Such a pleasure to speak w/ communities across the country including: Tiny Home Takeout in Kitchener, a 15-year-old who started #PEI's 1st free community fridge, Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre on the new affordable country food box program, and to get insight from food insecurity expert Gisèle Yasmeen.

Happy to be part of the CFCC family! ❤️

Earlier this year, Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre CFC launched their Inuliqtait Country Food Box program in collaboration with local hunters. The pay-what-you-can boxes ensure culturally appropriate food is accessible to all in the community. 🧵

A great article about the various food sovereignty projects ongoing in Nunavut. We need stronger infrastructure investments to support the existing food system and improve food security in the territory on a larger scale. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

We need impactful solutions that will increase incomes. Food charity responses are inadequate to address the causes of food insecurity. We have options, including a guaranteed basic income, increased minimum wage, and indexing social assistance rates to inflation. (8/9)

The Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre is now serving close to 450 meals per day. cbc.ca/1.6566896

🗓️Save the date: Rachel Blais, executive director of Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre CFC, will speak at The Walrus Talks Global Hunger Crisis on Tuesday, October 18 at 7 p.m. ET. For more details & to register: thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-tal…

"Governments already have the tools in their toolbox to reduce food insecurity – improving social assistance, minimum wages & employment standards, re-examining EI and providing more to the lowest-income households through benefits like CCB & CWB." Report: proof.utoronto.ca/resource/house…

Berries are 💯 the best on-the-land-snack! Kigutangirnaq (blueberries), kimminnaq (cranberries), paurgaq (crowberries), and aqpik (cloudberries or bake apples, depending on who you ask) are the most popular picks in Nunavut. What's your favourite? #berries #berrypicking #Nunavut

Poverty is at the root of food insecurity. The solution isn’t more food, it’s more income. Join our growing movement & speak up for stronger income supports including a Canada Disability Benefit by 2023 #EndDisabilityPoverty #JusticeforWorkers #CWAS #Right2housing #FoodSummit2022

Join us at National Gallery of Canada or online for The Walrus Talks Global Hunger Crisis, presented by Cooperation Canada. 🗣: Rachel Blais of Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre, Sophie Gebreyes of The Lutheran World Federation Ethiopia, Neil Hetherington, Melana Roberts and more! eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-t…

Piruqtuviniit weekly food box from Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre for $75. Really appreciate their community food programs.

"Food security in the North cannot happen without food sovereignty...it is a key step to reconciliation." "We must listen. And we must act." - Rachel Blais Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre #WalrusTalks via The Walrus

We recently submitted our 2023 Prebudget Submission to the Finance Committee. You can help us put #SchoolFood in the next budget by sharing the recommendations with your MP and asking them to support our recommendations. It's time to #NourishKidsNow! 💰healthyschoolfood.ca/nourishkidsnow

We cannot continue to rely on food charity to address food insecurity. In the North, we need investments in harvesting-enabling infrastructure, salaries for hunters, and improved social supports to put more money in people's pockets. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

After learning about food sovereignty in #iqaluit & organizations looking to make change, the Five Nine wanted to take their learning further. Their Read-a-Thon raised $500 for Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre. Thankful to those who shared their knowledge & the support of families. Take Action

"Some academics wrote about how we have basically a dual economy. One is the wage economy, and the other is the hunting economy. And just to acknowledge that huge part of our productivity is around hunting." breachmedia.ca/imagining-an-e…