Speakers & panelists
DAY 1 | DEC 3RD | 9:30 - 3:30 | 6:00 PM
Opening Session - How our Community Led Collective Action | 9:30am
MC |
Rudi Wallace, Grants Manager, Victoria Foundation
Speaker |
Linda Geggie, Executive Director CRFAIR
Tackling Food Insecurity: A Just and Equitable Future | 10:30am
Moderator |
Sonja Yli-Kahila, Coordinator of the Food Share Network
Speaker|
Joan Stonehocker, Executive Director LifeCycles Project Society
Panelist|
Kim Cummin's, Program Director, Shelbourne Community Kitchen
Panelist|
Ariel Reyes Antuan; Co-founder of Iye Creative & Palenke Greens, Entrepreneur, Community Organizer
Panelist|
Elizabeth (Liz) Maze, Executive Director Red Cedar Cafe
Panelist|
Christina Kante, Health Team Programs Coordinator Victoria Native Friendship Centre
Relearning: Food Literacy as the Roots for Change | 1:30PM
Moderator | Marcus Lobb, Community Animator at Farm to School BC
Moderator | Janelle Hatch, Registered Dietitian and Food Literacy Coordinator
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Panelist | Matthew Kemshaw, Environmental Educator
Panelist | Leah Seltzer
Program Manager, LifeCycles Project Society
Panelist | Kayla Siefried, Management Team, Site Manager & Community Education Coordinator
Savoury Stories: Food Is Connection | 6:00PM
Creative Director |
Jumana Risheq
Storyteller |
Tom Kral
Nature's Chef & Wild Food
Educator
Storyteller |
Earl Claxton Jr.
Respected SȾÁUTW̱ elder, plant knowledge keeper and community historian.
Storyteller|
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
Cowichan Elders Chef, Traditional foods advisor and educator
Filmmaker, Photographer & Editor|
Emily Robertson
Filmmaker, Photographer and editor of Food Is Connection.
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Storytellers |
Ariel Reyes Antuan & Jess Reyes Barton
Co-founders of Iye Creative & Palenke Greens
Storyteller|
Asiyah Robinson
Community Organizer, Member of Iye Creative, Youth Engagment Moblizer
Panelist|
Tiffany Joseph, ŚW̱,ȻENEṈITEL (Doing Good Work Together) Indigenous foods initiative
Panelist|
Hannah Maia Roessler, M.A, P.Ag.
Educator, consultant, and life-long learner.
DAY 2 | DEC 4TH | 9:00 - 12:30
Re-rooting our Local Food Economy | 9:00AM
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Moderator|
Ben Clark, Urban Food Table Co-Chair
Panelist|
Jim McIsaac, Executive director of the T.Buck Suzuki Foundation
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Panelist|
Susan Tychie, South Island Farmhub Lead
Panelist|
Jacques van Campen, Director of Innovation at South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP)
Panelist|
Patricia Reichert, Closing the Supply Gap
Food Future Rooted in Change| 11:30 AM
Moderator | Alex Harned, Food Systems Coordinator for the City of Victoria
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Artist | Jeremy Loveday, Poet
Musical Guest | Luke Wallace
Artist | K.P DENNIS, Poet
Youth Stream |
Sarah Jim |
Seed the City |
Zoe-Blue Coates |