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TMCIS-CSFS Lunch & Learn: From Roots to Plates - Discussions on immigrant food access, food security and food liberation across the life course

Date
April 17, 2024
Time
12:00 PM EDT - 1:30 PM EDT
Location
Hybrid (In-person at DCC 707/709; Online via Zoom)
Contact
tmcis@torontomu.ca
Register for TMCIS-CSFS Lunch & Learn: From Roots to Plates - Discussions on immigrant food access, food security and food liberation across the life course (external link) 
April 17 Lunch & Learn Poster - 1

The seminar was co-hosted by the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) and the Centre for Studies in Food Security (CSFS).

Description:

This event featured an enriching exploration of ethnic and immigrant food experiences, delving into discussions around food access, food culture and food liberation across the life course. Discussions explored diverse narratives about food experiences, how food access and practice shift and change throughout one’s life and how those changes can be unique to one’s cultural background. We looked at the experiences of children and youth in the context of school lunchrooms; the cultural, financial, and systemic factors that influence food access for international students; engaging young adults in food sovereignty; and the cultural appropriateness of food in seniors’ congregate dining settings and meal delivery programs.

Chairs:

Dr. Zhixi Zhuang - Academic Director, TMCIS 

Dr. Sara Edge - Associate Director, CSFS

Panellists: 

Yukari Seko - Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication

Sutama Ghosh - Associate Professor, Department Of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Ekow Stone - Farmer and Educator, Giving Farms  & Youth Engagement Coordinator, FoodShare

TMCIS occupies space in the traditional and unceded territory of nations including the Anishnaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and territory which is also now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This territory is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, as well as the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas.