Past Assemblies: Documentation

Ottawa, 2008 

Vancouver, 2006

Waterloo, 2005

Winnipeg, 2004

Toronto, 2001

For more context on FSC's assemblies, visit the History page.

Reclaiming Our Food System: A Call to Action

Ottawa, November 2008

Click here for the program with a list of presentations and workshops. Please also look at the list of sponsors, whose generous support made the conference possible.This conference attracted more than 300 participants who attended five plenaries and 25 workshops. At the final plenary, proposals for action were considered, working groups established, and the People's Food Policy was adopted as a key action for the next two years.

 

Bridging Borders Toward Food Security

Vancover, October 2006

FSC's 4th Assembly was held jointly with the Community Food Security Coalition (USA) at the point when Food Secure Canada was officially founded as a Canadian non-profit organization. It attracted about 900 people, more than half of them from Canada. Click here for the Vancouver Declaration which was agreed by Food Secure Canada at its first AGM at the end of the Assembly.

 

3rd  National Food Security Assembly

Waterloo, September-October 2005

Click here for the Proceedings

 

Growing Together: Cultivating food security in Canadian society

Winnipeg, October 2004

The 2nd national assembly took place on October 16, 2004, World Food Day, and committed to the formation of an organization founded on three interlocking principles:
* Zero Hunger;
* Sustainable food systems;
* Healthy and safe food

 

Working Together: Civil Society Input for Food Security in Canada

Toronto, June 2001

The first gathering of what was to become Food Secure Canada was held at Ryerson University, Toronto, in June, 2001, to respond to the Federal Government's call for a civil society assessment of its Action Plan for Food Security.

Click here for the Proceedings