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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.

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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.
June 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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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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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.
May 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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-...

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May 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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.

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May 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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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.

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May 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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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!

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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.
May 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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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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May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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.

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May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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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May 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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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
A beautiful plate of food on a small table next to a sofa upholstered in jewel toned paisley.
May 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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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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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.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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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!

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025
April 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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PROGRAM RELEASE FOR #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

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April 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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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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April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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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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April 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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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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April 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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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

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025
A beautiful dining room with high ceilings.
April 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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

#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #BigAg #Agribusiness #Pesticides #SocialCosts #EcologicalCosts
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.
March 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025 #Discourse #Draught #Ecology #Environment #Farmer #Farming #Farmland #Irrigation #SustainableAg #WaterPolicy #Wetlands
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.
March 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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 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.
March 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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
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.
March 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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

#FoodGeographies #Power #Knowledge #Resistance #Radical #FoodSystems #Ecology #Land #Water #Sustainable #Praxis
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.
March 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Hopped Up

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#Toronto #Food #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Beer #Brewing #BrewingScience #BeerStyle #Commodification #Gender #Empire #Technology #IndustrialConsolidation #CraftBeer
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.
March 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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, ON M6J 1H7

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025
A beautiful plate of food on a small table next to a sofa upholstered in jewel toned paisley.
March 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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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 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.
March 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM