F2SBC Conference 2023 - Website Launch & Call for Proposals
Angelina Sharma
Hello, Farm to School Surrey Region Network,
Hope you all had a restful winter break and are feeling recharged for the new year!
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 food ways, 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 as we will be announcing registration launch later this month. More information ( including the Call for Proposals Guidelines) can be found by visiting our conference website.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me at surrey...@farmtoschoolbc.ca
Kind Regards,
Angelina
| Angelina Sharma (she/her) Surrey Region Community Animator, Farm to School BC a program of the Public Health Association of BC |
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