Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Tank, Driscoll’s, WholeChain, the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University present, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the University of Guelph and Compass Group Canada, “World Food Day 2023 (Official Event): Water is Life. Water is Food. Leave no one behind.”

Our overarching goal is to highlight stories of hope and success in relation to the theme: “Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind.”

Water is essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the Earth's surface, makes up over 50% of our bodies, produces our food, and supports livelihoods. But this precious resource is not infinite and we need to stop taking it for granted. What we eat, and how that food is produced all affect water.

Together, we can take water action for food and be the change.

The event is the Official North America World Food Day 2023 event.

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-Zafar Adeel, Executive Director, Pacific Water Research Centre, Simon Fraser University

-Steph Baryluk (Teetl'it Gwich'in), Chef, Rooted Program, Simon Fraser University and Owner, Mrs B’s Jerky

-Councillor Rebecca Bligh, City of Vancouver

-Tiare Boyes, Fish Harvester

-Royce Chwin, President and CEO, Destination Vancouver

-Claire Dawson, Senior Manager, Fisheries and Seafood Initiative, Ocean Wise

-Camil Dumont, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner

-Evan Fraser, Director, Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph

-Alexandra Gill, Food Writer, The Globe and Mail

-Lawrence Goodridge, Leung Family Professorship in Food Safety in the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph

-Paul Kariya, Senior Policy Advisor, Coastal First Nations Confirmed

- Lisa Kenoras, Communications Coordinator, Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty

-Naomi Krogman, Dean, Faculty of Environment SFU

-Dana James, Post-doc, UBC

-Paul Lansbergen, President, Fisheries Council of Canada

-Tongzhe Li, Arrell Chair in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Guelph

-Dana-Lyn Mackenzie (Hwlitsum First Nation), Senior Manager, EDI & Indigeneity and Board Member, RESEAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation

-Elizabeth McSheffrey, Journalist, Global News

-Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

-Tom Pesek, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

- Lizeth Ardila Ramírez, MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, UBC

-Mark Smith, President and CEO, Pacific Seaweed Industry Association

-Saul Milne, Strategic Advisor, Ha’oom Fisheries Society

-Jennifer Silver, Professor and Associate Chair, Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph

- Hugh Simpson, Researcher, Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute, University of Guelph

-Sean Smukler, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, University of British Columbia

-Tammara Soma, Research Director and Co-Founder, Food Systems Lab, Simon Fraser University

-Jyoti Stephens, Vice President, Nature's Path

-Rashid Sumaila, Professor, University of British Columbia

-Tannis Thorlakson, Global Sustainability Director, Driscoll's

-Asha Wheeldon, Founder and CEO, Kula Foods

-Heather Wilkie, EVP Business Transformation, Compass Group

-Connor Williamson, Farmer, Member of the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council, and Manager of Labour Initiatives for BC's Ministry of Agriculture and Food

-Dean Rickey Yada, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia

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