[CANCELLED]: Letter-writing Workshop: Getting Around to Feed Ourselves Well
[CANCELLED] Getting Around to Feed Ourselves Well
A LETTER-WRITING WORKSHOP BRIDGING STUDENT TRANSIT AND FOOD ACCESS
Date & Time
POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD
Location
Embark Studio (SUB 1310)
UPDATE – April, 22, 2026: We regret to share that this event has been cancelled and postponed to a later date (to be determined). We apologize for any inconvenience.
About the event
Accessing food as a student is more than a simple affordability issue. Student food security is also shaped by transit, time, mobility, and access to culturally appropriate food.
Join Embark and the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition for an interactive workshop where we’ll:
- Draw connections between transit and food access: how transportation shapes who can access affordable, healthy, and culturally relevant food
- Explore advocacy in practice: key initiatives and community efforts working toward more equitable food systems
- Take action through letter-writing : build skills to write effective advocacy letters to elected officials
This workshop is part of the Getting Around to Feed Ourselves Well research initiative, which began at SFU in 2020 and expanded through community workshops across the Lower Mainland in 2025, supported by the BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
Come learn, reflect, and take real action towards improving food and transit access for students! Plus, enter our prize draw for a chance to win a Tim Hortons gift card!
Land ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This event takes place on the unceded homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛw̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Nations.
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Chantelle Spicer (she/they)
Meet Chantelle
Chantelle works with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition (BC PRC). She is a former SFU student who previously served as the Director of Engagement at SFPIRG. They have been a long-time advocate at the intersections of Indigenous sovereignty, anti-violence, affordable and accessible education, and healing justice. Through the BC PRC, Chantelle works in government relations and lobbying, policy research, and bringing the voices of those with lived and living experiences of poverty to the forefront. When not engaged in social justice work, she can be found writing poetry, making bread, or with her hands in the earth.
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is comprised of over 80 organizations and community mobilizations that come together to advocate for public policy solutions to end poverty, homelessness and inequality in B.C.
Event Accessibility
Embark Sustainability events are free and open to Embark members which includes Simon Fraser University undergraduate and graduate students, as well as Embark Associate Members.
This event will be held indoors at the Embark Studio, room #1310 of the SUB Student Union Building (SUB), SFU Burnaby. Please review the following accessibility details:
- Attendees are free to opt in and opt out of activities as suits their needs throughout the event, including exiting and re-entering the event space.
- The event space is wheelchair accessible.
- All-gender and wheelchair-accessible restrooms are located on the same floor.
- We welcome all gender identities and expressions.
- We provide access to a quiet space for personal meditation, reflection, or prayers.
- The event space is a tree nut and peanut-free zone
- The event space is a scent-free zone.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to provide ASL interpretation at this time.
We strive to make our events accessible to as many of our community members as possible. If you have accessibility needs you’d like to share, please contact our Director of Engagement at engagement@embarksustainability.org.
Health & Safety
Participants who register are agreeing to release Embark Sustainability Society from any liability related to COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged.
Community Agreement
By registering to attend this event, you are agreeing to be respectful when listening to and communicating with others, and be mindful of the space you are taking up amongst your peers.
Embark Sustainability does not tolerate violence or aggression against others on the basis of race, ethnicity, place of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, or ability. Please also refer to people using the introductions they provide and do not assume pronouns/gender/knowledge based on someone’s name or appearance.
If these agreements are broken by someone, we will have to ensure the safety of our community members by removing them from the event.
Questions
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Embark Sustainability’s Director of Engagement at engagement@embarksustainability.org.