Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE). SSHRC @SSHRC_CRSH funded research and knowledge sharing partnership grant.
Waterloo, ON Canada
Joined February 2016
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As the FLEdGE project comes to a close, we will be slowly phasing out of our Twitter account.
Please join us @LCSFSresearch as we continue to promote food sustainability actors and research.
See our archive for more info: fledgeresearch.ca/
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@UNESCOchairFBSS renewed for another four years at @Laurier!
Learn more about the past 4 and future 4 years of the Chair here: tinyurl.com/3nw9jvh5
“I see my role as a conductor, enabling these people and projects to work together in a positive way," says @blaypalmer
Upcoming press conference on the presidential decree to end glyphosate use in Mexico - highlighting 25 research projects dedicated to finding feasible, sustainable alternatives
#Conahcyt, la Subsecretaría de Autosuficiencia Alimentaria de @Agricultura_mex y la @PAgraria invitan a la conferencia de prensa “Atención al Decreto para prescindir del glifosato en México”.
🗓️ 27 marzo 2024
🕐 13:00 h
➡️ bit.ly/4cuUVsS
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At Women, Food, Sustainability, we'll hear from Carla Johnston about gender and NWT food systems. Check out some of her work ahead of time here! tinyurl.com/3n26mmyt
Register for the panel: womensday.bpt.me/
#Sustainability #FoodSystems #InternationalWomensDay2024
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We're super excited to explore @laineyoung_'s research in Quito at our panel on March 14. Make sure to check out the newest season of @handpickedpodc, produced and co-hosted by Laine, for more of her work
Event registration is open now. See you there! tinyurl.com/3rmdxu6v
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Don't forget to stop by the @BalsillieSIA at @Laurier Waterloo March 14 4:30-6:00pm EST for a great in-person discussion on Women, Food, Sustainability with @AndreaMBrownYun and others!
Registration here: womensday.bpt.me/
#InternationalWomensDay2024 #FoodSystems
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As we wrap up Feb, here are a few resources developed in partnership with @LCSFSresearch - an opportunity for continued learning, and a reminder that every month is Black History Month.
Link here: tinyurl.com/n8fjsphk
#BlackHistoryMonth #Food #Sustainability #FoodSystems
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Interested in working with @UNESCOchairFBSS
and @LCSFSresearch? Check out the open position below! More details here: tinyurl.com/2vvd8stf
Apply or inquire via email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!
#hiring #sustainability #foodsystems #research
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Remember our Growing A Just Food System panelist, Gabriel Allahdua?
His memoir, Harvesting Freedom, reveals what life is like for the people who produce Canada’s food.
Join the author and activist online March 1 | 2pm EST
Register below: brownpapertickets.com/event/…
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Rescheduled!
🌽Growing a Just Food System
🗓 March 1 2024
⏰ 2 - 3:30pm EST
Join activist Gabriel Allahdua (@j4mw) and Drs @ProfJMcLaughlin and @JennaLHennebry online for a panel discussion on the migrant workers who grow our food in Canada
Register Now brownpapertickets.com/event/…
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Recent work by the @ROWPublicHealth shows that in 2023, the cost of eating healthy for a family of four totalled $1124.79 per month, an 5.2% increase from 2022 (or an additional $55.63 per month).
#foodflation #CostOfLivingCrisis #FoodSecurity
Read more bit.ly/4885eA0
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Register for the latest instalment of the Laurier Northern Webinar Series: Indigenous Leadership in Conservation and Protected Areas🌲
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. EST on Zoom
Presenters: Dawn Dietrich, Andrew Spring, Jessica Jumbo, Ryan Planche, Emily Sabourin
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Looking for a graduate student position? @andrewjspring is looking for exceptional MES, MSC, and PhD candidates to join on-going food systems research in the Northwest Territories.
Find the full posting here bit.ly/3TU22EA with information on how to apply!
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#Laurier researcher @andrewjspring is in #Kenya to help announce a new partnership with Rongo University. Over 7 years, the program will leverage local media to educate farmers on modern approaches to food production. @UNESCOchairFBSS
Learn more: kenyanews.go.ke/rongo-univer…
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🌎 Transforming the global #foodsystem starts with #divesting pension funds and investments from polluting multinationals and diverting them to more sustainable funds!
Read more from @blaypalmer about making food and farming systems sustainable 👉sustainableviews.com/cop28-t…
#COP28
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As discussions continue this week @COP28 about tackling #climatechange, we must remember that the agricultural sector contributes to nearly 15% of warming levels.
Read more from sustainable views sustainableviews.com/cop28-t…
#ClimateAction #foodsystem
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Starting tomorrow, stay tuned for presentations by Mark Terry, @Laurier representative, documentary filmmaker and film professor, at this years UN Convention on Climate Change
#COP28 #COP28UAE #ClimateAction
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Review of Harvesting freedom: The life of a migrant worker in Canada by Gabriel Allahdua
Reviewed by Noura Nasser
#Migration #Labour #SeasonalWorkers #Agriculture #AgriculturalWorkers #Memoir #BookReview #BooksAboutFood #CurrentlyReading #CanAg #Canada
canadianfoodstudies.uwaterlo…
ALT Book cover of Harvesting freedom: The life of a migrant worker in Canada by Gabriel Allahdua with a graphic of a person raising their left fist above their head, amongst vegetables.
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Dec 14 | 11:30 AM,Tech-Enhanced Biodiversity: Cultivating a Sustainable Food Ecosystem will explore how biodiversity & cutting-edge technologies can shape the future of our food industry🌱🌍
Register!bit.ly/3RlZ8GP
#FoodTech #Biodiversity #Sustainability #buildthefuture
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In light of postponing our event, Growing a Just Food System, join @IAVGO and @j4mw November 30th at 6:15pm EST to celebrate their efforts in the fight for injured and migrant worker’s rights.
Find the zoom link here: lnkd.in/gKstvS7q
Learn more: injuredworkersonline.org/iwe…
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🌽 Growing a Just Food System
📍Online
🗓 November 30th | 4:30pm EST
There are still a few days left to join author of Harvesting Freedom, Gabriel Allahdua, and Drs. Janet McLaughlin and Jenna Hennebry as they discuss migrant work in Canada.
Register: bit.ly/3MLfMgB
