Build back equal: Canada’s unique response to hunger, COVID-19 and the climate crisis
Event Details
COVID-19 affects us all, but not equally.
While many Canadians worry about grocery store shelves being more bare than usual, more than 265 million people globally could face starvation by the end of 2020.
Farmers in Canada and around the world are seeing challenges in their ability to grow, buy, sell, and prepare food. At the same time, women and girls on the front lines of the pandemic are facing a reversal of decades of progress on gender equality and women’s rights.
Trillions of dollars are bring mobilized in response to this global pandemic. How can we use these critical funds to build more resilient, inclusive and climate-friendly food systems while also slowing the spread of COVID-19?
Join leaders from the UN, the Government of Canada, parliament and international organizations to explore what Canada can do to support a strong response to food and nutrition impacts of COVID-19 – and how you can get involved.
// Featured speakers:
– Barbara Grantham, President and CEO, CARE Canada
– Claudine Mensah Awute, West Africa Regional Director, CARE International
– Máximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist and Assistant Director-General for Economic and Social Development, FAO
– MP Kamal Khera, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development
– MP Mike Lake, CPC Shadow Critic for International Development
– MP Heather McPherson, NDP Deputy House Leader, Critic for International Development, Deputy Critic for Foreign Affairs
– MP Elizabeth May, Parliamentary Leader, Green Party of Canada
Date: Monday, June 29, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM EST
Location: Online
// Recommended reading:
– Chairs’ Summary, Preparing for the Food and Nutrition Security Impacts of COVID-19 (https://bit.ly/3cNY8UA)
