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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
On January 10, 2017, Dr. Charles Levkoe of CFICE's Community-Campus Brokering Working Group chatted with CBC's Lisa Laco about sustainable food systems. In the interview, Charles touched on his role as a Canada Research Chair, the food movement in Thunder Bay, and how community-campus engagement contributes to building sustainable food systems in... More
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Office of Research Temporary full-time from March 2017 to March 2024 Hiring #: 2016-0513 Food from Thought, the University of Guelph’s $76.6 million, 7-year Canada First Research Excellence Fund project, is aimed at catalyzing a new digital agricultural revolution. Comprising 10 lead investigators and approximately 40 other faculty members, the... More
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Start 2017 off right by updating yourself on all the work that has been going on at the Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)! This newsletter is full of information about new articles, books, other publications, food studies events, projects, and other initiatives that are taking place in the Canadian food studies community. Of... More
Sunday, December 4, 2016
by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA Whether you’re a self-proclaimed locavore or just a lover of food, today, let's eat local! I’m sure you’ve heard of the now global trend of eating within a hundred mile radius. This trend is all thanks to Vancouverites Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon and their year-long local food experiment,... More
Friday, December 2, 2016
November has been a busy month for our partner, Food Secure Canada. Check out what they've been up to in their work to advance Food Sovereignty in Canada! 1) PROOF Conference: Advancing Food Insecurity Research in Canada (November 17-18, 2016) On November 17 and 18 in Toronto, almost 200 researchers and advocates from Canada and... More
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) in an alternative way of providing local seasonal food to communities. In this video of Omar's Kitchen - Good Food Box Edition, Omar shows us how we can use the fresh, local produce from the Ottawa Good Food Box to make a tasty pasta salad. Try out the recipe and let... More
Friday, November 4, 2016
Last week, CFICE's Food Security Hub partner, Meal Exchange, released their report Hungry for Knowledge. The largest Canadian cross-campus study to date surveyed 4,500 students at five different Canadian university campuses and found that nearly 40% of all students surveyed are food "insecure". This is a significant finding, but according to... More
Monday, October 3, 2016
by Omar Elsharkawy, CFICE Admin RA More than half of the world’s population now live in cities and other urban settings. That means farmland often gets paved for urban development. While the number of farms and farmers in Canada are decreasing, making food ever more valuable, Canada wastes approximately $31 billion worth of food... More
Friday, September 30, 2016
On September 13, 2016, Food Secure Canada released it's report titled Paying for Nutrition: A Report on Food Costing in the North. Completed with the support of CFICE's Community Food Security Hub, this report leaves no doubt that food prices in the north are outrageous in comparison with the rest of Canada. With many... More
Thursday, September 22, 2016
“This book is dedicated to Cathleen Kneen, a contributor to this work. She was an educator, activist and friend whose spirit continues to guide us in our work on food system transformation.” A new book is out that community-campus partners and food researchers might want to dive into this harvest season. Titled Learning, Food, and... More
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
by Omar Elsharkawy, CFICE Admin RA The increasing engagement in community campus partnerships is not just a phenomenon that occurs between professors and community organizations. Students are also taking matters into their hands to become more engaged, and one way they are doing it is by setting up alternative food initiatives (AFIs) in their... More
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
by Omar Elsharkawy, CFICE Admin RA Dr. Peter Andrée’s contribution to CFICE has been immense from day one. He was involved, along with Geri Briggs, Ted Jackson and others, with planning and designing the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project. He began his journey with CFICE as an academic co-lead of the Community... More
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