Understanding the impact of Agent Orange
Decades after American military forces used Agent Orange to further their efforts in the Vietnam War, this deadly chemical continues to impact the lives of Vietnamese people. Garth and Claire Ewert Fisher travelled to Vietnam in July as part of a learning tour sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia. They went, says Claire,…
Celebrating 50 years in Canada
My husband Sam and I went out for lunch at the end of October to celebrate Sam’s 50th anniversary of arriving in Canada as a Vietnam-era draft resister. Back in Indiana, I had been part of what we would now call an intervention. We his friends implored Sam to immigrate to Canada. We did not think his spirit…
