Dear MAHN Students,

I am forwarding an email from Anny Chen, the Community Engaged Learning Lead, regarding the PACA workshop, please also see the attached documents.

Hi MAHN students,

Thank you again for attending our Poverty Awareness practice workshop! We hope that your time spent with us has helped deepen your understanding of the challenges that people face when living in poverty, and how you can better provide trauma-informed care as a dietitian and advocate for change as a professional and community member.

EVALUATION FORM

If you haven’t yet, please complete the workshop evaluation form by this week. There are six more students who need to complete the form! This is the last required component for your attendance.

The survey has an opportunity to sign up to be on our newsletter, where we’ll share future opportunities for community engagement and training in poverty awareness and EIA.

SUPPORT CIRCLE

If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity, we encourage you to apply to be a volunteer advocate through our PACA Support Circle. The program runs Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm starting October 8. This is an important opportunity gain knowledge, skills, and experience in advocacy for low-income communities.

ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES

There are two time-sensitive advocacy points to take action on!

Please email the Mayor and City Council to express your concern about the increased policing of encampments and bus riders:

RESOURCES

We’ve attached our ‘What We Can Do’ document that shares individual, community, and structural actions you can take, as well as some of our favourite resources. Please take some time to review!

In particular, I wanted to highlight:

West Broadway Tenants Committee and Right to Housing Coalition, who are actively working to support tenants in West Broadway and advocating for stronger rent regulations and more social housing, and
Make Poverty History Manitoba, who is advocating for a Livable Basic Benefit for the Province.

We’ve also attached two resource presentations on EIA and NIHB benefits. Remember that it is important to go to source material to get the most up-to-date information!

All the best,

Anny

Anny Chen (she/her)

Lead, Community Engaged Learning

Tel: 204-474-6992

http://umanitoba.ca/community-engaged-learning

The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininewuk, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate and Denesuline, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

Best,

Kam Wan

Master of Applied Human Nutrition (MAHN) Program Assistant

Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

University of Manitoba

190 Dysart Rd | W575 Duff Roblin

204-474-6564

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The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate and Dene, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of Reconciliation and collaboration.