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Event

Unlocking the Potential Towards Healthy Food Systems

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 10:00to15:00
Centennial Centre Ballroom, 21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA

Part of ֱ's Global Health Week Program

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Venue: ֱ Centennial Center Ballroom, MacDonald Campus (21111 Lakeshore Road)

Format: In-person and online (hybrid), open to the public

Event Description:

  • ֱ’s Margaret A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) in affiliation with ֱ’s Global Health Community is organizing a mini-symposium as part of Global Health Week. The theme is “Unlocking the Potential Towards Healthy Food Systems” to stimulate collaboration for the synthesis of affordable and effective strategies towards the improvement of food system’s sustainable practices, based on tracking the social, economic, and environmental drivers for global health and well-being. This event will encourage alliances among different affiliates to create collaborative solutions for top issues spanning humanitarian crisis, colonization, climate change, health inequalities, socio-economic disparities, poor governance and unaffordability of nutritious food supply.

Speakers:

  • Maureen Rose, Senior Faculty Lecturer, School of Human Nutrition, ֱ
  • Colleen Thorpe, Executive Director, Equiterre
  • Richard Veenstra, Executive Director, Mission Inclusion
  • Donald Smith, Distinguished James ֱ Professor, Department of Plant Science, ֱ
  • Moderator: Dr. Patrick Cortbaoui, Managing Director, Margaret A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security

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