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FoodShare screening of Gather

Join FoodShare's Community Growing team for a free online screening of Gather, a documentary that weaves together personal narrative and archival footage to tell an important story about food justice and Indigenous food sovereignty.About the Film: “Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Gather follows Nephi Craig, a chef from the White Mountain Apache Nation (Arizona), opening an indigenous café as a nutritional recovery clinic; Elsie Dubray, a young scientist from the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation (South Dakota), conducting landmark studies on bison; and the Ancestral Guard, a group of environmental activists from the Yurok Nation (Northern... >

Miijim: Migrant Workers and Food Justice

Miijim: Food as Relations is a series of conversations presenting Indigenous, Black and People of Colour food scholars, growers, artists and advocates who will gather virtually across Canada. The series will discuss the interconnections between art, earthwork, cultivation and harvesting experiences that decenter colonial frameworks, while thinking through labour and power relations related to food justice in urban and rural communities.MIIJIM CONVERSATION SERIES FALL 2020 SCHEDULENovember 24, 2:30-4:30 Migrant Workers and Food JusticeThis conversation is grounded in artistic practices that raise important considerations of labour and... >

At the Table with Dahlia Palmer

November 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmJoin online “At the Table” to learn from local food professionals making good food and doing good work in the community!This month is with Dahlia Palmer, aka The Hungry Gyal, a serial entrepreneur from Mississauga that has been recognized internationally for her creativity and talent. She’ll be taking us through a local recipe and cooking demo, and talking about her business and community work.Dahlia opened The Hungry Gyal as a pop-up take-out restaurant in May 2020 and sold handcrafted, fresh foods which she developed delicious recipes for. By August 2020, The Hungry Gyal had gotten media coverage all over the Greater Toronto Area... >

Miijim: Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee Food Systems

Miijim: Food as Relations is a series of conversations presenting Indigenous, Black and People of Colour food scholars, growers, artists and advocates who will gather virtually across Canada. The series will discuss the interconnections between art, earthwork, cultivation and harvesting experiences that decenter colonial frameworks, while thinking through labour and power relations related to food justice in urban and rural communities.MIIJIM CONVERSATION SERIES FALL 2020 SCHEDULENovember 10, 2:30-4:30 Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Food SystemsConsidering that food systems are specific to cultures, nations and territories, this... >

Urban Green Space and Land Access

Canadian Society for Organic Urban Land Care (SOUL) Equity Series Thursday, November 5th 7:00 pmUrban Greenspace and Land Access, the second learning session in the SOUL Equity series, will be led by Isaac Crosby.Isaac comes from a small farming town called Harrow ON, which is located 30 minutes south of Windsor. He is proud of his Ojibwa/Black Canadian heritage and looks forward to sharing their histories in this session.He studied Landscape Horticultural Tech at Humber College and currently leads the urban agriculture programming at Evergreen Brick Works.He incorporates his traditional First Nations farming with his colonial education to grow great... >