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In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap talks with jade guthrie, Educator and Curriculum Lead with FoodShare Toronto, about the need to reframe food from a capitalist product to a core part of community care. Looking for a transcript? Click here! In addition to her work with FoodShare, jade is also a community organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers, an advocacy co-lead on the Toronto Youth Food Policy Council, and an organizing member of Soul Food Project Toronto. You can also learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel. Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with Brianna Kroener, co-founder of Regina's Cathedral Community Fridge. *Music by Will Hydorn

In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap talks with Director of the Aboriginal Nursing Initiative at the University of New Brunswick and long-time Indigenous health advocate, Lisa Perley-Dutcher about the relationship between land-based language revitalization and food sovereignty. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Lisa is a Maliseet/Wolastoqi woman from the Tobique First Nation; a registered nurse for 30 years with a Masters in nursing, her work has focused on the improvement of health outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Canada. Lisa also served as President of the Indigenous Nurses Association of Canada and recently, she has been conducting land-based work connecting food harvesting and preparation with the revitalization of Indigenous languages. You can also learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel. Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with jade guthrie, Community Food Programs Curriculum Lead and Educator at FoodShare Toronto! *Music by Will Hydorn

In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap welcomes back Dehydration Nations' Audrey Logan about the history and impact of food colonization in Canada. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Audrey is a Nehiyaw (Cree)/Métis woman from Northern Alberta, who teaches out of a permaculture garden in West Broadway, Winnipeg using traditional methods. She has been living off the land in urban Winnipeg for more than a decade, and she now leads Dehydration Nations, a grassroots, indigenous-led movement to harness the traditional method of food dehydration and pair it with nation-to-nation trade as a way of promoting food sovereignty. You can also watch Audrey share her knowledge as part of a Righting Relations webinar on dehydration practices, and learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel. Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with Lisa Perley-Dutcher, Director of the Aboriginal Nursing Initiative at the University of New Brunswick, about her land-based work exploring the connection between food and language! *Music by Will Hydorn

In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap welcomes Toronto-based advocate, educator, and organizer Najia Zewari of the Women's Wellness Cafe and Afghan Women's Network to talk about her work with the Gull Khanum Community Cooking series, and the importance of knowledge-sharing spaces in the pandemic-era food sovereignty movement. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Najia is the peer leader at the Women's Wellness Cafe in Toronto, and co-founder of the Women's Cycling Network. She's also the founder of the Global Women's Network, and a former UN Women international women rights worker and leader of the Afghan Women’s Network. She's a longtime member of the Righting Relations National Network and the Toronto Circle, and sits on the Righting Relations Central Hub Advisory Board. Learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel! Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with Dehydration Nations' Audrey Logan about practical tips for changing your relationship with food! *Music by Will Hydorn

In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap welcomes Executive Director Karen Secord and Kitchen Manager Simon Bell from the Parkdale Food Centre to talk about the problems with the food bank model, and why Parkdale is looking to transform from a food bank to a source of food revolution. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Karen Secord has been the Executive Director of Parkdale Food Centre since 2012, and she is a storyteller, a long-time freelance writer, and former Marketing Manager. She has a passion for people and social justice, and her work is driven by the belief that food is often a forgotten human right.  Simon Bell is Parkdale’s Kitchen Manager and a veteran of the Ottawa food scene. He has worked in kitchens from Montreal to Paris since the mid-90s, and now he helps those who enter the Parkdale Kitchen to learn, grow, and teach others their personal food stories. Learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel! Join us again next month, when we will be talking about community cooking and the transformative power of knowledge-sharing with Najia Zewari of the Women's Wellness Cafe and the Afghan Women's Network. *Music by Will Hydorn

In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap welcomes public engagement office and environmental justice advocate Denise MacDonald to talk about different solutions to achieving food sovereignty in today's food production landscape. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Denise is the Public Engagement Officer at Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation, where she organizes events to promote collaboration and movement building, and supports efforts for global ecological, economic and social justice. Denise holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Regina and a BA Hons. in International Development and Political Science from the University of Toronto. She's an avid volunteer who believes in living her values, she loves being in nature, and she's constantly looking for ways to protect the Earth. You can also watch Denisse share her knowledge as part of Righting Relations webinars on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and protecting the health of people and the Earth. Learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel! Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with Karen Secord and Simon Bell of the Parkdale Food Centre about community food initiatives! *Music by Will Hydorn

In the second episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap welcomes artist and buffalo champion Joely BigEagle Kequahtooway to talk about Indigenous food sovereignty from buffalo to bannock. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Joely is an interdisciplinary Nakota/Cree/Saulteaux artist who comes from a long line of Buffalo hunters - she is a fashion and textile designer, visual artist, beader, storyteller and co-founder of the Buffalo People Arts Institute. She has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Calgary and another in Mathematics from the First Nations University of Canada. In her art she is inspired by the perfect symmetry in nature, and her mantra is all things buffalo as it connects her to her ancestral history and knowledge. You can also watch Joely share her knowledge as part of a Righting Relations webinar on Our Mother Earth and Treaties, and learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel. Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with Denise MacDonald of the Saskatchewan Centre for International Cooperation about modern food systems in Canada! *Music by Will Hydorn

In the premiere episode of Righting Relations Radio's new podcast series, Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap talks with Dehydration Nations' Audrey Logan about the history and impact of food colonization in Canada. Looking for a transcript? Click here! Audrey is a Nehiyaw (Cree)/Métis woman from Northern Alberta, who teaches out of a permaculture garden in West Broadway, Winnipeg using traditional methods. She has been living off the land in urban Winnipeg for more than a decade, and she now leads Dehydration Nations, a grassroots, indigenous-led movement to harness the traditional method of food dehydration and pair it with nation-to-nation trade as a way of promoting food sovereignty. You can also watch Audrey share her knowledge as part of a Righting Relations webinar on dehydration practices, and learn more about the Righting Our Relations with Food series on our YouTube Channel. Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with Interdisciplinary Nakota/Cree/Saulteaux artist Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway about the disappearance of the Buffalo. *Music by Will Hydorn

During this Righting Relations podcast, Heryka Miranda shares her  experience of facilitating dance movement therapy with migrant farm  workers in the Niagara region, and the creation of the piece "The  Sunflower Man" which has been used as a platform to advocate for justice  for migrant farm workers rights in Canada.

Every  system of supremacy and dominance creates fragility in the people who  benefit from that system because while they benefit materially, they're  being harmed spiritually.  Jon McPhedran Waitzer in their work with the  Resource Movement, mobilizes young people with class privilege to share land, wealth and power, recognizing the myths of meritocracy and  capitalist supremacy that hold up our society.  In this conversation, we  talk about healing the wounds of capitalism, patriarchy, colonialism  and white supremacy, the importance of self-work and how we can  dismantle all notions of supremacy while reclaiming our dignity and  joy.

As asylum seekers arrive to the US border, Righting Relations Radio is  in joined by Syed Hassan from the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change to  discuss the Honduran Migrant Caravan within the global political,  economic context and Canadian immigration policy.

In this episode of Righting Relations Radio, we are in conversation with  Alfredo Barahona from Kairos, exploring relationship-building between  Indigenous, Immigrant and Refugee communities, bridge-building both Kairos and Righting Relations are facilitating across Turtle Island, and the  importance of knowing who you are.