Immigrant Women Food Policy Group

Immigrant Women Food Policy Group

Is this for you?
Are you a newcomer, immigrant or refugee woman?
Would you like to share your lived experience of accessing local food systems in BC?
Do you want to build and use your voice and facilitation skills to share research findings with local food system stakeholders?

The Program:
PIRS and KPU’s Institute for Sustainable Food Systems are conducting a community-based
research on overcoming root causes of food insecurity among newcomers. The goal of this
program is to create a safe space for immigrant and refugee women to engage with key food system stakeholders (planners, healthcare professionals, local businesses, service providers). Members will learn about their local food system and work alongside each other to organize, facilitate and lead 3 in-person stakeholder meetings

Eligibility:
Identify as an immigrant woman
Passionate about food, local food access, food policy
Have good spoken English skills (CLB 7/8)
Able to facilitate and lead 3 stakeholder meetings
Receive capacity-building training

Program Duration
Nov 2022 – May 2023
6 training sessions on Wednesdays (dates TBD)

Information Session
November 2 2022
6:00 – 7:00 pm @ zoom

Benefits:
-Receive capacity-building training
sessions from researchers in the field

-Develop and use group facilitation skills

-Build a network of women passionate
about contributing to a more inclusive
food policy

-Engage with stakeholders and decisions
makers within our local food system to
amplify the voices and experiences of
immigrant and refugee women

-Receive a $50 honorarium for
participation in each training session

-Receive a $100 honorarium for facilitating
each stakeholder meeting

-Receive bus tickets and free childcare
service for attending in-person workshop

For Questions
Please contact Sanzida Habib
shabib@pirs.bc.ca or, (778) 608-4318

For program flyers, click here