Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Africa post-COVID-19
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Africa post-COVID-19 In this panel, speakers discuss the status of food sovereignty in Africa prior to and emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, as local communities seek to reclaim and rebuild their food systems following border closures and critical levels of food insecurity. Speakers […]
Navigating Open Learning Modules: It’s not just “Just Food”
Navigating Open Learning Modules: It’s not just “Just Food” The pandemic and international racial injustices have heightened the need and urgency for educators and organizers to embed topics related to equity, justice and anti-oppression into their courses and teachings, to increase individuals’ capacities to engage with these topics, but many are unsure how to do […]
*Online* CSFS Associates Seminar: Emerging Technologies for Enhancing Food Quality, Nutrition and Public Health with Dr. Anubhav Pratap Singh
About this Seminar The evolving outlook of public perception towards food, nutrition and health has inspired the development of technology to produce and process food in a sustainable way. The presentation shall highlight three major sectors of technological evolution in the Canadian context: Novel decontamination technologies for fresh food products. Novel encapsulation and fortification approaches […]
Dismantling and Rebuilding the Food System after COVID-19: The 5Ds of Redistribution
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Dismantling and Rebuilding the Food System after COVID-19: The 5Ds of Redistribution Some groups feel the brunt of harms in the food system caused by shocks like COVID-19 more than others. Food systems also concentrate power and resources. How might redistribution of risks and benefits play a […]
The Right To Eat: Tackling Racism & Inequality in the Food System
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond The Right to Eat: Tackling Racism & Inequality in the Food System From seasonal migrant workers producing food in unsafe working conditions to Black and Indigenous communities struggling to afford their next meal, COVID-19 has laid bare the foundational inequalities in Canada’s food system. Join Jolene Andrew, […]
Farmers: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Farmers: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic From labour shortages to supply chain delays, COVID-19 has ushered in a host of new challenges for B.C. farmers. How are farmers responding to the day-to-day disruptions caused by pandemic? As food insecurity becomes tangible for many British Columbians, how […]
Eating Close to Home: Fostering Local Food Production During COVID-19
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Eating Close to Home: Fostering Local Food Production During COVID-19 As COVID-19 outbreaks and restaurant closures have exposed the fragility of the industrial food system, local food producers are stepping in to pick up the slack. For many local farmers, processors, restaurant-owners, and community workers, COVID-19 has […]
Essential Labour, Essential Lives: Migrant Agricultural Workers and COVID-19
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Essential Labour, Essential Lives: Migrant Agricultural Workers and COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped many Canadians’ understanding of essential labour. Now, more than ever, it is undeniable that undocumented and migrant workers form the backbone of our economy. At the same time, migrant workers in the agricultural […]
The Role of Innovation in Building a Food-Secure Future
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Webinar: The Role of Innovation in Building a Food-Secure Future In early May, the Canadian government committed $252 million to help farmers and food processors manage through COVID-19, and it deemed workers in the food supply chain an essential service. Join Dr. Rickey Yada, Professor and Dean […]
A Food System in Crisis: Climate Change, COVID-19, and Opportunities for Change
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Webinar: A Food System in Crisis: Climate Change, COVID-19, and Opportunities for Change Join Dr. Sean Smukler, Interim Academic Director of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Department of Applied Biology and Soil Science; Dr. Kent Mullinix, Director of […]