Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 111: Lunch Box Identities

What is “Canadian food” and how does its interpretation affect our identity and sense of belonging—especially in primary and secondary schools?

https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2350341/

This episode unpacks the packed lunch, in particular those that the kids of first-generation immigrants bring to school. Two articles from Canadian Food Studies are covered, both co-written by Yukari Seko, “Unboxing the bento box” (Vol. 8, No. 3) and “Feeding children while Asian” (Vol. 12, No. 2). And in response, PhD student Shay Quinn offers up several perspectives on meaning-making, involving research participants in research, and arts-informed methodologies.

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photo: David Szanto

Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 106: School Food Programs

https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2210715/

With the creation of Canada’s National School Food Program, myriad questions, challenges, and opportunities arise. Student success, cultural identity, food provisioning, and economics are all at play. As Rachel Engler-Stringer tells us in this episode, ongoing research and reflection will be needed.

First, Alexia Moyer’s Amuse Bouche segment reveals a number of lessons—some more useful than others—from Saskatchewan’s early 1900s school food planning. And in the After Taste, Penelope Stam responds to the focus article, “The case for a Canadian national school food program” (https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.260) from Vol. 5 No. 3 of Canadian Food Studies.

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photo: Alexia Moyer

L'un des résultats les plus importants et la berezina des républicains dans les "School boards", ces entités qui contrôlent les livres autorisés ou pas dans les établissements scolaires, les tenues autorisées, l'obligation d'afficher les 10 commandements dans toutes les classes...

Les Démocrates ont pris le contrôle de 80% de ces #schoolBoards.
Les mêmes qui ont retiré des étagères tous les ouvrages mentionnant lgbtq et transgenres, éducation de la fierté black ou des autochtones.

MagaWorld est IIII-PPON !

I'm learning so much! #groyper #NickFuentes #groyperwars #proudboys #altright #farright #infighting #school #schoolboards #logicalfallacies

http://invisiblymisdiagnosed.com/2025/09/15/groypers-and-more/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#SchoolBoards #Nazis

"A fight over a school board member's Instagram 'likes' escalates into Nazi name-calling

A group of parents in Redlands, California, is pushing for Candy Olson to resign her role on the school board over racist and antisemitic memes she 'liked' on Instagram. Olson says she never saw the problematic images

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Candy Olson — part of the board's conservative-voting majority — has hit 'like' on Instagram carousels of images that include racist and antisemitic memes, according to screenshots collected by a group of parents. More than 1,500 people have written to the board as part of a campaign by a local activist group, Together for Redlands, calling for Olson’s resignation."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/california-school-board-instagram-likes-nazi-name-calling-redlands-rcna223472

A bill that would give Texas parents and school boards significant power over deciding what books are permitted in their kids' public school libraries is now awaiting a final nod from Gov. Greg Abbott.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/04/523137/texas-school-boards-could-remove-library-books-under-bill-on-governors-desk/

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