Farm to School BC Updates - Learning Circle and F2SBC Conference

[Tessa Stiven]

Hello F2SBC Central Island Listserv,

There are two exciting upcoming opportunities that can't wait until I send out January Highlights! See info below about an online learning circle this Wednesday and the call for proposals for our upcoming F2SBC conference. 

Northern Indigenous Foodways: Learning Circle Series for K-12 Educators 

Wednesday, Jan 11th from 3:15 to 4:15 pm (online) 

This series is presented to provide an opportunity for educators within the K-12 education system  to gain or advance skills and knowledge to apply Indigenous foodways and teachings within their food literacy curriculums and projects. This session will be led by Tea Creek Farm speaking to the history of Indigenous food in the Northern Context, ReconciliACTION & experiences of the Tea Creek model.

Register for the session here.

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F2SBC Conference 2023 - Website Launch & Call for Proposals

In-person at UBC Vancouver, May 17 - 19 2023; Call for proposals open until Feb 15th 

Farm to School BC is excited to announce the launch of our 2023 conference website and call for proposals!

Our 2023 conference, Planting the Seed: Harvesting connections, ideas, and community will be happening May 17th-19th at the UBC Nest in Vancouver. Our conference aims to celebrate the impact of both budding and established school food initiatives and programs, welcome diverse perspectives to share their experiences and knowledge, and leave our community with a revitalized sense of connectedness and empowerment. We anticipate up to 300 attendees from backgrounds spanning education, health, agriculture, culinary arts, policy, research, Indigenous affairs, and youth sectors. Conference themes include school farms, meal programs, Indigenous foodways, capacity building, celebrating culture with food, community connections, youth leadership and training, and more!

Our call for proposals is open now until February 15th, 2023. Proposals may focus on any promising practice, innovative initiative, experience-based observation, policy, and/or research effort to advance the movement toward healthy, local, and sustainable foods for students. We are accepting proposals in the formats of workshops, teacher & student-led posters, short talks or stories, and original research papers. Successful applicants will have access to our reduced presenter registration rate for the conference.

 

Stay tuned for registration launching later this month. More information (including the Call for Proposals Guidelines) can be found by visiting our conference website: 

https://f2sbcconference.ca/overview 

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Please reach out with any questions about these opportunities by emailing me at centralis...@farmtoschoolbc.ca.

In community,

Tessa

Tessa Stiven (she/her)

Central Island Region Community Animator, F2SBC

Public Health Association of BC 

Email: centralis...@farmtoschoolbc.ca

Cell: 250-510-6684

I acknowledge that I live on the unceded territory of the Quw'utsun Nation. I acknowledge my work supporting school programming is on Snuneymuxw, Stz'uminus, Snaw-naw-as, sK’ómoks, Hupac asat ̌̓ ḥ, Huu-ay-aht, Yuułuʔiłʔath, Tla-o-qui-aht, and c̓išaaʔatḥ territories.