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Food Justice - News from Toronto's City Hall

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Nydia
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 4:00pm

Last week, Toronto Mayor John Tory proclaimed May 5, 2015 Food Justice Day in Toronto.

JUSTICE
Discrimination and Oppression

Programme pour la justice alimentaire: faits marquants de l'Assemblée

Article
Right to Food
Discrimination and Oppression
Indigenous Food Matters

Les participants ont eu l’occasion d’assister à une présentation en direct des fruits du travail novateur que les Autochtones et les personnes de couleur à travers le pays ont accompli afin de répondre aux besoins de leurs communautés qui sont frappées de manière disproportionnelle par l’insécurité alimentaire et les injustices systémiques

Food Justice Program: highlights from the Assembly

Article
Right to Food
Discrimination and Oppression
Indigenous Food Matters

Participants heard first hand accounts of Indigenous People and People of Colour from across the country doing innovative work to answer the needs of their communities who are disproportionately affected by food insecurity and systemic injustices.

Coming Up With a Canadian Food Policy

Article
Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Food Systems

Diana Bronson, FSC Executive Director gave a TED Talk at TEDxConcordia

What’s Race Got to Do With It:

Webinar/Podcast

Food, Diversity and Inclusion 

 
 

Tuesday, April 29th

 
As part of FSC’s emerging Food Justice Network, we heard from two food justice thinkers and activists discussing food, diversity, and inclusion and how it relates to their work.

The Webinar

Food Sovereignty
Discrimination and Oppression
Indigenous Food Matters

FSC at Powershift and Food Justice Update

Article
Discrimination and Oppression
Indigenous Food Matters
Democracy and Movements

Nydia was in K'jipuktuk/Halifax to both attend PowerShift Atlantic and meet local organizations in preparation for FSC’s Assembly.

Household Food Insecurity in Canada

Webinar/Podcast

On January 16th, 300 people from across Canada participated in a webinar on what national household survey data can reveal and possible priority actions.

Une Loi sur les semences faite pour les agriculteurs – non les sociétés corporatives.

Webinar/Podcast

Wébinaire (en anglais) présenté par le National Farmers Union le 13 février 2014

A Seed Act for Farmers - Not Corporations

Webinar/Podcast

On February 13th, 67 people from across Canada participated in a webinar hosted by the National Farmers Union, to dive into the complexities of the Agricultural Growth Act (Bill C-18).

Report: Food is “ground zero” for Canada’s social problems

Food News

A report by a national network of community-based charitable organizations and their backers reports that “food is at the epicenter” of the country’s hunger, poverty and health problems.

Hunger and Poverty
Right to Food
Democracy and Movements

Moment of roof: Urban farming entrepreneur explains how he got on top

Food News

Mohamed Hage is not your typical urban farmer. The Lebanese-born entrepreneur, now living in Montreal, got into food as a technological challenge.

Agriculture
Food Systems
Economics

Why Hamilton may be leading the way on food security

Food News

Hamilton is a “bellwether” for positive changes in the food system that Ian Bird says will eventually be acquired across the country — but the city still faces a high number of people accessing food banks.

Hunger and Poverty
Right to Food
Economics

Food bank use skyrocketing, says Ottawa group Community Foundations of Canada

Food News

Food bank usage in Canada has risen 31 per cent since 2008 and is not showing any signs of slowing down, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Ottawa-based group Community Foundations of Canada (CFC).

Hunger and Poverty
Right to Food
Economics

The Truth About Food Security in Canada

Food News

Consumers recognize that quality products do not come without a cost, and they recognize that they benefit from a system that puts quality, local food first. A recent independent poll this year -- published in Canadian Business -- confirms what what farmers have always known. Consumers want local products, from local producers who meet tough Canadian standards.

Right to Food
Agriculture
Food Systems

Farmers, Food, Justice and the Agrarian Question

Food News

As activists and scholar-practitioners from around the world gathered in New Haven, Connecticut last weekend at the Food Sovereignty conference to debate the future of the world food system, it is obvious that the planet faces a systemic global subsistence crisis: almost a billion people chronically malnourished, another billion people always unsure from where their next meal will come, 500 million that are clinically obese, and 1.5 billion people that are overweight.

Right to Food
Democracy and Movements
International Issues

Sneak Preview: Vital Signs 2013 Report on Food

Webinar/Podcast

 

Watch the recording, held on September 30th!

Every year, Community Foundations of Canada release their 'Vital Signs'. The report measures the vitality of communities in key areas, providing critical information that can identify opportunities for action and set priorities for change. This year, the national focus is on Food.

Hunger and Poverty
Right to Food
Regional and Local

FSC at the 2013 Tar Sands Healing Walk

Blog
Nydia
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 9:37am

Safety and Environment
Food Sovereignty
Indigenous Food Matters

Put Food in the Budget!

Webinar/Podcast

 A presentation and a conversation about the 2013 Federal Budget, the Alternative Federal Budget and how we can Put Food in the Budget, held on March 20th!

 

Right to Food
Democracy and Movements

2013 Food and Farm Justice Consultation

Blog
Nydia
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 2:51pm

From March 8-10, 2013, FSC joined 50 organizations from Canada and the USA for a consultation on food justice.

Food Environments
Labour
Regional and Local

Lettres de SAC aux Députés concernant le rapport de mission des NU portant sur le droit à l’alimentation

Article
Right to Food

Veuillez consulter les lettres du RAD aux Ministres John Baird et Leona Aglukkaq sur l’importance du rapport final de 2012 de la mission des NU au Canada sur le droit à l’alimentation.

Lettre à Jonh Baird, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères (7 février 2013) (en anglais)

Lettre à Leona Aglukkaq, Ministre de la Santé (7 février 2013) (en anglais)

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