Cuso changed its name in 1981, from the Canadian University Service Overseas to simply Cuso to reflect the fact that universities were no longer the sole recruitment sites. From 1984–85, Cuso began creating partnerships between Canadian organizations and international groups working for social justice in the Global South. One of the first examples was a 1985 program that led to cooperation between the Saskatchewan-based Grain Services Union and SINITAB, the workers’ union at Mozambique’s largest food-processing plant. 1990s and 2000s In 1992, Cuso launched an initiative to link Indigenous peoples in Canada with Indigenous communities in Colombia. Sustainable economic alternatives and the cultural survival of Indigenous peoples became the organization's primary focus. In the latter half of the 1990s, Cuso was involved in a number of initiatives, including the Jubilee 2000 campaign for debt relief of the poorest countries and NetCorps, a project to send Canadian youth with IT skills on short-term overseas placements. In 1997, Cuso shifted its focus to human rights, the environment and securing livelihoods. As partnerships between organizations from the Global North and South continued, Cuso began to recruit volunteers in the Global South for south–north and South-South placements in 1999. In 2008, Cuso and VSO Canada merged to become Cuso-VSO. That iteration of the organization became Canada's largest international cooperation agency working through volunteers. 2010s Cuso celebrated 50 years of international development work on June 6, 2011. Later that same year, Cuso and VSO decided to go their separate ways and the organization becomes Cuso International. In 2015, Cuso began to actively recruit diaspora volunteers and launched its e-volunteer program, allowing volunteers to contribute their expertise virtually. In 2018–2019, Cuso volunteers contributed more technical assistance and support to beneficiaries, partners and clients than in any previous year. Cuso was also recognized as a 2019 recipient of the Hire Immigrants Ottawa Employer Excellence award. Executive Directors 1961-62: Lewis Perinbam (acting) 1962-66: Bill McWhinney 1966: Terry Glavin (acting) 1966-68: Hugh Christie 1968-70: Frank Bogdasavich 1970-71: John Wood 1971: David Catmur (acting) 1971-73: John Gordon 1973-76: Murray Thomson 1976-79: Robin Wilson 1979: David Hamilton (acting) 1979-83: Ian Smillie 1983-90: Chris Bryant 1990-94: Lyse Blanchard 1995: Patricia Hurdle (acting) 1995: David Hamilton (acting) 1995-2000: Melanie Macdonald 2001-06: Claire Dansereau 2006-08: Jean-Marc Mangin 2008-15: Derek Evans 2015-16: Evelyne Guindon 2017–present: Glenn Mifflin Priorities Advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls Using the Canada Feminist International Assistance Policy,