Webinar: A National Food Policy Council for Canada
Hosted by: Food Secure Canada
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 FROM 12:00 PM
READ THE DOCUMENTATION
National Food Policy Council for Canada
Food Secure Canada's draft federal legislation
The Toronto Food Policy Council was a ground breaking initiative established in 1991 and has since inspired similar policy councils in dozens of municipalities around the world. A unique forum that brings different stakeholders together to work on sustainable, healthy, accessible and culturally appropriate food in their communities has great relevance at the national level.
Join Rod MacRae, Sasha McNicoll and Keith Robinson for a discussion of a National Food Policy for Canada. What would a National Food Policy Council for Canada look like? The webinar will provide essential background on the issue and introduce Food Secure Canada's draft federal legislation to create this forum, modelling on previous para-governmental structures such as the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy and the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights & Democracy).
PRESENTERS
Rod MacRae
Dr. Rod MacRae is a food policy analyst, focusing on programmes and policies to support the transition to health-promoting and sustainable food and agriculture systems. He writes extensively on these themes in the academic and popular press, consults to government, business and NGOs, and teaches at York. Rod's research focuses on creating a national food agriculture policy for Canada, and the set of coherent and comprehensive programs required to support such a policy.
Sasha McNicoll
Sasha is a Research and Evaluation Coordinator at CFCC. She has worked for Food Secure Canada, Sustain Ontario, the West End Food Coop and Greenpeace International, and has served on the Toronto Food Policy Council and Toronto Youth Food Policy Council.
Keith Robinson
Keith Robinson is a former federal government official, including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, with extensive experience in food issues.