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›› Grace Lore, MLA

It’s been two long years since the pandemic began and many of us are feeling exhausted. This holiday season was especially hard, as the Omicron variant forced us to rethink our holiday plans. We once again stayed home when we desperately wanted to connect. While we’re all tired of COVID-19—the virus is […]

By |February 24th, 2022|Village Vibe|0 Comments

Back to the Body Workshop – February 7 to March 28, 2022

February 7 to March 28, 2022
1240 Gladstone Avenue
Dinner at 5:30pm, program at 6pm to 8pm
Free, for you ages 15 to 19
Put on by the Existence Project in partnership with Fernwood NRG

An Art-Based Workshop Series on the Nervous System and the Stories It Tells Us.

Back to the Body is an 8 week art-based program teaching participants […]

By |January 20th, 2022|Events|0 Comments

The Gift of Good Food keeps on giving

What does it mean to feel connected to your community?

›› JJ Ford

What does it mean to be ­nourished, fed, and ­supported by the people around you? How do we connect through food to a wider network of human and non-human relationships? What does it mean to be accountable in these relationships? As we enter the […]

By |December 3rd, 2021|Buzz, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Good Food Feature: Addressing food aid

›› Ariel Reyes Antuan

Our ancestors taught us that supporting each other with kindness and compassion is the best way to enhance our human ­experience. Food is a connector, however many of us agree that food aid is not ­sustainable as it is reliant on the surplus of industrial food systems. We need a food justice […]

By |December 3rd, 2021|Village Vibe|0 Comments

Indigenous Voices: Revitalizing food security through ­reclamation

›› Lizz Brooks & ­Shae Zamardi

Food is something that many individuals consider often. Perhaps you’re excited for your favourite meal, you may be questioning going to the grocery store with any current panic buying, or even whether you can afford meals this week. Beyond fueling our bodies, food is a vital piece of human connectedness […]

By |December 3rd, 2021|Indigenous Voices|0 Comments

Editorial: What’s a food bank?

›› Chantille Viaud

Growing up, my family would give cans of food to our local food bank each year, and I assumed that this was normal. But then one year, friends from Sweden visited us for Christmas. I remember telling them, with pride, that we were gathering cans of food to give to the local food […]

By |December 3rd, 2021|Editorial, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Resilience in trying times

›› Kayla Siefried

From heat waves to forest fires to floods, the chaos that has ensued this past year from climate change is stark. What inspiration and lessons can we garner from the seemingly dark and gloomy climate news we see on the regular? How can we become more resilient as humans living through these wild […]

By |December 3rd, 2021|Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe|0 Comments