Food Justice YEG Summit
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This summit is focused on systems transformation, moving beyond emergency responses to building permanent, rights-based solutions.
Our focus is a critical shift: From 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 to 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. The day will frame what we learned from the project and identify what must change to tackle food insecurity, waste, and systemic gaps in Edmonton.
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗬𝗘𝗚 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 9 am - 4 pm
ArtsHub Ortona - 9722 102 Street NW, Edmonton
Venue has free parking, is wheelchair accessible, and has gender neutral washrooms. FREE TO ATTEND.
Register today to save your spot: zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/food-justice-yeg-summit-vision-to-action
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𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
🔹Launch and Activate the Edmonton Food Resource Map: Learn about this valuable community resource through a live demonstration and share your input on where the Map should be embedded for visibility and integration into frontline services.
🔹Hear from Community Leadership: Featuring a panel of mutual aid leaders, Grow team voices, and community members who will highlight lived experience, resilience, innovative solutions, and systemic barriers present in the current food ecosystem.
🔹Mobilize Action: Shape strategies on key areas of focus around food advocacy:
🔹Food Rescue & Waste Reform: Identify pilot pathways and next steps for policy changes and climate alignment.
🔹Shared Kitchens & Infrastructure Access: Help map underused community kitchens and design a pilot model for a shared-use space for grassroots and mutual aid organizations.
🔹Mobilizing the Grow Plan: Make a plan to influence local policies, especially at the city level, and create pathways to put the Grow Strategy into action.
🔹Building Momentum Forward: The day concludes with a “Collective Harvest” of concrete next steps, leads, and timelines to carry the ideas and strategies of the day into action.
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The Food Security and Food Justice Ecosystem of Edmonton (FSFJE) project and the Food Justice YEG Summit has been made possible with generous funding from the City of Edmonton’s Community Safety and Well-Being grant.
Our focus is a critical shift: From 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 to 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. The day will frame what we learned from the project and identify what must change to tackle food insecurity, waste, and systemic gaps in Edmonton.
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗬𝗘𝗚 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 9 am - 4 pm
ArtsHub Ortona - 9722 102 Street NW, Edmonton
Venue has free parking, is wheelchair accessible, and has gender neutral washrooms. FREE TO ATTEND.
Register today to save your spot: zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/food-justice-yeg-summit-vision-to-action
__________
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
🔹Launch and Activate the Edmonton Food Resource Map: Learn about this valuable community resource through a live demonstration and share your input on where the Map should be embedded for visibility and integration into frontline services.
🔹Hear from Community Leadership: Featuring a panel of mutual aid leaders, Grow team voices, and community members who will highlight lived experience, resilience, innovative solutions, and systemic barriers present in the current food ecosystem.
🔹Mobilize Action: Shape strategies on key areas of focus around food advocacy:
🔹Food Rescue & Waste Reform: Identify pilot pathways and next steps for policy changes and climate alignment.
🔹Shared Kitchens & Infrastructure Access: Help map underused community kitchens and design a pilot model for a shared-use space for grassroots and mutual aid organizations.
🔹Mobilizing the Grow Plan: Make a plan to influence local policies, especially at the city level, and create pathways to put the Grow Strategy into action.
🔹Building Momentum Forward: The day concludes with a “Collective Harvest” of concrete next steps, leads, and timelines to carry the ideas and strategies of the day into action.
__________
The Food Security and Food Justice Ecosystem of Edmonton (FSFJE) project and the Food Justice YEG Summit has been made possible with generous funding from the City of Edmonton’s Community Safety and Well-Being grant.
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Where is it happening?
9722 102 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 0X4, Canada
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Host or PublisherJohn Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights
