Fall Speaker Series 2023
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Virtual Session #1: Food and Social Progress: Past, Present & Future
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET
Join Sarah B. Hood, Claire Bilik, and Emalee Murphy reminisce and inspire by sharing their unique relationships with food. Learn about pasteurization from a culinary historian, food system transformation from a policy expert, and hopes for the future from a N&FS undergraduate student leader. Register for the event here.
About Sarah B. Hood
Sarah Hood is a book author, journalist and researcher who has taught at George Brown College for 25 years. She has written two books about preserving: "Jam, Jelly and Marmalade, A Global History", which has been translated into Japanese and Arabic, and "We Sure Can! How Jams and Pickles are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local Food", which was shortlisted for Taste Canada — The Food Writing Awards. She has contributed essays about food history to Coach House Books' acclaimed uTOpia series and to the anthology "The Ward Uncovered", winner of the Ontario Archaeology Society's Award for Excellence in Publishing. Currently serving as president of the Culinary Historians of Canada, she often speaks about Canadian food history in person and on radio. She carried out the historical recipe research for the Canadian television series "Back in Time for Dinner", and is now working on background research for a youth-oriented television series in development that examines the origins of common foods. She is also a hands-on living-history cook who has volunteered in the kitchens at Montgomery's Inn community museum and Fort York National Historic Site. A ribbon-winning jam and marmalade maker, she is a regular judge of the Heritage Jam and Pickling categories at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. She reports that "Home Ec" was one of her favourite courses in high school. |
About Claire Bilik, RD
Claire is a Registered Dietitian with the Middlesex-London Health Unit on the Community Health Promotion Team. She works with public health nurses and the school community to create supportive food environments in schools that foster positive relationships with food and body image. Claire obtained her Bachelor of Applied Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph and completed her dietetic internship with London Health Sciences Centre. |
About Emalee Murphy
Emalee Murphy is in her final year of the Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition at Brescia University College (BUC). She is the President of the Student's Human Ecology Association (SHEA) at BUC and is also the acting student liaison for the board of the Ontario Home Economics Association (OHEA) for the 2023-2024 academic year. Emalee is currently employed at two different local businesses that reside within the Covent Garden Market in downtown London, Ontario. The first establishment is Mark's Fine Meats, where she apprentices as a butcher, and the second is at Hasbeans Ltd., as a barista. Both jobs have continuously increased her passion for the world of food and nutrition. Mark's Fine Meats taught her about international aquaculture, meat production, and organic policy here in Canada. Hasbeans introduced her to the world of Fairtrade Certification and coffee production. Prior to starting her program at Brescia, Emalee had always planned on working in a clinical setting but based on both her personal and work experiences her passion for food has developed in a different direction. After completing her undergraduate degree, Emalee plans on furthering her education to specialize in agricultural advancement research. She developed a love for agriculture and the support of local businesses from a young age due to growing up on a small hobby farm and spending much of her free time volunteering at local farmer's markets throughout the summers. After all of the incredible memories these opportunities provided me, she hopes to give back to them in the future. |
Virtual Session #2: Fashioning a Wonderful Life
Thursday, November 23, 2023 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET
Thursday, November 23, 2023 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET
Hear uplifting fashion stories from our three innovative panelists. Learn how a leader in repurposed clothing started a new business to make a big social and environmental impact. Find out how the fabric of our lives is deeply connected to the things we make, sew, knit, and quilt. Discover how the elements and principles of design are economic tools to build a beautiful and sustainable wardrobe.Register for the event here.
About Jennifer Wright
Jennifer is a full-time Fashion Design professor within the Faculty of Creative Industries at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. Jennifer’s teaching specialties as a Professor of Fashion Design at Fanshawe College include business and entrepreneurship, visual communications, global sourcing, and sustainability and circularity. Since 2016, Jennifer has obtained over $1,700,000 of SSHRC, NSERC, and MITAC research funding. She has been the primary investigator exploring topics surrounding fashion sustainability, fashion and the environment, unethical labour, skills training for newcomers to Canada and others with barriers to employment, PPE (primarily reusable facial masks for protection from the Covid-19 virus), viable micro-manufacturing, garment re-manufacture and re-make, innovative solutions for end-of-use textile waste for soil amendments and anti- vibration materials for the automotive industry, and circular solutions for her industry. |
About Holly Clemas, M.A.
