Margaret DeCoste accepting the Graduate Student Paper Award.

Bavan Pushpalingam accepting the CAFS Undergraduate Student Paper Award.

Rachel Heron accepting the Award for Public Service on behalf of Rebecca MacLeod with New Grocery Movement.

CONGRATULATIONS!

CAFS was pleased to confer the Award for Public Service to Rebecca MacLeod with New Grocery Movement, the Undergraduate Student Paper Award to Bavan Pushpalingam, and the Graduate Student Paper Award to Margaret DeCoste.

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #PublicService #FoodStudies

FROM PALESTINE TO TURTLE ISLAND Food as a Weapon of Colonialism and a Tool of Liberation Wednesday June 4, 2025 George Brown College St. James Campus, SJA-128 Panel 1: 9:30 - 11:00 am ET Constructions of Food Sovereignty in the Palestinian Context: Land, Resistance, and Self-Determination Panel 2: 4:30 - 6:00 pm ET Colonial Domination and Resistance: Palestine and Beyond With a graphic of a turtle draped in the Palestinian flag and olives. Website for CAFS foodstudies.info. Logos for CAFS, FHSS, CSA/SCS, CASID/ACÉDI, and CCMS.

FROM PALESTINE TO TURTLE ISLAND
Food as a Weapon of Colonialism and a Tool of Liberation

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #FoodSovereignty #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #Palestine #TurtleIsland

See our Upcoming Conference page for registration details and program:

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2025 CAFS SOCIAL, BOOK LAUNCH, & AWARDS CEREMONY

Explore the enchanting world of and/ore, where culinary creativity and imaginative design come together.

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-cafs-...

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #BookLaunch

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Plénière 3: RÉVOLUTIONS — Futurs alimentaires queer – Les possibilités subversives des mouvements alimentaires queer

Voir page 19 du programme pour plus de détails.

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics
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Plenary 3: Revolutions—Queer food futures: The disruptive possibilities of queer food movements

See page 18 of the program for more details.

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics

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Canadian Association for Food Studies Spring 2025 Newsletter Issue 39 Cover with an image of sunflowers and the table of contents indicating the letter from the Board is on page 2, events are on page 3, research is on page 8, publications on page 11, and more information about the sunflowers can be found on page 9.

EVENTS

Don’t miss out on these compelling events when we assemble in June!

Pages 3-7 of our Spring 2025 Newsletter for details & registration links!

#FoodEvents #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics

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Plénière 2 : ÉVOLUTIONS — De la Palestine à l’Île de la Tortue : L’alimentation comme arme du colonialisme et outil de liberation

Voir page 17 du programme pour plus de détails.

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #CongreSSH #Toronto #Food #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics

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Plenary 2: Evolutions—From Palestine to Turtle Island: Food as a weapon of colonialism and a tool of liberation

See page 16 of the program for more details.

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics

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This year’s social event will feature a Book Launch profiling six new Canadian food studies publications, with a few words from the authors!

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #BooksAboutFood #BookLaunch #AwardsNight

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Join us for an unforgettable evening of celebration and social connection at one of Toronto's newest hot spots, And/Ore.

2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony Join us for an unforgettable evening of celebration and social connection at one of Toronto's newest hot spots, And/Ore.

L’événement social de cette année mettra à l’honneur le lancement de six nouvelles publications en études alimentaires canadiennes, avec quelques mots des auteur·trice·s présent·e·s !

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

This year’s social event will feature a Book Launch profiling six new Canadian food studies publications, with a few words from the authors!

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

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PROGRAM RELEASE FOR #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

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Last Day for Early Bird Ticket Prices!

Early Bird Pricing Available until Friday April 11, 2025

2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

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CAFS EXPLORATION GALLERY

Register for Foundations, Evolutions, & Revolutions to enjoy!

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #College #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics #Art #Gallery #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

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EARLY BIRD DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY

2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

Early Bird Ticket Prices Available until Friday April 11, 2025

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

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2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony
When: June 3, 2025, 7:00-9:30 pm
Where: And/Ore, 1040 Queen St W, Toronto

Details and tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-cafs-...

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

Book cover for Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why it Matters (MIT Press), Jennifer Clapp with an image of a farmer sitting atop a horse-drawn harvester.

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#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #BigAg #Agribusiness #Pesticides #SocialCosts #EcologicalCosts

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Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#Toronto #Food #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Capitalism #FoodBanks #FoodDiversion #FoodCharity #FoodInsecurity #FoodPoverty #Politics #PoliticalEconomy #PublicPolicy #Socialism

Book cover for Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes (Arsenal Press), Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias with a graphic of people sharing a meal around a table.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#Toronto #Food #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Queer #QueerFarming #QueerCulture #QueerFolk #TransFolk #CollectiveCare #FoodSecurity #Nurturing #Ecosystem #FoodProduction #RestaurantCulture

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Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#FoodGeographies #Power #Knowledge #Resistance #Radical #FoodSystems #Ecology #Land #Water #Sustainable #Praxis

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Hopped Up

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#Toronto #Food #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Beer #Brewing #BrewingScience #BeerStyle #Commodification #Gender #Empire #Technology #IndustrialConsolidation #CraftBeer

A beautiful plate of food on a small table next to a sofa upholstered in jewel toned paisley.

2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony
When: June 3, 2025, 7:00-9:30 pm
Where: And/Ore, 1040 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1H7

Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-cafs-...

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

Book cover for Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why it Matters (MIT Press), Jennifer Clapp with an image of a farmer sitting atop a horse-drawn harvester.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CongreSSH #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #IndustrialAg #Fertilizer #BigAg #Agribusiness #Pesticides #SocialCosts #EcologicalCosts

Book cover for Cultivating Community: How discourse shapes the philosophy, practice and policy of water management in the Murray–Darling Basin (Sydney University Press), Amanda Shankland against the background of the basin.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#AgriculturalWater #WaterUse #Australia #ClimateChange #Adaptation #Community #Dams #Discourse #Irrigation #SustainableAg #WaterPolicy #Wetlands

Book cover for The Politics of Food Insecurity in Canada and the United Kingdom (Bristol University Press), Dennis Raphael and Zsofia Mendly-Zambo with a graphic of empty cupboards.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CongreSSH #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Capitalism #FoodBanks #FoodDiversion #FoodCharity #FoodInsecurity #FoodPoverty #Politics #PoliticalEconomy #PublicPolicy #Socialism

Book cover for Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes (Arsenal Press), Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias with a graphic of people sharing a meal around a table.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Queer #QueerFarming #QueerCulture #QueerFolk #TransFolk #CollectiveCare #FoodSecurity #Nurturing #Ecosystem #UrbanForaging #FoodProduction #RestaurantCulture

Book cover for Radical Food Geographies Power, Knowledge and Resistance Edited by Colleen Hammelman, Charles Z. Levkoe and Kristin Reynolds with a graphic of a cornucopia.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#FoodGeographies #Power #Knowledge #Resistance #Radical #FoodSystems #Inequalities #CaseStudy #Ecology #Land #Water #Sustainable #Praxis

Book cover for Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity (Oxford University Press), by Jeffrey Pilcher with a graphic of a pint.

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Beer #Brewing #BrewingScience #BeerStyle #Commodification #Gender #Empire #Technology #IndustrialConsolidation #CraftBeer