2021 OFC Annual General Meeting & Symposium

Recap & Session Recordings

On Thursday, November 18th, the Ontario Food Collaborative hosted its 2021 virtual AGM & Symposium, bringing together speakers and attendees from across the food system to share and learn about important work being done to advance food literacy. We welcomed OFC members, participants from academia, community partners, municipalities, and public health agencies. For session recordings and relevant files, see below!

Ontario Food Collaborative
Welcome and Member Update
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

This session provided an overview of OFC’s programming in the past year, upcoming initiatives, and a tour of the new OFC website and member portal.

Presentation Files

OFC Welcome and Member Update. OFC (2021-11-18)Download

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Contributors

Cynthia Lucar Diaz
Advisor, Policy Waste Reduction, Region of Peel
Chair, Ontario Food Collaborative

Mike Hager
Membership Coordinator, Municipal Waste Association
Steering Committee Member & Website Coordinator, Ontario Food Collaborative

D. Trevor Barton
Executive Director, Municipal Waste Association
Steering Committee Member, Ontario Food Collaborative

Ontario’s Food and Organic Waste Policy Statement
11:30 AM – 12 PM

In this session, Atif Durrani and Cindy Acab of the MECP provided an overview and discussed the Province’s Food and Organic Waste Policy Statement.

Presentation Files

Ontario’s Food and Organic Policy Statement. Ministry of Environment, Conservation, & Parks (2021-11-18)Download

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Speakers

Atif Durrani
Manager, Policy Development
Resource Recovery and Policy Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Cindy Acab
Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Development
Resource Recovery and Policy Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Community Perspectives on Food Sustainability
1 PM – 2:45 PM

In this session, speakers presented and discussed examples of food system community actions, from schools to marginalized communities to food circularity.  

Presentation Files

Mobilizing Food Waste Reduction: Gamification and Innovations in Food Waste Awareness Campaigns. Tammara Soma (2021-11-18)Download

Leftovers, Fresh Routes, Anew & Kin. Lourdes Juan (2021-11-18)Download

Fostering food literacy in schools. Carolyn Webb (2021-11-18)Download

Meeting community food needs through collaboration and the role of the Upcycle Kitchen. Angela Picot (2021-11-18)Download

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Speakers

Tammara Soma, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management (Planning), Simon Fraser University
Research Director and Co-Founder, Food Systems Lab

Carolyn Webb
Network Coordinator, Sustain Ontario

Lourdes Juan
Founder, Fresh Routes

Angela Picot
Food Literacy Coordinator, The SEED

Food Sustainability Dialogues
3 PM – 4 PM

This session gave participants the opportunity to engage with others and think out of the box to problem-solve. Participants were divided into breakout groups led by a moderator on the topics of food literacy in schools, food access, and food waste.

Presentation Files

Session 4 Food Sustainability Dialogues. OFC (2021-11-18)Download

Food Systems Dialogues: What we heard summary. Nov 26Download

Moderators

Carolyn Webb
Network Coordinator, Sustain Ontario

Nikita Scringer
City Manager – Calgary, Fresh Routes

Angela Picot
Food Literacy Coordinator, The SEED