Food sovereignty
On this page you will find multimedia resources compiled by faculty members on the topic of food sovereignty.
Migrant Dreams
Migrant Dreams is a powerful documentary film that depicts the struggles of migrant agricultural workers under Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The documentary is available via the Concordia library (log-in required).
Sook Lee, M. (2016, July 13). Migrant dreams. Tiger Spirit Productions Inc.
Resources
Resources is a documentary film about the meat industry in Quebec, where asylum seekers, work under stressful conditions. Directed by Hubert Caron-Guay & Serge-Olivier Rondeau, the film is available within Concordia’s streaming collection.
Les Films de l’autre. (2021). Ressources = Resources (A. Deschênes, Ed.). Les Films de l’autre.
Building food sovereignty
Annette Aurelie Desmarais offers a concise overview of the concept of food sovereignty in Critical perspectives in food studies.
Koç, M., Sumner, J., & Winson, A. (2012). Critical perspectives in food studies (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 360-377.
WasteScapes App
The WasteScapes App features over 40 waste sites around the city of Montreal, including sites at Concordia that share the backstory of food and compost at Concordia. Just like Pokémon Go, you have to be there to ‘unlock’ each site’s content which includes an audio story and photos.