Organization Description
Kingston's vision of being a smart, livable, 21st century city is fast becoming a reality.
History innovation thrive in our dynamic city located along the beautiful shores of Lake Ontario, an easy drive from Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, in the heart of eastern Ontario. With a stable and diversified economy that includes global corporations, innovative startups and all levels of government, Kingston's high quality-of-life offers access to world-class education and research institutions, advanced healthcare facilities, affordable living and vibrant entertainment and tourism activities.
Project Details
The City of Kingston is looking for support in the development of a Community Food Sustainability Plan for the Kingston region to help foster equitable and sustainable food systems for all. Before creating a plan, it’ll be important to better understand the challenges and opportunities surrounding food within the Kingston community. Inputs into a food sustainability plan could include researching a community food system report card for the Kingston region; exploring the local landscape to map out current programs and services in the community; mapping out alignment of the city's strategic priorities related to the food ecosystem; identifying recommendations for key pillars and metrics for a city report card; and/or prototype and process map documentation of a report card template. Research could also include assessing food sustainability plans created in other regions and assessing key takeaways or how elements could apply to the local context.
This project can be completed remotely and meetings can take place either in person or online.
Project Goals
Develop a broad community food sustainability plan which could include social markets/pantries.
Project Type: Project submitted by organization
Deliverables: Presentation Report
Estimated number of hours: To be determined
Frequency of project discussion meetings: 3 times in total (e.g., beginning, middle and end of the project)
Contact Details
Want to learn more about this project or organization? Contact the Experiential Learning & Programming Team asc.el@queensu.ca with your name and the title of the project of interest.