Title: Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Location: University of Montreal, Montreal
Description: A Workshop at Food Secure Canada’s Assembly
Sunday November 28th 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm
University of Montreal, Montreal
Facilitated by Elisa Levi (One X One)
Resource People: Larry McDermott (Plenty Canada), Dawn Morrison (Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty) and David Welch (University of Ottawa)
Please join us to talk about Indigenous Food Sovereignty and the policies needed to support this vision. What are the barriers to Indigenous Peoples having control of their food systems? What policies need to be changed / created to achieve this vision? The Indigenous Circle of the People’s Food Policy Project has produced a policy discussion paper that will act as a starting point for this conversation (you can read it or download it at: http://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/policy/indigenous-food-sovereignty). Please note that this paper is a draft, and our hopes are to improve this draft based on this workshop and on Kitchen Table Talks that have taken place across the country over the last 2 months.
There is currently a promotion for people to attend Food Secure Canada’s assembly from Montreal (please visit: www.foodsecurecanada.org). If you are registered to attend the assembly, please simply come. If you are not registered for the assembly and wish to attend this workshop, please email Amanda at info@peoplesfoodpolicy.ca
Suggested resources:
* http://www.indigenousfoodsystems.org/
* Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool by Alicia Bell-Sheeter – a publication by the Native Agriculture and Food System Initiative of the First Nations Development Institute. This is a fantastic resource that is applicable to First Nations and non-First Nations communities. Available at: http://www.indigenousfoodsystems.org/sites/default/files/tools/FNDIFSATFinal.pdf
Start Time: 14:15
Date: 2010-11-28
End Time: 15:45
