Resource Category: Community

Why Local Food Matters

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: Local Food Matters
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Remote
• Format: Video
• Type: Video

Mini-documentary on local food and farming in Golden, BC.

Engaging People with Lived/Living Experience

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: Tamarack Institute
• Category: Community, Household food insecurity, Income
• Format: Document
• Type: Book

Guide for working with people with lived/living experience, especially in poverty reduction.

Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: Routledge
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Income, Indigenous food sovereignty, Local Government, Policy, Poverty, Remote, Seafood
• Type: Book

This book offers insights into the governance of contemporary food systems and their ongoing transformation by social movements.

Vancouver Chinatown Social Cohesion Report

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: Hua Foundation
• Category: Community
• Format: Document
• Type: Report/synthesis

With a rapidly changing small business and food landscape in Vancouver’s Chinatown, the Vancouver Chinatown Social Cohesion Report measures the social cohesion between new and traditional businesses and their networks and how that shapes and impacts the neighbourhood’s resilience.

Food Insecurity through Indigenous Perspectives

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health's UBC Learning Circle (UBCLC)
• Category: Community, Environment, Evaluation, Health, Household food insecurity, Indigenous food sovereignty, Policy, Remote
• Format: Video
• Type: Video

Webinar exploring perspectives from practitioners working on Indigenous food security and health.

Community Strength Based Approaches to Indigenous Food Systems

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health's UBC Learning Circle (UBCLC)
• Category: Community, Environment, Health, Indigenous food sovereignty, Mental Health, Policy, Procurement, Remote, School, Seafood
• Format: Video
• Type: Video

Webinar with wisdom from three people across BC working in Indigenous food systems.