Holly Clemas (they/she) is a second year student in the Master of Arts in Fashion program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). Their current research surrounds queer consumer behaviour, where she is using a focus group and arts-based methodologies to investigate emotional factors that influence queer consumers to make their fashion purchases. Prior to attending TMU, they graduated from Western University in 2022 with a double major in business and leadership. |
About Abi Grant
Abi lives in Paris, Ontario with her husband and two gifted children. She views the world through a Feminist lens, and completed her combined degree in Criminology and Health Studies whilst raising young kids. Parenting neurodivergent kids during a pandemic led to a surprise side-step into a part time job at Mary Maxim's. As a new member of the team, Abi quickly learned the retail store routines, as well as the important role of helping the lifelong and loyal customers. Abi's role in the yarn department has been an illuminating experience in a women-centred space helping both experienced and new crafters alike find joy in their projects. She had no idea when she joined the team how meaningful the intersection between Feminism, Mental Health and Crafting would become to her. |
Virtual Session #3: How We Can Help
Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
Join our inspiring panelists who share their livelihoods to uplift others through Home Economics. Find out about projects that change the world including, alleviating period poverty for young girls, and supporting women who (re)enter the workforce,Register for the event here.
About Mary Johnston, B.H.Sc, B.Ed., P.H.Ec.
Professionally, Mary was active in Hamilton Home Economics Association, Ottawa Home Economics Association and Ontario Home Economics Association in executive and leadership roles. Most recently, she was the Secretary/Treasurer of Ontario Home Economics Association for 5 years. A 32-year member of Girl Guides Canada, as well as District Commissioner and, most recently a Community Guider, Mary has been a long-time mentor to girls and Guide leaders. In 2016 Mary and a Guiding colleague started the Days for Girls Nepean Team which has successfully distributed over 5000 kits. In 2018, Mary volunteered to become Canada’s Distribution Coordinator and then in 2019 offered to serve on the Board of DfGCS. In February 2020, Mary stepped forward to serve as Treasurer for Days for Girls Canada Society. |
About Jen Crawford
Jen is a passionate, energetic, and collaborative leader who is dedicated to ensuring every individual in our community is given the choices and resources they need to meet their goals. Her extensive career in the non-profit sector, namely in senior leadership roles at The Ottawa Mission, North Grenville Pride and Centre 454, is strengthened by a lifelong passion for improving the lives of individuals in the community. As the Executive Director of Dress for Success Ottawa and Mom of two teenage girls, Jen ensures that each day she is working toward building a better and more inclusive world for her girls and the women she serves at DFS Ottawa. Jen believes that when the women in our communities are thriving, everyone benefits. In her spare time, she plays volleyball, walks her dog Bauer and adores watching her girls play the sports that they love. |
About Dr. Yvonne Asare-Bediako
Dr. Yvonne Asare-Bediako is an educator and researcher with over 15 years of experience working across academic and community settings to translate research evidence into practice. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, with expertise in social inequality and health, and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Award. She currently works as the Black Community Liaison Advisor for the City of London and is a part time faculty at Brescia University College, where she’s been teaching and leading antiracism work for the past 6 years. An immigrant and racialized woman with a strong understanding of the consequences of health, social and service inequities, Yvonne is intentional in her work with racialized persons and has led several innovative projects that enhance their psychosocial wellbeing. Her most recent efforts focus on the development and adaptation of evidence-based programs for racialized persons, managing a non-profit organization that is invested in providing culturally-grounded services to Black-identifying persons, and leading city-wide efforts to enhance health and social outcomes for Black persons within London and area. |
About the Speaker Series
In March 2020, just days before the OHEA annual conference, the world entered uncharted circumstances with the COVID-19 pandemic, and our in-person event was postponed and ultimately cancelled. Our community comprised of members,
affiliates, speakers and sponsors persevered, communicated, and looked for innovative ways of doing things.
The OHEA launched its inaugural Fall 2020 Speaker Series comprised of 3 evenings of inspiring on-line discussion and networking so that our community can continue to stay connected, grow, and build our future together. You can view the recorded series here.
#OHEA2023 promises three online speaker events of professional development, networking and fun for delegates, sponsors and speakers!
affiliates, speakers and sponsors persevered, communicated, and looked for innovative ways of doing things.
The OHEA launched its inaugural Fall 2020 Speaker Series comprised of 3 evenings of inspiring on-line discussion and networking so that our community can continue to stay connected, grow, and build our future together. You can view the recorded series here.
#OHEA2023 promises three online speaker events of professional development, networking and fun for delegates, sponsors and speakers!