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Introducing Dignity and Joy, a podcast from FoodShare. Take a seat at our table as we dig into conversations with local food justice activists. You'll hear from host Sheldomar Elliot and a range of exciting guests working in food and community spaces. This podcast was produced in collaboration with the team at Lead Podcasting. All episode transcripts are available at foodshare.net/podcast. Episodes also available on FoodShare's Youtube channel.
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Harvesting freedom: The fight for migrant farm worker rights
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For our first-ever in-person recording of Dignity and Joy, migrant rights activist Gabriel Allahdua sits down in the studio with host Sheldomar Elliott to discuss migrant worker rights in the context of Canada’s deeply flawed approach to staffing the agriculture sector. Gabriel shares the ups and downs of his relationship with this country as an im…
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No one left behind: Building collective power across communities
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On this episode of Dignity and Joy, housing rights activist Lorraine Lam joins host Sheldomar Elliott to discuss the growing housing crisis and its effects on our most made-vulnerable neighbours. Reflecting on her decade as an outreach worker and case manager with folks who are precariously housed and unhoused in Toronto, Lorraine describes her per…
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Seeds of solidarity: On connection, resistance and preserving Palestinian foodways
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This conversation between Dignity and Joy’s host Sheldomar Elliott and guest Vivien Sansour — Palestinian artist, storyteller, researcher and conservationist — will break listeners’ hearts and put them back together again. In the face of the ongoing violence and occupation in her home country, Vivien, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library,…
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Food just futures: Manifesting the Toronto we want
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Host Sheldomar Elliott is joined by colleague Hansel Igbavboa, Right to Food Campaign Coordinator at FoodShare, to reflect on some of the wisdom shared by the constellation of brilliant folks who make up the FoodShare universe. Equipped with clips from discussions at FoodShare’s 2023 virtual Annual General Meeting and 2021 Right to Food Town Hall, …
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Change is possible: The importance of values-forward leadership
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In this episode of Dignity and Joy, host Sheldomar Elliott chats with Paul Taylor, who served as Executive Director of FoodShare for nearly six years. Hear all about Paul’s early career days, his time at FoodShare and beyond, as well as his journey as a Black leader having a seat at (or dancing on!) the table while serving up food justice. Full epi…
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In my backyard: Urban hens, community food and learning as you grow
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On this very special episode of Dignity and Joy, recorded live at FoodShare's 2022 Annual General Meeting, host Sheldomar Elliott chats with Ohemaa Boateng, Executive Director of Black Creek Community Farm. Hear all about Ohemaa's backyard garden, her family's hens Marshmallow and Chickaletta, and how youth and elders are connecting around food in …
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Food price peril: Community solutions for a fairer food system
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In the final episode of season 1 of Dignity and Joy, host Sheldomar Elliott speaks with Laura Hammond, Co-Founder of the Birchmount Community Action Council and mom of 6. Laura discusses her life and her work, and how her community came together amid the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity. Full episode transcripts available at http…
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The kids are alright: Black youth and food sovereignty
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In this episode of Dignity and Joy, host Sheldomar Elliott sits down with Sheldon Caruana, a young activist passionate about strengthening Black communities through agriculture and education. Sheldon discusses his experience with community-based research on food insecurity and his time as Coordinator at the Black Youth Farming Collective. Full epis…
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Building relations: Black and Indigenous land and food solidarity
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In this episode of Dignity and Joy, host Sheldomar Elliott speaks with Jaelyn Jarrett, an Afro-Indigenous activist who grew up in Nain, Nunatsiavut. Jaelyn discusses her experience being mixed race Guyanese and Inuk, and how food can act as a tool for bringing communities together and closer to their culture and histories. Full episode transcripts …
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Introducing Dignity and Joy, a podcast from FoodShare. Take a seat at our table as we dig into conversation with local food justice activists. You'll hear from host Sheldomar Elliot and guests Jaelyn Jarrett, Sheldon Caruana, and Laura Hammond. This podcast was produced in collaboration with the team at Lead Podcasting. Trailer voiced by Renée D'So…
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