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My name is Susan Spronk and I teach at the School of International Development and Global
Studies. I've been teaching for 7 years. And one of the things that I like to teach my
students, is about normally, we think about International Development as project-based
work. But for me that is really problematic. And we need to also understand that solidarity
work, is really at the core of development practice. And for example, I will say to my
students that questioning the practices of Canadian mining companies is as important
if not more important as project as well as looking at the impact of Free Trade agreements
on the people of the Global South. And my research as well, is inspired with the same
passion that I have for social justice and social change. And I am looking at local water
management in Venezuela and Bolivia, which are amongst the most interesting cases of
the new left in Latin America. Where we see communities that are involved with the states
and providing services and trying to universalize services to every citizen in the country.