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October 2021: Food Justice Stories, Funding, Learning & Resources

  An offering of food justice stories, news, resources and learning opportunities from the BC Food Security Gateway. The Gateway supports knowledge exchange and collaboration to address food security in BC, including hosting an amazing Community of Practice. Opportunities, Resources, and Learning   [JOB POSTING] Food Security Coordinator, Provincial Health Services Authority     [LISTEN] […]

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Hunger in wealthy Canada and the Right to Food: A conversation with Graham Riches

As charitable proclivities to donate to food banks have been in hyper-drive in response to COVID-19, including by the provincial and federal governments, Graham Riches continues to name a deep concern around how food banks prop up a broken food system in a pandemic context. He argues they are distracting us from the poverty reduction and income security policies it would take to uphold government’s responsibility to the Right to Food and progressively realize food security for all.

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Wicked Questions at the Intersections of Poverty Reduction, Food Insecurity, and Indigenous Food Sovereignty in BC

The Gateway’s Community of Practice dove into some Wicked Questions underpinning community food security work in BC, as a way of deepening our conversation on poverty reduction and food insecurity in BC.

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The Time is Now: Community of Practice Links Up Poverty Reduction, Food Insecurity, and Food Costing

Our November 2018 Community of Practice conversation linked up poverty reduction (with discussion of the upcoming BC Poverty Reduction Plan), food insecurity, and the recent 2017 Food Costing Report. Read on to learn what Trish Garner and Melanie Kurrein brought to the conversation.

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