Mark your calendars, Community Kitchen is back 🥣 Join Embark Sustainability, SFPIRG and SFSS Women’s Centre for an evening of intergenerational cooking and storytelling featuring Aindrila and Rea Chatterjee. Together we’ll be exploring the influence of food in Bengali culture, the immense political relevance of food, and the power of Adda (casual conversation)! We’ll be making:

• Cha (tea) + muri (puffed rice) to start
• Vegan option: Potato Cauliflower (Aloo Phool Kopir Dalna)
• Non-vegetarian: Fish curry (Macher Kalia)
  
• Rice

This event is first-come first-serve until we reach capacity, so we encourage you to register and arrive 10 minutes early. Thanks and see you there ✨

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

Aindrila ঐন্দ্রিলা (she/her): Aindrila (@aindrilacooks) is a bengali settler on unceded Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwantlen, W̱SÁNEĆ and Stó:lō Territory. Since immigrating to Canada in the 1990s, Aindrila has worked in many different capacities and while she is currently a healthcare unit clerk by day, she has a deep passion for cooking, art and dancing that she loves to share together with loved ones. As a homechef who grew up in Kolkata, teaches how to cook and occasionally takes orders, she is excited to share a taste of Bengali food with you all! 

Rea রিয়া (she/they): Rea is a first generation bengali settler living on stolen and occupied Musqueam territory. As a student, Rea is studying psychology, gender, sexuality and women’s studies, and asian studies with hopes to work in community archives and libraries! As an organizer Rea has also worked on and off campus with struggles of anti-imperialism, migrant justice, climate justice, anti-carceral advocacy, tuition freeze, labour rights and mutual aid work to support unhoused community members in Surrey. She also loooves to cook and is currently learning bengali recipes from her ma and thammi <3 She is super excited to co-facilitate with her mom and share some Bengali classics!

Event Accessibility

Embark Sustainability events are free and open to Embark Sustainability members which includes Simon Fraser University undergraduate and graduate students, as well as Embark Sustainability 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:

• As we’ll be addressing sensitive topics, it’s important that our attendees are able to address their needs in the moment. 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.
• 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.

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 Embark Sustainability’s 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.