Conference: Encounter in Food Security – Canada, Brazil, Angola

Conference: Encounter in Food Security – Canada, Brazil, Angola

Conference Program
Encounter in Food Security – Canada, Brazil, Angola
Oakham House, 63 Gould St., Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
June 14-15, 2006
**Simultaneous English-Portuguese translation will be provided**
Day One: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
8:30 am: Light breakfast
9:00 am:
Cecilia Rocha (CSFS/Ryerson University): Welcome
Session I: National Coalitions and Alliances
9:30 am – 10:15 am:
• Renato Maluf (CERESAN/UFRRJ): Brazil’s National Council for Food
Security (CONSEA)
10:15 am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm:
• Mustafa Koc (CSFS/Ryerson University): Food Secure Canada
• Luciene Burlandy (CERESAN/UFF): The Brazilian Forum for Food and
Nutrition Security (FBSAN)
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch off site (Choose from many restaurants in the heart of
downtown Toronto)
Session II: Local Initiatives: Toronto and Belo Horizonte
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm:
• Nick Saul: The Stop Community Food Centre
• Debbie Field: FoodShare
• Wayne Roberts: Toronto Food Policy Council
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm:
• Jamil Galuppo Mattar (SMAAB): Food Security Policies in Belo Horizonte,
Brazil: Successes and Challenges
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Welcome Reception hosted by Office of International Affairs,
Ryerson University – all invited!
Centre for Studies in Food Security Mailing Address: 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 2K3
www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity Tel: 416-979-5000 x4564 Fax: 416-979-5204 email: [email protected]
Day Two: Thursday, June 15, 2006
8:30 am: Light Breakfast
Session III: Building Capacity in Food Security: A CIDA-UPCD Project in Brazil
and Angola
9:00 am – 10:15 am:
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Cecilia Rocha (CSFS/Ryerson University): Project Overview
Gorett Nogueira da Silva (SESC), Luciana Siqueira da Silva (Vida Brasil),
Marlene Marques Ávila (UECE): Food Security in Fortaleza
10:15 am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm:
• Marcia Muniz (SASOP), Luciana da Silva Nóbrega (UNEB): Food Security in
Juazeiro
• Milton Ávila (Fevale), Maria Helena Cardoso (Fenix Institute): Food Security in
Araçuaí
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch off site
Session III (cont’d.)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm:
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Jose Maria Katiavala (ADRA), Joaquim Morais (Agostinho Neto University):
Food Security in Angola
Maristela Alvares Pinheiro (ESPLAR), José Moacir dos Santos (IRPAA), Maria
Marcia de Mello (Fenix Institute): Gender and Food Security in Brazil
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Break
Session IV: Future Developments
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
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Cyndy Baskin (CSFS/Ryerson University): Aboriginal Communities and Food
Security – Canada and Brazil
Jonathan Crush (Southern African Research Centre, Queen’s University): Urban
Food Security and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa – a new CIDA-UPCD
Project
Judith Sandys (Ryerson University): Closing Remarks
Centre for Studies in Food Security Mailing Address: 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 2K3
www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity Tel: 416-979-5000 x4564 Fax: 416-979-5204 email: [email protected]