-flavors-part-2\/\">From Plantations to Kopitiams: The Colonial Labor System That Still Shapes Malaysia\u2019s Traditional Flavors &#8211; Part 2<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>The second part of this article will seek to bring these historical continuities to life through contemporary accounts from plantation workers and an analysis of today\u2019s major agro-industrial players. Finally, it offers a critical reflection on the very concept of culinary heritage in Malaysia, examining the tensions between nostalgia, colonial legacy, and social justice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/from-plantations-to-kopitiams-the-colonial-labor-system-that-still-shapes-malaysias-traditional-tastes-part-1\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/blogue-malaisie-hyunwoo-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">6 January 2026<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/from-plantations-to-kopitiams-the-colonial-labor-system-that-still-shapes-malaysias-traditional-tastes-part-1\/\">From plantations to kopitiams: the colonial labor system that still shapes Malaysia\u2019s traditional tastes &#8211; Part 1<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>In Malaysia, culinary traditions still conceal a troubled colonial past marked by the exploitation of workers, many of whom were migrants. This Southeast Asian country is also a victim of an export-oriented agro-industrial sector, particularly through the monoculture of palm oil. These historical continuities thus link the country\u2019s contemporary culinary heritage to a colonial legacy that continues to shape the present.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/rising-tides-shrinking-coasts-and-sinking-rights-climate-crisis-and-the-struggles-of-fisher-peoples\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blogue-psij-srilanka-ryanngai-cop30-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">16 December 2025<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/rising-tides-shrinking-coasts-and-sinking-rights-climate-crisis-and-the-struggles-of-fisher-peoples\/\">Rising Tides, Shrinking Coasts, and Sinking Rights: Climate Crisis and the Struggles of Fisher Peoples<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>For the world\u2019s 600 million fisher peoples, the climate crisis presents not just a future threat but an immediate, daily violation of their most basic human rights. Rising tides, warming and acidifying waters, and extreme weather destroy the ecosystems that fisher peoples and indigenous coastal communities rely upon for food, livelihood, identity, and self-determination.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/addressing-food-insecurity-in-the-classroom-sri-lankas-school-meals-program\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blogue-srilanka-mackenziecampbell-schoolsfoodprogram-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">11 December 2025<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/addressing-food-insecurity-in-the-classroom-sri-lankas-school-meals-program\/\">Addressing Food Insecurity in the Classroom: Sri Lanka\u2019s School Meals Program<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>Food insecurity is a serious problem in Sri Lanka, particularly in the country\u2019s schools. Despite a government support program aimed at combating hunger and malnutrition in schools, just under half of Sri Lankan schoolchildren receive assistance with their daily meals. The recent Cyclone Ditwah has exacerbated the situation. Sri Lanka needs international aid now more than ever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/sitting-through-a-cyclone\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blogue-sri-lanka-ryan-ngai-ditwah-1-1024x576.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">9 December 2025<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/sitting-through-a-cyclone\/\">Sitting Through a Cyclone<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>When Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, Ryan Andrew Ngai was an intern in Negombo with the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO), a local NGO that advocates for the rights of fishing communities. He recounts his experience and how fortunate he was, the massive damage in Sri Lanka, and the need for international aid to help the country recover.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-actu-accueil \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><a class=\"inverselinkopacity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/resistance-communautaire-aux-compagnies-minieres-canadiennes-au-guatemala\/\"><div class=\"grille-image no-margin-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blogue-guatamala-ambermcneil-extractivismeminier-canada-1024x575.jpg\"\/>\t\n<\/div><\/a>\n      \n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-sm-7\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-soustitre no-margin-left no-margin-right\">3 December 2025<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"grille-titre no-margin-left no-margin-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternatives.ca\/en\/stages-blogue\/resistance-communautaire-aux-compagnies-minieres-canadiennes-au-guatemala\/\">Community-led Resistance to Canadian Mining Companies in Guatemala<\/a><\/h4>\n        \n     <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-12\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><div class=\"grille-extrait no-margin-left\" style=\"color:#888;\"><p>In Guatemala, as in other countries in Central and South America, communities are fighting against the very serious impacts of mining extractivism, mainly by Canadian mining companies which, often with the help of governments, violate the rights of local populations behind false promises of economic development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"form-inline  custom-pagination\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n\t<div class=\"form-group\">\n\t<span class=\"wpv-filter-previous-link page-link \">\u2039<\/span><span class=\"mot-navigation\">page<\/span><select class=\"wpv-page-selector-3459 js-wpv-page-selector  form-control\" data-viewnumber=\"3459\" name=\"wpv-pager-nav-dropdown\"><option value=\"1\"  selected='selected'>1<\/option><option value=\"2\" >2<\/option><option value=\"3\" >3<\/option><option value=\"4\" >4<\/option><\/select><span class=\"mot-navigation\">of4<\/span><a class=\"wpv-filter-next-link js-wpv-pagination-next-link page-link \"  href=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3461?wpv_view_count=3459&#038;wpv_paged=2\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-viewnumber=\"3459\" data-page=\"2\">\u203a<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interns&#8217; Blog During their assignment abroad, participants in the International Youth Internship Program offered by Alternatives are encouraged to produce content, such as blog posts, podcasts or video reports. 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