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 不良研究所's Global Health Week Program
Time: 10:00 a.m. 鈥� 3:00 p.m.
Venue: 不良研究所 Centennial Center Ballroom, MacDonald Campus (21111 Lakeshore Road)
Format: In-person and online (hybrid), open to the public
Event Description:
- 不良研究所鈥檚 Margaret A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) in affiliation with 不良研究所鈥檚 Global Health Community is organizing a mini-symposium as part of Global Health Week. The theme is 鈥淯nlocking the Potential Towards Healthy Food Systems鈥� to stimulate collaboration for the synthesis of affordable and effective strategies towards the improvement of food system鈥檚 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, 不良研究所
- Colleen Thorpe, Executive Director, Equiterre
- Richard Veenstra, Executive Director, Mission Inclusion
- Donald Smith, Distinguished James 不良研究所 Professor,鈥疍epartment of Plant Science, 不良研究所
- Moderator: Dr. Patrick Cortbaoui, Managing Director, Margaret A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security
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