About SYF.
The Secure Your Food Program had its initial development in my first social work practicum with a basic needs agency, in the NW of Calgary. I was responsible for the Foodlinks program and I had to go to the food bank and collect what was available. This was our weekly grocery relief for the growing need experienced after the oil crash. This relief was a drop in the bucket and this left me thinking on the matter for over a year. In the interim, this thought never left me and I was able to do something about this in my final practicum.
My second year practicum with CSD began with the further development of this concept for community development, food security, and disaster resiliency. Initially, I was at CSD to work on disaster planning but this program became my passion. The success of this program will benefit thousands, it just has to work. Before a program is undertaken, the reasons or the rationale for the program must reflect the need. First, we need to look at the current trends.
My second year practicum with CSD began with the further development of this concept for community development, food security, and disaster resiliency. Initially, I was at CSD to work on disaster planning but this program became my passion. The success of this program will benefit thousands, it just has to work. Before a program is undertaken, the reasons or the rationale for the program must reflect the need. First, we need to look at the current trends.
About me.
I am a Mount Royal University Social Work Student working my final Social Work practicum with the City of Lethbridge’s Community and Social Development Group. I am a North American Indian attending school in Calgary but hail from the Town of Raymond. My father is full blooded Kainai (Blood) Indian while my Mother is half Shoshone and half Navajo Indian.
My interest in social work has been combined with disaster management and I operate from this perspective, thinking in worst case scenarios and how best to mitigate these issues. It is not enough to survive but to live and thrive. This is the formative thought behind the development of the Concept.
My interest in social work has been combined with disaster management and I operate from this perspective, thinking in worst case scenarios and how best to mitigate these issues. It is not enough to survive but to live and thrive. This is the formative thought behind the development of the Concept.
Acknowledgements |
Melting Tallow Family
Mount Royal University
Red Crow College
City of Lethbridge, Community and Social Development
Bowwest Community Resource Centre
Diane Randell, Manager, Community and Social Development Group
Jerry Firth, Neighborhood Development Coordinator, Community and Social Development Group
Dawn Vickers, FCSS Coordinator, Community and Social Development Group
Brent Oliver, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University
Yasmin Dean, PhD, Associate Professor, Mount Royal University
Henry Big Throat, Vice President, Red Crow College
Mount Royal University
Red Crow College
City of Lethbridge, Community and Social Development
Bowwest Community Resource Centre
Diane Randell, Manager, Community and Social Development Group
Jerry Firth, Neighborhood Development Coordinator, Community and Social Development Group
Dawn Vickers, FCSS Coordinator, Community and Social Development Group
Brent Oliver, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University
Yasmin Dean, PhD, Associate Professor, Mount Royal University
Henry Big Throat, Vice President, Red Crow College