Racialized Students Caucus, Digital Story-telling Workshop

Food insecurity refers to the uncertain or lack of ability to access nutritious food due to financial constraints. Food insecurity among post-secondary students is a growing concern in Ontario, with an estimated 2 in 5 students experiencing moderate or severe levels - including reducing the size of meals, or skipping meals altogether because of lack of money for food.


Food insecurity is an issue that disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, and other racialized students. Meal Exchange’s Racialized Students Caucus, the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) and the ReVision Centre at the University of Guelph are partnering through the Students Feeding Change project to elevate the voices of racialized students who have experienced food insecurity through a digital story-telling workshop. This 3-day workshop will take place on November 22-24 2019 in Guelph, and aims to bring together racialized students with lived experience of food insecurity to build skills in video making and gain knowledge of artistic methods for community dialogue, policy action, and challenging dominant narratives. Student participants will create 2–5 minute-long ‘digital stories’ - videos pairing audio recordings of personal and communal narratives with photographs, video clips, music, dance, artwork, and more. Students will own their own digital story, but there will be an opportunity to opt into sharing these stories, on a larger platform, for educational and advocacy campaigns supported by Meal Exchange and CESI.


All costs of the workshop (registration, travel, accommodations, and food) will be covered. Students from all campuses across Canada are welcome to apply to attend.

See below for the application form for the Workshop. If you have any questions, or would like to submit an application in an alternative format (video or song, etc.), please contact Jaimie at jaimie@mealexchange.com.