Are you interested in offering a cooking club for children and youth? Nourish Nova Scotia has developed a cooking club toolkit and webinar for school staff and community leaders. The planning tools are intended for either school or community spaces. Whatever space you have – there is possibility! The webinar introduces Nourish’s new resource: Guide...Read More

On February 4, 2025, we hosted Jennifer Hoban from the Barrett Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Urban Agriculture to share about incorporating urban agriculture in the K-12 setting. Jennifer shared her expertise on how educators can integrate farming, food literacy, and sustainability into their classrooms, fostering a deeper connection between students and their food systems....Read More

Webinar hosted by Local Catch Canada With Canada’s National School Food Policy highlighting the urgency of strengthening food security nationwide, a new question arises: should seafood be on the menu? In August, Local Catch Canada hosted a thought-provoking webinar titled “Seafood in Schools,” inviting educators and food advocates to explore the potential of adding locally-sourced...Read More

Arden Elementary, Courtenay, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Arden Elementary’s video shows the power of partnerships and of using a Community School as a Hub for helping feeder/other schools.  Community and family volunteers have come together to make this amazing project possible, facilitating everything from healthy eating and opportunities for students to try new foods to...Read More

Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering spirit school, Toronto, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering Spirit School is an Indigenous cultural survival school in the heart of Toronto’s east end. KWSS serves just over 120 students that range from k-12. Their land-based learning program was started in September 2022 and centres itself on Indigenous food sovereignty, traditional...Read More

Depth of Field is a series of 40 short documentaries produced and presented by the National Farmers Union and March Forth Creative. Over the years, educators have shared with us that they appreciate short evidence-based resources that help make connections between food systems and the curriculum. We’ve heard that short videos can be especially helpful,...Read More

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...Read More