Food Insecurity: Challenges Around The World
April 26, 2020
Watch the Replay: Food Insecurity: A Global Perspective
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TOPIC
Today we are talking about Food Insecurity. What is it? How does it affect me and those around the world? Who is Green Iglu and how are they solving Food Insecurity in the Arctic? Today we are answering those questions and more. Around the world, where we live influences what we eat and each area is faced with different food security challenges. Learn how Green Iglu developed solutions to address their food security challenges.
Resources
Student Handout [PDF] to take notes during presentation
Mentioned In the Presentation
Arctic Haulers - High above the Arctic Circle, tugboat crews battle ice and treacherous tides through a two-month window to keep the towns at the top of the world supplied and alive.
About Julia
Julia is the Education Manager at Green Iglu, a non-profit organization that works in partnership with remote Northern communities to grow produce year-round, in greenhouses called Growing Domes. Julia facilitates digital lessons with K-12 students on topics including food security, food sovereignty, nutrition, and botany. She believes that it is through our collective knowledge of these subjects, we will be able to build, grow, empower a food secure future together.
Previously, she worked at Teach For Canada, a non-profit organization that recruits, supports, and prepares educators to teach in Northern Indigenous communities. There, she worked alongside First Nations education leaders to ensure education to Indigenous youth is being delivered in a good way.
Julia is also a graduate student at the University of Victoria, where she is currently completing the Master of Public Health program, with a concentration in Indigenous Peoples’ health.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Formerly known as Project Growing North, Green Iglu built its first Growing Dome in Naujaat, NU in 2015. Since then, they have been at the forefront of agriculture in Canada’s North. With beginnings at Ryerson University as an Enactus social impact project, Green Iglu is now recognized as a Canadian Non-Profit organization and operate multiple food production facilities across Northern Canada.
GROWING HOPE PROJECT
The Growing Hope Project is a collaboration between San Bernardino City Unified School District, San Andreas High School, Technical Employment Training, Inc. and Night Owl Bay.
