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 ۲ݮƵ's Global Health Week Program
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Venue: ۲ݮƵ Centennial Center Ballroom, MacDonald Campus (21111 Lakeshore Road)
Format: In-person and online (hybrid), open to the public
Event Description:
- ۲ݮƵ’s Margaret A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) in affiliation with ۲ݮƵ’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, ۲ݮƵ University
- Colleen Thorpe, Executive Director, Equiterre
- Richard Veenstra, Executive Director, Mission Inclusion
- Donald Smith, Distinguished James ۲ݮƵ Professor, Department of Plant Science, ۲ݮƵ University
- Moderator: Dr. Patrick Cortbaoui, Managing Director, Margaret A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security