Details Who: Feeding City Post Doctoral Fellow Siera Vercillo When: November 11, 2022 Host: Virgina Tech Description There is increasing recognition of the importance of conducting gendered analysis within climate change research. Africa features prominently in the literature on climate change as people and governments across the continent are disproportionately vulnerable to its impacts, with… Read More
When and Where Wednesday, March 09, 2022 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Online Speakers Jo Sharma Jennifer Forde Jaclyn Rohel Description How can humanities scholars develop research for social innovation and change? What tools and strategies can scholars use to initiate meaningful and impactful community-engaged research? Join members of the Feeding City Lab for a lively discussion on building a… Read More
As part of Feeding the City’s commitment to accessible knowledge dissemination, our team has hosted several public-facing webinars over the last several months. Ranging from conversations with women ecological farmers, to community stakeholders leading Toronto’s emergency response to food insecurity, these webinars provide fruitful insights on the experience of food workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the following… Read More
Melanie Blackman is Community Development Coordinator at the University of Toronto Scarborough. UTSC jointly led C.A.R.E.S., Collective Action and Response for Everyone in Scarborough, to provide emergency food and hygiene kits to partner organizations in local high priority neighbourhoods. Zaid Mirza is a National Manager of the National Zakat Foundation (NZF), which tackles local poverty… Read More
Wed. Dec. 9, 2020 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST (UTC -5:00) | REGISTRATION REQUIRED via EventBrite How have farmers responded to unprecedented challenges and opportunities throughout the pandemic? How has COVID-19 highlighted long-term changes that are needed in agriculture and food distribution in Canada? Join us for an interactive roundtable featuring three women ecological farmers: Sarah Bakker – Sarah is a livestock… Read More
ONLINE – Feeding the City, Pandemic and Beyond: Voices from Local Grocery Stores and Public Markets in a Diverse City Wed, 28 October 2020 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | REGISTRATION REQUIRED via EventBrite How have local markets and grocery stores pivoted in the time of COVID-19 to continue feeding their communities? How can these local… Read More
How have individuals’ and families’ food-related activities changed as a result of COVID-19, particularly in light of school closures and rising food insecurity? How can urban growing and government- and community-level initiatives help build a resilient food system? Join the Feeding the City team from Tkaronto (Toronto) as we hear from three experts on these… Read More