Join us at this triple book launch to expl ore civil society\, the right to food and public policy with Annette Desmar ais (Public Policies for Food Sovereignty)\, Graham Riches (Fo od Bank Nations)\, and Andy Fisher (Big Hunger). This event i s part of the UBC Future of Food dialogue series.
2:
00 PM – 3:30 PM
October 2\, 2018
Ligh
t refreshments will be provided.
Our speakers include:
Andy Fisher\, a founding director of the Community Food Security Coalition in th e USA and author of Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Cor porate America and Anti Hunger Groups (MIT Press\, 2017).
Annette Aurélie Desmarais\, CRC in Human Rights\, Social Jus
tice and Food Sovereignty\, University of Manitoba and co-editor of Public Policies for Food Sovereignty: Social Mo
vements and the State (Routledge\, 2017).
Graham Ric hes\, emeritus professor of social work\, UBC and author of Food Bank Nations: Poverty\, Corporate Charity and the Right to Fo od (Routledge\, 2018).
Moderated by Laura Castrejon Violante\, ISGP PhD student\, Land Use and Global Environment (LUG E) lab\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Liu Scholar.
Copies of the books will be available for purchase at the UBC Bookstore tab le.
Co-hosted by: UBC School of Social Work\, UBC Sc hool of Public Policy & Global Affairs\, the Food Systems Network (a Liu Sc holars group)\, and the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm .
The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series is a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage th e UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including to pics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice \, culture\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussi on\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussions\, performances \, photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.