The collective is just as important as the cooking: Organizing student and youth based collective kitchen groups

THE COLLECTIVE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE COOKING Organizing student and youth based collective kitchen groups Group: Réseau D’Entraide De Verdun  Issues addressed: The project is based on community organizing and food solidarity. It addresses issues such as poverty, food insecurity, isolation, marginalization, class, gender and race. Size of project: We would like to have [...]

Research and Writing project – Montreal Media Co-Op

The Montreal Media Co-op is looking for a student, preferably in Journalism or Communications, to undertake a research and writing project for the upcoming semester. The student would be expected to work with members of the MMC is researching one or several topics through various means, including Access to Information Requests, archival research and interviews. [...]

McGill Food Systems Project

Organization: McGill Food Systems Project The McGill Food Systems Project (MFSP) is a collaborative initiative between students, McGill Food and Dining Services, and the McGill Office of Sustainability, which utilizes student research to assess and improve the sustainability of the food systems at McGill. Currently, we are developing a database of the food sourcing practices [...]

The Organic and Natural Food Distribution Market: Alternative or Niche?

Organization: Le Frigo Vert The collective at frigo needs to know more about its suppliers and natural food distribution more generally. Unlike other retailers, the frigo does not purchase or sell based on price. It considers other variables in making food available to its members, such as: locality, labour standards and manners in agriculture, transformation, [...]

Best Before:Waste, Safety and the Food Industry

Organization: Midnight Kitchen Project description: The Midnight Kitchen is looking for someone to work on a research project about food safety and expiration dates found on food packaging. Ideally, this project would look into the market incentives behind expiration date labeling in comparison with the actual interval within which food is safe for consumption. The [...]

(Français) Développement économique régional et enjeux environnementaux : enjeux sociologiques

Développement économique régional et enjeux environnementaux : enjeux sociologiques View Edit Organization: Regroupement québecois des groupes écologistes Actif depuis plus de 25 ans, et comptant à ce jour près de 80 groupes et coalitions membres, le RQGE est un outil de réseautage pour les organismes intéressés à la protection de l’environnement et à l’émergence d’une [...]

Concordia’s Home Grown Greens: What are the legalities of growing and selling food in an urban environment?

Organization: The Concordia Greenhouse Concordia’s Home Grown Greens: What are the legalities of growing and selling food in an urban environment? The Concordia Greenhouse Project is an initiative that uses the Henry F. Hall building rooftop greenhouse as an all-organic space, geared towards education and research, urban sustainability, food security and community-building. As an educational [...]

Marché Fermier – Vendors’ satisfaction survey and client satisfaction survey

Organization: Marché Fermier We are a project of the House of friendship in the Plateau Mont- Royal, which is a non-for profit community organization. We are organizing two weekly farmer’s markets, one on Thursday evenings in the Mile End and one on Sunday mornings in the Plateau Mont Royal. Our mission is to give access [...]

Créer un Nouvel Organisme d’Écologie Urbaine à Québec

Organization: Collectif Éco-Quartier Description de la recherche: Appuyer l’autonomisation d’un projet d’écologie urbaine (Collectif Éco-Quartier) d’une organisation (Centre Jacques-Cartier) et son accréditation comme organisation à but non lucratif indépendante (Collectif Craque-Bitume) avec l’élaboration d’un plan de communication pour publiciser le changer de nom du groupe; recherche de programmes de financement adéquat et remplir les applications; [...]