This page highlights advocacy materials, events, and research that other organizations and grassroots groups have developed to capture the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ideas for food system resiliency.
summary by Hannah Klemmensen, Junior Researcher The University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute has just released their Food System Summit Dialogue Report; a compilation of the key insights revealed during 3 food system dialogues organized by the institute this winter. The three dialogues focused on strategies to center agriculture in green economic recovery planning, the… Read More
Trent University has published a new community report, titled “From Crisis to Continuity: A community response to local food systems challenges in, and beyond the days of COVID-19”. This study heard from Peterborough-area residents and food support organizations regarding the ways that residents have been accessing and engaging with food during the pandemic- and how… Read More
Reposted blog post from The Coalition for Healthy School Food. Read the original post here. The Coalition for Healthy School Food organized two panel discussions during Food Secure Canada’s Cultivating Change event in November 2020. You can watch or listen to the first session from November 13th here. This discussion looked at how to embed… Read More
About this Event 2021 Summit on Poverty, Inequity, & Hunger | Feed Scarborough Tickets, Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite Zoom link to attend: Click here! The COVID-19 Pandemic has amplified the existing inequities in our community; we’re all in the same storm, but in different boats. Participants in the first half of… Read More
In this season of giving, our Feeding City team seeks to highlight and appreciate the tremendous work of just a few of the many food supports organizations that serve a wide range of communities and vulnerable groups that face hunger and food insecurity. An estimated 6,000 new clients accessed food banks in Toronto in June… Read More
This December, the Indian Government is putting into effect legislation that has the potential to drastically affect the livelihood of farmers all across the nation. Protests are currently being held by Indian farmers in opposition to the effects of the legislation, as they see the forthcoming changes as a devastating step backwards from their collective… Read More
Dishing Up Toronto is, by now, a longstanding partnership with the Toronto Ward Museum. Through creative, equity-focused Culinary Tourism, DUT aims to showcase the diverse foodways of Toronto. These two events are co-organized with CaterToronto, an innovative social enterprise seeking to increase newcomer and women’s access to secure employment in the food economy through community-based catering.… Read More
Dishing Up Toronto is, by now, a longstanding partnership with the Toronto Ward Museum. Through creative, equity-focused Culinary Tourism, DUT aims to showcase the diverse foodways of Toronto. These two events are co-organized with CaterToronto, an innovative social enterprise seeking to increase newcomer and women’s access to secure employment in the food economy through community-based catering.… Read More
Thinking Outside of the Donation Box: Looking beyond the charity model of addressing food insecurity in Canada Thurs. Dec. 17, 1 pm to 2:30 pm EST A message from Trent University: As we near the 40th anniversary of food banking in Canada, food insecurity is only growing. The most Canadians ever, 4.4 million, were living with food… Read More
Location: Virtual (Zoom) Conference Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm (November 27 th ); 9:00am – 2:30pm (November 28th) On Friday, November 27th and Saturday, November 28th , Afri-Can FoodBasket (AFB) will be hosting Toronto’s first Black Food Sovereignty Conference, a FREE, online event exploring the cultivation of food sovereignty in Toronto’s African, Caribbean & Black (ACB)… Read More