Click here to view the PIBC Central North Chapter's Food Security webinar series on PIBC's YouTube channel (3 webinars).
Presentations (PDF)
School Yard Farms presentation - Fresh Roots
Food Security presentation - Dr Tammara Soma RPP, MCIP
Land Security presentation - Dr David J. Connell PhD, RPP, MCIP
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The PIBC Central North Chapter is pleased to present a three part webinar series on Food Security. Each webinar is eligible for 1.50 CPL units.
Webinar #3: March 15, 2023 (12:00 pm -1:30 pm)
Food security-focused case studies / community examples detailing the leadership of RPPs and partners in enabling and supporting food security
This webinar will feature an expert panel to present on specific initiatives that RPPs and our partners have engaged in and will include a notable amount of participant engagement. The primary focus is to provide to RPPs (and student planners) with tangible examples and tools to support food security in the communities we serve.
Speakers
- Dr. Tammara Soma, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University – Tammara’s topics of interest include food system planning, food literacy and education, community food assessments, community-based food research and youth food movement. In addition, Tammara focuses on social and environmental impacts of waste including food packaging waste, bioplastics, food waste, waste management, the circular economy and the social implications of food and agricultural technologies. (TBC)
- Dr. David Connell, Professor, University of Northern British Columbia – David’s topics of particular interest include agricultural planning and farmland protection, local food systems, and the quest for community. These areas are closely related - producing and consuming one’s own food as a foundation for community – and the first step toward creating a more sustainable society.(TBC)
- Alexa Pitoulis, Executive Director at Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society – Alexa Pitoulis is a UNBC alumni with a background in environmental planning with a passion in enabling and supporting food systems change security. Fresh Roots is a non-profit society that Grows Good Food For All by way of cultivating engaging gardens and programs that catalyze healthy eating, ecological stewardship and community celebration.
All three sessions to be moderated by Christine Callihoo, MSc NREM, RPP, Sr. Community Climate Resilience/Adaptation Planner.
