Appendix a - Agenda

Taking Back Our Food Chain Forum Report - Appendix A - Agenda

APPENDIX A - AGENDA ORIGINAL AGENDA

Following is the agenda printed in the event program.

Monday, March 26 - Day One

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Registration

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks • Opening Song and Prayer • Welcome from Chief Clifford Bull, Lac Seul First Nation • Remarks from Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrence • Remarks from Ministry of Health and Long-term Care - Associate Deputy Minister Sharon Lee Smith (TBC) • Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program Introduction – Nicole Nolet, Ministry of Health and Long-Term 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Feast

1:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Regional Food Update • Food Security and Health – Emily Paterson, Approaches to Community Wellbeing, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority • Climate Change and Food Security - Bill Maloney, Ontario First Nation Technical Services Corporation • Community Travel and Logistics - Jennifer Guerrieri, Nishnawbe Aski Nation • Nutrition North Canada and Related Policy Challenges - Tracey Galloway • The Regional Distribution Centre - Bruce Sakakeep, Vicki Blanchard 3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nutrition Break

3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion - Update from the Communities

Tuesday, March 27 - Day Two

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

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opportunities for local producers, and also how BC is collaborating to support remote food access. • Loudon Bros - Jason Perrier • Operations Economics Inc. - Rob Beynon • City of Thunder Bay - Dan Munshaw • Local Food and Farm Co-op - Jen Springett 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Nutrition Break

10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Co-operatives, Order Consolidation and Group Buying (1 ½ hrs) This session will provide an introduction to the co-operative model and provide examples of co-ops. Also presenting are

two representatives from food buying clubs in the region, one that services Northwestern Ontario and the other in Fort Severn First Nation. • Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op - Jen Springett • Silver Mountain Food Buying Club - Diana Bockus • Fort Severn Community Order - Victoria Matthews • “Forest and Freshwater Foods Harvesting, Processing and Distribution” Cooperative Development Opportunities - Greg Padulo, Generation Seven Consulting 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Bagged Lunch

12:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Food Growing and Greenhouses (1 ¾ hrs) Hear how two First Nation communities are taking food production into their own hands and learn about two structured food growing models. • Eabametoong Farm and Greenhouse - Katrin Sawatzky • Meechim Project - Byron Beardy and Raquel Koenig, Four Arrows Regional Health Authority & Rodney Contois, Aki Foods • Bio Mass Greenhouses – Jim Gallant • Growcer Modular Food Solutions - Branavan Tharmarajah Local Food Practices This session will explore ways that people in Northern communities are continuing to get food from the land and grow their own food. Also presented are examples of programs that encourage and increase food literacy. • Food from the Land – Clara Winnepetonga, Wapekeka, Leon Beardy, Kasabonika Lake • Home Gardens – Lynn Fox • Community Freezers (TBC) • Community-Based Nutrition Programs and Hunter- Education Programs from the Arctic – Tracey Galloway • Food Technology in the Classroom – Kanina Terry & Alexander Short, KERC 2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Nutrition Break

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2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Community Stores (1 ¾ hrs) Representatives from two Ontario First Nation community operated stores will share on this panel, along with a

representative from Arctic Co-ops, which is owned and Sessions run concurrently directed by 32 autonomous community-owned and controlled Co-operatives in northern Canada. • Omahamo Store, Kingfisher Lake - Matt Winter • Michikan Lake Co-op, Bearskin Lake - Tom Kamenawatamin • Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. – Duane Wilson Social Enterprise Models Social Enterprise is a relatively new term - this session will provide an introduction to social enterprise and look at two social enterprises operating in Northern Manitoba. • What is Social Enterprise - Emmett Ferguson • Food Box Delivery Service – Rodney Contois, Aki Foods • Backyard Chickens – Byron Beardy and Raquel Koenig, Four Arrows Regional Health Authority

Wednesday, March 28 - Day Three

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Keynote Addresses (1 ½ hrs) Byron Beardy and Raquel Koenig - Four Arrows Regional Health Authority

Wapekeka Land Based Programming - Clara Sessions run concurrently Winnepetonga, Derek Winnepetonga, Jonas Beardy and Edward Anderson

10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Nutrition Break

10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Planning for Community Food Systems (1 ¼ hrs) Asset mapping and social enterprise readiness Facilitated by Emmett Ferguson, Charles Levkoe and Jen Springett

