Food Justice on Campus: Racialized Student Food Insecurity in Digital Stories

Date: Thursday, November 28, 2024

Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Location: ImprovLab at the University of Guelph (MacKinnon Building, Room 108)

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Racialized and Indigenous peoples are facing unprecedented rates of food insecurity across Turtle Island (North America). Even at the University of Guelph, Canada’s Food University, students from racially and ethnically marginalized backgrounds struggle to access the foods required for nutrition, enrichment, and cultural connection. Taking seriously the impacts this has on the overall health of the students and the University community, we are inviting students, staff, and faculty across campus to participate in our screening workshop Food Justice on Campus: Racialized Student Food Insecurity in Digital Stories.

About the Workshop

In this interactive workshop, we will engage in critical conversations about how to promote food justice on campus by watching and reflecting on four short creative videos on the intricacies of race, culture, food, and student living. Participants will be invited to an active and supportive environment to take part in a diverse, embodied, and creative dialogue about the food crisis facing racialized and Indigenous students especially, and the student population more generally. Following the workshop, participants will also be invited to share their own stories over good food and good vibes. Dinner will include a vegan hearty stew and an authentic Ghanaian chicken and rice dish catered by Community FEWD (Food Equity With Dignity).

There are a limited number of in-person spots available, and the workshop will also be livestreamed over Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to online participants the day before the event.

The workshop is supported by Arrell Food Insitute, the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, The Guelph Lab, Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.

About the Facilitators

This workshop is facilitated by Dr. Jade Da Costa (they/she), a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition with Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, and Naty Tremblay (they/them), an Interdisciplinary Artist & Educator for Transformative Justice & Regenerative Reciprocity and PhD candidate in the Social Practice & Transformational Change Program.

RSVP by Tuesday, November 26 at 5 p.m.