Easy Eats! Community Kitchen

Join Embark Sustainability, Hi-FIVE and the SFSS Women’s Centre for this community kitchen to share struggle meal recipe ideas and explore how mental health can affect our relationships with eating and preparing food. You’ll get to:

• 👯 Meet new people
• 🧑‍🍳 Brainstorm and share recipes
• 💬 Chat about community care and mental health
• 😋 Share and enjoy a delish meal

RSVP ASAP to secure your spot. Members of all gender identities and expressions are welcome 🙂

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Nazafarin Esfandiari, Hi-FIVE Coordinator

My name is Nazafarin, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am a Health Sciences student, and the current Hi-FIVE (Movement for Mental Health) Coordinator.

I am from Iran, and in our culture, just like many other cultures, food is a way of connecting back to ourselves and our communities.

There are many different ways in which food and mental well-being are interconnected. Our level of mental well-being can impact our eating patterns and vice versa. That is briefly why I am passionate about addressing this topic further, and I look forward to hearing others’ experiences and perspectives as well.

Jamie Hill, Embark Design and Communications Manager

Hi everyone, my name is Jamie (she/they) and I’m a settler living on the ancestral homelands of the Qayqayt and Musqueam Nations, otherwise known as New West.

I have a passion for environmental communication, exploring the intersections of anxiety, grief and climate as a blog writer and editor for several publications as well as through my role as Design and Communications Manager at Embark. I believe students are often a driving force for change, but also face complex outside forces when it comes to taking time to eat, rest, and engage in community care on top of all the pressures placed on them. I’m looking forward to exploring these intersections with you all and hopefully lessening the load!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This event takes place on the unceded homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛw̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Nations.

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 SUB Community Kitchen, room #2125 of the Student Union Building (SUB), SFU Burnaby. Accessibility details include:

• Unfortunately, some appliances and counter areas of this room are not accessible when using a wheelchair or other mobility aids. The dining/lounge area is accessible when using a wheelchair or other mobility aids.
• We aim to host a scent-free space. Please refrain from wearing scented products in attendance of this event.
• Unfortunately, we cannot provide ASL interpretation at this time. We will be providing written recipe instructions.
• 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.

We aim to make our events accessible to as many of our community members as possible. If we can take further action to make this event accessible to you, please contact Desiree Gabriel at programs@embarksustainability.org.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Participants who register are agreeing to release Embark Sustainability Society from any liability related to COVID-19.

Masks are required at all times, until we are seated and eating as socially distanced as possible. Embark Sustainability will also provide sanitation supplies for wiping down furniture, and hand sanitizer for guests to use.

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 Desiree Gabriel, Embark Sustainability’s Programs Manager at programs@embarksustainability.org.