Webinars

Food systems are critical to health and wellbeing. In Canada, the ways we produce, distribute, consume and waste food are linked to multiple issues, including food insecurity and poor working conditions, and lead to significant health inequities. The need to transform food systems toward healthier, more sustainable and just alternatives has never been more evident.

Amid the pressing challenges of our current food systems, the movement for food justice has gained momentum – focused on ensuring culturally relevant, justly grown and nourishing food for all.

This webinar will explore the connections between food systems and health inequities and provide action steps for the public health community to advance food justice. Through an overview of core concepts and illustrative examples, attendees will be equipped with a deeper understanding of food systems and strategies to advance food justice at different scales.

This webinar will be of interest to:  

• public health practitioners and policy makers 
• researchers  
• educators  
• decision-makers

Objectives: 

• Describe the major components of food systems including food supply chains, people, institutions, food system drivers and outcomes.   
• Explore the connections between industrial food systems and health inequities in the Canadian context. 
• Identify public health action to advance food justice at local, provincial, territorial and national levels.