Sovereignty & Solidarity : Learning from Black & Indigenous agricultural traditions

While it will be a few more weeks before new life comes to the fields, the winter season is a fertile time for moments of exchange and collaboration between and across farming communities. We’re delighted to welcome two of our partners for a conversation about working towards food sovereignty and the importance of solidarity networks across communities.

Rae Skye Katsi’tsaronkwas Brooke Rice is one of the stewards of the Tka:nios project, bringing together intergenerational knowledge of food foraging, growing, harvesting and hunting to nourish the Kahnawake community’s connections with traditional foodways. In collaboration with community members and with the support of partners at Concordia, Brooke hopes to grow the Tka:nios project into a vibrant community food hub that will serve her community for many generations to come.

Hamidou Maïga launched Hamidou Horticulture to expand the production and sale of ethnic and heirloom vegetables in the Montreal region. He also offers education programs for Afro-descendent families to access agricultural training opportunities. Hamidou’s efforts to cultivate relationships and connections across agriculture communities has led to the creation of Okra: Agricultures Marginales, an organization that aims to strengthen the ties between immigrant communities, the lands to which they have been displaced and the original peoples of those lands.

Register here or drop by if you are on campus.

Please note - this event is held in person, at the SHIFT space. If, for accessibility reasons, you are not able to join in person but would like to attend the event, please contact shift@concordia.ca and we can work together to see if an alternative solution is possible. A week’s notice will give us the best chance of making something work.

Learning Community Showcase On the first Tuesday of the month, come meet members of SHIFT’s Learning Community and learn more about the socially transformative initiatives they are leading.