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Access to affordable, sustainable, historically and culturally relevant, and healthy food are considered essential for Food Justice. At the same time, Disability Justice challenges us to re-conceptualize how health and healthy eating are framed, as well as our relationships to cooking and eating. This Community Kitchen will introduce attendees to disability justice, food justice, and the intersections between the movements. We will centre disabled people and disabled people's experiences in our conversations about disability justice and food justice.

Join Students for Barrier-free Access, the Centre for Community Partnerships and Hart House for a night of conversation, cooking, eating and skill-sharing. The facilitators will also share kitchen hacks that make cooking more accessible.

Date: Tuesday March 13, 2018
Time: 6pm-9pm
Location: Waters Lounge, Woodsworth College, 321 Bloor Street West
Cost: Free to register here

Please note that registration is required. Please wear closed toe shoes and bring something to tie hair back with if it is long. Bring empty containers so you can take any extra food home!

Access Info:
Waters Lounge is an accessible venue but unfortunately the kitchen itself is not accessible. All conversation and teaching will take place in the accessible lounge area.
Accessible all-gender washroom is located on the same floor as the event.
We will have vegan and gluten-free snacks and will be cooking some vegan and gluten free dishes.

Facilitators:

Asam Ahmad
Asam Ahmad is a poor, working-class writer, poet, and community organizer. His writing tackles issues of power, race, queerness, masculinity, and trauma. His writing and poetry have appeared in CounterPunch, Black Girl Dangerous, Briarpatch, Youngist, and Colorlines. His poem “Remembering How to Grieve” can be found in Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence.

Kumari Giles
kumari is a multi-disciplinary artist, dancer, storyteller, curator, logistics nerd, aerialist, food enthusiast and community cook. As a queer non-binary mixed maker of many things, they believe in art and movement as a tool for empowerment, transformation and healing. They are committed to nurturing overlooked brilliance, working collectively and challenging systemic power.

Students for Barrier-Free Access (SBA) - Annual General Meeting and Elections 

June 28, 2017 

6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 

Location: OISE Room 5150 

SBA - Office: 
215 Huron St. Suite 924 
Toronto, ON. 
M5S 1A2 

Students For Barrier-Free Access (SBA) is a student-run 
non-profit organization that advocates for access and the rights of students with disabilities at the University of Toronto. We work to encourage new ways of thinking that challenges dominant understandings of disability and to advocate for education that is socially, environmentally, and financially accessible. In order to be informed and vigilant about barriers and disability-related issues on campus and to be an effective stakeholder in university decision-making, we work with students, faculty, other social justice groups and allies to build an accessible campus and a strong diverse community. 

If you are a University of Toronto students with a disability and would like a chance to shape and expand on some of these great initiatives, consider joining the Board of Directors! 

The nomination period runs from Wednesday May 24th, 2017 to Wednesday June 7th, 2015 by 5:30PM. Our AGM and elections will be held June 28th, 2017. 

For more information and to access the nomination package please visit: http://uoftsba.com/sba-nominations-open/ 

Access information: ASL, captioning, a light supper, and TTC tokens provided. Accessible and gender neutral washrooms available on the same floor. Please note that this is a scent free space. For any accessibility needs or if you have any questions, please email [email protected] 

ABOUT SBA 

SBA is a non-profit, student group on campus that represents disabled students at the University of Toronto. Our approach is to establish a presence for disabled students on campus and to raise awareness, provide education, and effectively lobby the university for change. If you would like to receive our SBA Newsletter, please email [email protected] 

CONTACT US 

If you wish to contact us by phone, call (416)-967-7322 
Email Danie, our Centre Coordinator at: [email protected] 
Email Nadia Kanani, our Advocacy and Volunteer Coordinator at: [email protected] 

Fax: 416-967-6520 If you are using a TTY phone, please contact SBA via the Bell Relay System: 1(800) 268-9242. - See more at: http://www.neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1806#sthash.WvZ6SG51.dpuf