Let’s Put Race on the Table w/ FoodShare Toronto
Black folks in Canada are almost two times more likely to experience food insecurity than white folks. Why? This workshop unpacks systemic racism as it shows up in our food system. In this session, your team will participate in anti-racist learning activities exploring how anti-Black racism and settler-colonialism shape our interactions with food at every level – through policies, institutions, interpersonal relationships, and day-to-day experiences. Through a lens of intersectionality, this workshop prompts participants to critically examine their own relationships with food. We’ll dive deep into these interconnections between food justice and racial equity while learning to make some homestyle Jamaican comfort food from scratch.
Length: 150 minutes
Sample Menu:
Stamp N’ Go Salted Cod Fritters
Mango Chutney & Scotch Bonnet Sauce
Fresh Ingredient Kits: Canada-wide delivery
Type: Virtual
Serves: 2 or 4
Learning: Materials to encourage personal learning around the themes explored during the workshop are delivered to participants both pre & post event
Meet Your Community Leader: Jade Guthrie
Jade believes in the power of food as a meeting point – as a tool that creates space for people to come together. At FoodShare, Jade's role as Community Food Programs Coordinator gives her freedom to explore that space in relationship with communities across the city – cooking, preserving, eating, and learning together.
Her background in social work (MSW) brings an anti-oppressive, critical lens to the work she does around food, with a focus on engaging with food justice and sovereignty movements in meaningful ways. She is particularly passionate about mobilizing the stories we tell (both ourselves and others) as a means of creating connections and building community.
“I loved the workshop and cooking together with my colleagues! It was wonderful to see everyone gathered in their kitchens while having meaningful conversations about food justice. The session gave me an important opportunity to learn new things about my colleagues and their cultural backgrounds.”
About FoodShare Toronto
FoodShare believes in the importance of a food system where everyone can feed themselves, their family and their community with dignity and joy. With programs ranging from urban agriculture at school-based farms to community kitchens for folks living in transitional housing,
FoodShare reaches over 260,000 people in Toronto people each year. FoodShare centres food justice in their work by collaborating with those most affected by poverty and food insecurity — Black, Indigenous, People of Colour and People with Disabilities.
Proceeds from each session support FoodShare's work with communities across the city focused on equitable food access.
Learning Outcomes
Learn
about anti-racism and anti-oppression frameworks
Discover
the interconnections between food justice and racial justice
Learn
how to engage and participate in food-justice based conversations
Gain
knowledge about the inequities in our city’s food system and learn what you can do to positively contribute
Build
social connections across colleagues and stimulate team cohesion