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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
The Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project has accomplished alot in the first four years of the project. In Partnering for Change, a radio documentary created by CFICE volunteer Julie Bourassa, CFICE partners reflect on the personal and community impacts the CFICE project has had in Phase I. Download a PDF copy... More
Monday, April 24, 2017
Food Secure Canada and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation are jointly releasing the report Purchasing Power: 10 Lessons on Getting More Local, Sustainable, and Delicious Food in Schools, Hospitals and Campuses. The lessons profile what we’ve learned about how to shift institutional food purchasing to sustainability–from defining local, to... More
Friday, April 21, 2017
April 3rd, 2017 The agriculture and agri-food sector is enjoying a moment of exceptional attention. First, Canada’s Economic Growth Advisory Committee pinpointed the sector as a promising area of growth in the so-called Barton Report. Then, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute and the Public Policy Forum organized a series of meetings across... More
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
This themed issue of CFS/RCÉA aims to highlight the spectrum of current scholarship focusing on prospects and challenges for a joined-up, systems-based approach to national food policy that aims to connect sectors, departments and jurisdictions, and establish opportunities for meaningful civil society participation. We are interested in... More
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
by Jasmine Law, CFICE Vounteer Food connects us all. Believe it or not, food is tied to the economy, environment, and to social justice and democracy. It’s so central to our lives that one in eight jobs in Canada are related to food systems, not to mention that it has a daily connection with... More
Friday, March 31, 2017
by Marie Tremblay, CFICE Volunteer The end of March will see this year’s 30 Hour Famine event by World Vision Canada, an event during which youth across Canada pledge to starve themselves for 30 hours to raise awareness and understanding of famine globally. Although World Vision Canada’s 30 Hour Famine aims to raise awareness... More
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
After years of lobbying by Food Secure Canada and others, the Trudeau government charged the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food with leading the development of a National Food Policy (NFP). The process is already underway inside government, and public consultations will start later this year. But what does this mean? Food Secure Canada has... More
Monday, February 20, 2017
On Friday, February 10th, CFICE's Principal Investigator, Peter Andrée, was invited by Will Amos, Liberal MP for Pontiac, QC, to attend a meeting between Pontiac riding constituents and Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture. The meeting was primarily co-ordinated by the West Quebec Farmers’ Association. The meeting's speaker list included... More
Monday, February 6, 2017
One of the top questions on CFICE researchers' minds over the past four years has been whether or not (and how) community-campus engagement can contribute to building social movements. In Phase I, each of the hubs explored this question in more or less detail. Well the Community Food Security hub now has an answer to... More
Thursday, February 2, 2017
by Amanda Wilson, Community Co-lead of the CCE Brokering (FS) Working Group --- This article was first posted on Food Secure Canada's Website January 26, 2017. Link to the full article here --- January 18-19, 2017 CFICE (Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement) held a two day Symposium in Ottawa to reflect on the... More
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
The Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty has consistently held the space since 2006 for the generation of a body of knowledge within food systems discourse, that shines a light on the myriad ways that Indigenous hunting, fishing and gathering societies are persisting into the 21st century. While they are among some of the... More
The BC Food Systems Network (BCFSN) strives to build and maintain networks inclusive of diversity of cultures including Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. In 2012, with support from Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement’s (CFICE) Community Food Security (CFS) Hub the BCFSN staff developed an evaluation to better understand... More
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