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SFU and the path to a fairtrade campus

SFU being a fair trade campus shouldn’t be news to anyone. In addition to meeting the requirement standards as set by the Canadian Fair Trade Network, SFU has pushed the Starbucks franchises on campus to adopt fairtrade practices on campus. But with any larger initiative comes benefits as well as shortcomings, and SFU’s fair trade ‘utopia’ is no different. So what is fair trade? Fairtrade Canada tells us that better working conditions, fair wages, and environmental justice are the major lures. With ideals like these it's not hard to see why SFU was attracted to the initiative. SFU has preached…

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