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War is antithetical to development. Development, for most mainstream observers, means economic growth, or at least stability, and an increasing quality of life for all, and it cannot exist in a state of war. Yet official development assistance (ODA), one of the primary mechanisms by which many governments and civil society organizations attempt to achieve development in impoverished economies, has a history rooted in war. This paper will explore how the Second World War and its aftermath influenced the creation of Canadian ODA and international development NGOs. While Canada’s aid history is most commonly associated with the Canadian International Development Agency, examining this earlier period helps contextualize current debates about the securitization of aid and its harmonization with other aspects of Canadian foreign policy. Using the Unitarian Service Committee (USC) Canada as a case study, this paper will also track its transition from a postwar humanitarian relief agency to a mainstream international development NGO. For Canadian ODA and civil society organizations, the Second World War shaped the legacy of the postwar aid regime and created lasting consequences for its operation.
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American anesthesiologists' contribution to post-World War II global anesthesiology: the Unitarian Service Committee's medical missions
Beginning in 1946, the Unitarian Service Committee's Medical Mission sent 10 distinguished anesthesiologists to 13 different countries to teach anesthesiology. The details and impact of that mission are the subject of this article.
Journal Article
The Roanoke Times, Va., Dan Casey column
The 3-foot-tall bright green molded plastic creatures have been fixtures in the family's yard for more than a decade, first at their place on Arden Road in Raleigh Court and more recently in South Roanoke, where the Bollings moved with their three sons in 2011. [...]in the process of parenting three special needs children, \"we've lost a lot of friends; lost a lot of family members.
Newsletter
The Roanoke Times, Va., Dan Casey column
[...] I bet you know where you weren't: at Franklin Community Bank in Rocky Mount, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a ski mask, waving a pistol and stealing $4,000 from a frightened teller. The problem for him is, seven months after the robbery, an ex-colleague from the police department fingered Abramski as the masked and hooded gunman, based on a grainy, black-and-white bank surveillance photo he found on a TV station website.
Newsletter
Rescue and Flight: American Relief Workers Who Defied the Nazis
Shapira reviews Rescue and Flight: American Relief Workers Who Defied the Nazis by Susan Elizabeth Subak.
Book Review