SPRING FORUM PROGRAM
Thursday, March 24, 2016, 1pm to 4pm
Laurier Concourse
PROGRAM
1:00 PM Welcome and Land Acknowledgments
1:10 PM On Campus Partner, Class and Community Food Project Presentations
- Sustainability Office – Claire Bennet – Manager, WLU Sustainability Office
- WLU Farmers Market
- Laurier Special Interest Research Group
- GS441 Ecological Citizenship Class Presentation on School Gardens – Dr. Stephen Svenson and Students
- Mino-Kummik: Aboriginal Community Garden
- Seven Shores – Steve Tulloch
- Young City Growers – Faith Nifa – YCG Volunteer
1:55 BREAK
2:00 PM Keynote Speaker Introduction: Lauren Ames – Volunteer, Young City Growers
2:10 PM Keynote Address and Q & A – Anan Lololi – African Food Basket, Founder & Executive Director
2:50 PM BREAK
3:00 PM Panel Presentations and Discussion
PANELISTS:
Joel Knight – Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable & 365Local Urban Aquaponics, Dr. Alison Blay Palmer – Laurier Centre for Community Service Learning and FLEdGE Project, Fanis Juma Radstake – Young City Growers & Anan Lololi – Afri-Can Food Basket
3:50 PM CLOSE
Farm Site Address: Northdale Campus, Wilfrid Laurier University, 66 Hickory Street, Waterloo, ON Office Address: C/o KW Counselling Services, 480 Charles Street East, Kitchener, Ontario. N2G 4K5 Email: youngcitygrowers@gmail.com Website: www.youngcitygrowers.org