12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bagged Lunch

12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Detailed Community Project Planning (2 ½ hrs) 2-3 facilitated sessions based on participant feedback. Potential topics: • Regional Distribution

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• Food Storage and Infrastructure (e.g., freezers, preserving) • Food Growing • Hunting, Harvesting and Foraging • Retail Stores • Community Buying Clubs • Food Education Programs • Other Facilitated by Emmett Ferguson, Charles Levkoe and Jen Springett

FINAL AGENDA

Changes to the agenda were made, as needed, to accommodate incidents as they arose. Following is the agenda as it happened at the event.

Monday, March 26 - Day One

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Registration

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks • Opening Song and Prayer • Welcome from Chief Clifford Bull - Lac Seul First Nation • Remarks from Sioux Lookout - Mayor Doug Lawrence • Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program Introduction – Nicole Nolet, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Ice Breaker - Visual Sliding Scale

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Bagged Lunch

3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Community Input Session Lead by Jesse Terry and Vincent Ng

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Tuesday, March 27 - Day Two

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Building Values into Food Distribution (1 ½ hrs) Moving small volumes of food across vast distances creates challenges. Learn how others are working together in our region to overcome these challenges and create more opportunities for local producers, and also how BC is collaborating to support remote food access. • Loudon Bros - Jason Perrier • Operations Economics Inc. - Rob Beynon • Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. – Duane Wilson 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Nutrition Break

10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Local Food Practices (1 ½ hrs) This session will explore ways that people in Northern communities are continuing to get food from the land and

grow their own food. Also presented are examples of programs that encourage and increase food literacy. • Food from the Land – Clara Winnepetonga, Wapekeka • Home Gardening - Clara Winnepetonga, Wapekeka • Community Freezers - Will Hyndman • Community-Based Nutrition Programs and Hunter- Education Programs from the Arctic – Tracey Galloway • Food Technology in the Classroom – Kanina Terry, Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Bagged Lunch

Presentation interrupted by window breaking in Bear Room 2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Nutrition Break

2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Community Stores, Co-operatives, Order Consolidation and Group Buying (1 ¾ hrs) This session will provide an introduction to the co-operative

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model and provide examples of co-ops. Also presenting are Sessions run concurrently two representatives from food buying clubs in the region, one that services Northwestern Ontario. Representatives from two Ontario First Nation community operated stores will share on this panel. • Omahamo Store, Kingfisher Lake - Matt Winter Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op - Jen Springett • Silver Mountain Food Buying Club - Diana Bockus • “Forest and Freshwater Foods Harvesting, Processing and Distribution” Cooperative Development Opportunities - Greg Padulo, Generation Seven Consulting Social Enterprise Models Social Enterprise is a relatively new term - this session will provide an introduction to social enterprise and look at two social enterprises operating in Northern Manitoba. • What is Social Enterprise - Emmett Ferguson • Food Box Delivery Service – Rodney Contois, Aki Foods • Backyard Chickens – Byron Beardy and Raquel Koenig, Four Arrows Regional Health Authority

Wednesday, March 28 - Day Three

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Keynote Addresses (1 ½ hrs) Byron Beardy and Raquel Koenig - Four Arrows Regional Health Authority

Wapekeka Land Based Programming - Clara Sessions run concurrently Winnepetonga, Derek Winnepetonga, Jonas Beardy and Edward Anderson

Regional Distribution Centre & Collaborating to Reduce Food Costs Meeting led by Vicki Blanchard, Jen Springett and Dan Munshaw to discuss benefits of Regional Distribution Centre and collaborating to reduce food costs.

10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Nutrition Break

10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Food Growing and Greenhouses - Continued from Day Two (1 ¼ hrs) • Bio Mass Greenhouses – Jim Gallant (presented by Che Curtis-September) • Growcer Modular Food Solutions - Branavan Tharmarajah

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12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Traditional Lunch

12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Planning for Community Food Systems (2 ½ hrs) Asset mapping and social enterprise readiness. Asset Mapping Exercise Potential Initiatives: • Community Stores • Hunting, Harvesting and Foraging • Food Growing • Indigenous and Western Food Education

Facilitated by Emmett Ferguson, Charles Levkoe and Jen Springett