Our Team

We believe in a by-community, for-community approach and we apply a collaborative governance model to achieve this. We have a Board of Directors responsible for setting and maintaining organizational policy, as well an Advisory Council and Implementation Partners who work together with F2CC staff to advance our mission.

NATIONAL TEAM

Jesse Veenstra

Executive Director

Carolyn Webb

Program Director

Jeffrey Ross

Indigenous Programs Manager

Jenna West

Program Coordinator

Sue-Anne Banks

Coordinator, Indigenous School Food Circle

Tracey O’Neil

Graphic Design and Communications Lead
A photo of Florence Plourde, French Translator

Florence Plourde

French Lead

Sarah Keyes

Food Literacy Lead

PARTNERS

Partnerships are the heart of F2CC’s work and they let us facilitate community-based initiatives across the country.

Implementation partners are values-aligned organizations that work in a specific region and/or sector. These partners share F2CC’s vision and mission and their staff collaborate with F2CC staff and inform our projects. Together, the core F2CC staff and Implementation Partner staff form a national team to advance F2CC’s mission.

National
project 
management  

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Government
financial
partner

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Sponsor of the Farm to School Canada Grants program

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British Columbia project coordination and support to participating schools through their Farm to School BC program 

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Ontario project coordination and support to participating schools through their Edible Education Network

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Québec project coordination and support to participating schools 

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Newfoundland and Labrador project coordination and support to participating schools

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Government of New Brunswick

New Brunswick project coordination and support to participating schools

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Meal Exchange

Campus project coordination and support to participating campuses across Canada

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Heart & Stroke

Project planning and 2019 conference sponsor

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School food map database collaborator & co-host of the Indigenous School Food Circle

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Collaborator and producer on the Connecting Food to the Curriculum video series

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Learning Circle host organization and support to participating schools as a Salad Bar community partner and champion of farm to chool programming

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Alberta project coordination and support to participating schools

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Manitoba project coordination and support to participating schools

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Learning Circle host organization

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Nourish Your Roots

Nova Scotia project coordination and support to participating schools

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Learning Circle host organization & development of the Seed to Harvest Indigenous Food Sovereignty video series

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BOARD

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Erin Beagle

Advisory Council Chair

Grace Masse

Advisory Council
JOANNE BAYS

Joanne Bays

Director Emeritus

Shiba Anjum

Advisory Council

Kathleen Kevany

Advisory Council

Sibelle El Labban

Advisory Council

Soni Craik Christie

Advisory Council

Rachael Stolberg

Advisory Council

Arzeena Hamir

Advisory Council

Kimberly Orren

Advisory Council

Amberley Ruetz

Advisory Council

Marianne Boire

Advisory Council

Brent Mansfield

Advisory Council

Jyotika Dangwal

Advisory Council

CIRCLE OF ADVISORS

Nourishing Indigenous Foods and Foodways in Schools