Indigenous School Food Event Series
Posted: September 22, 2022
Categories: Edible Education Network / Events / Good Food Ideas for Kids / GoodFoodBites / School Food News / Schools
Canadian Feed the Children, the Coalition for Healthy School Food, Farm to Cafeteria Canada and the University of Saskatchewan have partnered to host an Indigenous School Food Event Series throughout October.
Details for each event, which are all virtual, are copied below.
Serving Traditional Indigenous Food in Schools Webinar | Wednesday, October 12
The Indigenous School Food Circle is hosting a webinar on how school food programs are serving traditional Indigenous foods. Speakers will share how they’ve brought traditional foods into schools, how they’ve been able to incorporate traditional game and seafood, and any tips that they would offer to other school communities who want to bring traditional foods into their school food programs.
This event will take the format of a 1.5 hour facilitated conversation among the panelists followed by time for questions from participants and discussion. The conversation will be recorded and publicly shared afterwards. Register here.
First Comes Food: A Podcast by Canadian Feed the Children | Sunday, October 16
This podcast explores the surprising ways communities are feeding children and families in the face of a global food crisis. Join Canadian Feed the Children on a journey through Indigenous food forests in Saskatchewan, farming communities in African countries and early childhood community programs in Bolivia and meet the people who are growing food security for everyone.
Stay tuned on canadianfeedthechildren.ca/podcast, which will go live on October 16th.
Come to the Table: Exploring School Food Together | Thursday, October 27 & Friday October, 28
Hosted by the School Food Development Project (SFDP) out of the University of Saskatchewan, this in-person knowledge-sharing event is intended to inspire stories of successful, Indigenous-led school food programs and to facilitate the sharing of information, resources and planning tools; while creating networking and planning opportunities.
For opportunities to livestream the event’s presentations please register here or email stefanie.foster@usask.ca for more information.