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“I hope to use my passion for international affairs to help mentor young people, learn a lot myself, and contribute to their academic growth.” This is how one mentor participating in the IVECA Global Youth Mentorship Program (iGYMP) described her hope for participating in this unique opportunity. This fall, iGYMP brings together over a dozen mentors from universities in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore the theme “Youth Innovations for a Sustainable

“You can't build peace on empty stomachs.” Lord John Boyd Orr, the first Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) urged the world to respond to the catastrophic food shortage in the post-World War II. It highlights the truth that food security is essential to human well-being, social stability, and peace. Today, technological development and globalization have transformed how food is produced, distributed, and consumed. Although ac