{"id":63788,"date":"2020-02-05T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=63788"},"modified":"2020-02-05T16:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T21:26:50","slug":"zero-hunger-event-first-of-unesco-sustainable-development-discussion-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/02\/zero-hunger-event-first-of-unesco-sustainable-development-discussion-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Hunger event first of UNESCO sustainable development discussion series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hunger can be hard to see, and is often misunderstood.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>For most people, hunger is not eating enough food. For others, however, it can mean eating the wrong type of food.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe modern move to processed food brings hunger in the form of malnutrition,\u201d said <\/span>Liette<\/span> Vasseur, Brock University\u2019s <\/span>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair<\/span> on Community Sustainability: From Local to Global<\/span>, who is moderating an upcoming panel to increase awareness about hunger in Canada. \u201cFor many Indigenous communities, for example, eating less of the traditional foods they are accusto<\/span>med to is challenging their identity and culture, and affecting their health and nutrition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Food systems within Indigenous communities is one of several topics being discussed at a Zero Hunger discussion on Monday, Feb. 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at GLN-B 118 in the International Centre. The brown bag lunch is a new forum series dedicated to finding solutions for <\/span>UNESCO\u2019s 17 Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSome people think hunger is an international problem \u2014 that Canada doesn’t have any hungry people,\u201d said Vasseur. \u201cWe know this is false. The increasing demand on food banks alone is proof that Canadians are going hungry. The Zero Hunger discussion will address food insecurity in Canada and offer some solutions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The talk will feature four panelists who each bring a different perspective:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n