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Student engagement
26
Aug

Involving Youth in School Food Programs- Webinar Recording and Resources

Learn about: The value of meaningful youth engagement and participation; Strategies for youth engagement in program design and implementation; A framework to support student engagement; and Ideas, challenges, and opportunities for engaging students in schools This webinar and its resources ar part of a series hosted in spring 2024 by the Public Health Assocation onf...
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28
Jun

Birchmount School in Moncton takes its learning to the gardens

Birchmount School, Moncton, NB Grant term 2022-2024 Birchmount School shares their school food journey with the Farm to School Canada Grants they received in 2022.  Birchmount School in Moncton, New Brunswick was paid a visit in 2022 by CTV News where they shared their excitement and future plans around their new 2022 Farm to School...
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13
Jun

Webinar Recording: Growing Food on the Land in Indigenous School Communities

Are you interested in learning how school food programs are engaging their students in food forests and growing food on the land? Check out this recording from the Indigenous School Food Circle’s May 2nd webinar: In this webinar, speakers shared how they established their programs, what they set out to do, how the program has...
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25
Nov

Farm to School Alberta Community Animator Pilot gets underway in Northern Alberta!

Photo: Paul Lavoie Two schools in Alberta’s Peace Region are benefiting from a pilot project to establish and grow farm to school in the region in the 2022/23 school year. This project is a collaboration between Alberta Food Matters and Alberta Public Health Association, in partnership with the Public Health Association of BC, the Rural...
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25
Nov

Appetite for farm to school in Alberta grows!

Alberta is a proud agricultural province, with the sector playing an important role in its economy. Farm to school activities provide an opportunity for students in Alberta – and across Canada – to access healthy, local food at school, make connections to the people in their community who grow and produce food, and learn about...
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05
Aug

Small Beginnings Grow Big

Palmerston Avenue Public School, Toronto, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Palmerston Avenue Public School is located in the Seaton Village area of the downtown Toronto Annex community. The school was first built in 1889. In 1897 a third floor was added and in 1915 the Annex building was constructed. The newer building opened in 1956. Palmerston...
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18
Jul

What have our 2020 Grant Recipients been up to?

Two years of growing, learning and participating in local food systems! About the Farm to School Canada Grants Offered in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation and delivered directly to schools, Farm to School Canada Grants are valued at up to $10,000 each and are designed to bring more healthy, local foods into school communities. They...
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18
Jul

Students Exploring Nutrition and Making Connections

Wiikwemkoong High School – Wikwemikong, ON Grant term 2020-2022 The Wiikwemkoong High School provided opportunities to enhance student’s learning and understanding of a variety of concepts through the green industries course offered. The students focused on growing vegetables from the seeds in the community greenhouse, to rearing them and transplanting them into the local community...
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