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Monday, November 19, 2018
by Alexandra Zannis, CFICE Communications Volunteer Since its inception in 2001, Food Secure Canada (FSC) has been a strong voice for food security and sovereignty advancements in Canada. Through partnerships with projects like Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE), FSC has brought their advocacy game to new heights. In contrast... More
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
By Chelsea Nash, Communications Research Assistant Being 'community first' means engaging and involving community partners at all stages of the partnership, even the application process. When the CFICE team was putting together its SSHRC application several years ago, the application process presented one of the first opportunities to put the... More
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Story and podcast by Nicole Bedford, CFICE Project Manager and Communications Coordinator Sometimes it’s hard to trace the direct impact that government programs have on our communities. This is partly because on-the-ground projects leading to community change often receive funding from many sources, including private donors, industry partners,... More
Friday, May 4, 2018
Rhonda Ferguson is a postdoctoral fellow with Lakehead University and Food Secure Canada. She has been researching the relationship between agricultural trade, food security, and human rights throughout her postgraduate work. Rhonda has joined the CFICE team as part of the Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (Food Sovereignty) working group.... More
Thursday, April 5, 2018
On Friday March 23, 2018 CFICE and Food Secure Canada co-presented Governing A Food Policy for Canada: Challenges and opportunities for innovation. Featuring leading academic, industry, civil society and government thinkers, the panel presentation explored the challenges and opportunities surrounding the development of Food Policy for Canada,... More
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
by Ethan Walker, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Back in February, you may have seen the announcement that Food Secure Canada (FSC) won a government contract to coordinate a Northern Food Systems Study funded by the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Typically, government contracts are given to academic... More
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 CFICE presented Community Voices: Advancing community policy agendas through CCE. Moderated by David Peacock, the webinar had presenters Cathy Wright, Diane Bronson, Bonnie Brayton, and Colleen Christopherson-Cote sharing their experiences working in community-campus partnerships to advance their organization's... More
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Original article posted February 7 by Food Secure Canada Food Secure Canada, in collaboration with a pan-Canadian network of researchers and community partners with expertise in Northern food security and sustainable food systems, is undertaking a study to synthesize research and knowledge on the state of food systems and food security in the... 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
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
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement's (CFICE) Community Food Security Hub helped fund a project to address food insecurity in northern and remote communities in Canada. In collaboration with Food Secure Canada, Mt. St. Vincent University, and Lakehead University, this project renewed the work on food costing in Northern Canada so... More
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