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HCP hosts MiFOOD Webinar Series No. 3 on Innovative Approaches to Migration and Food Security in Urbanizing Kenya

On May 17th 2022, HCP partners Dr. Sam Owuor from University of Nairobi and Dr. Cherie Enns from University of the Fraser Valley, Dr. Elizabeth Oyango, PhD candidates Jeremy Wagner and Zack Ahmed present their research on innovative approaches to migration and food security in urban Kenya. The webinar is the 3rd of the MiFOOD […]

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HCP partner Marie Ruel speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19

HCP Partner Marie Ruel from IFPRI Speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19 on April 14, 2022. The presentation provides a brief overview of available indicators to measure different dimensions of food security and for different purposes, focusing on population level measurement. The webinar could be watched

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MiFOOD Inception Workshop on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South is Open for Registration

MiFOOD Inception Workshop on Precarity, Exclusion and Migrant Food Insecurity in Cities of the Global South is Open for Registration. MiFOOD partners from multiple cities in 13 countries will present their research projects on migration and food security in cities in the Global South. The two-day workshop aims to facilitate dialogues and community building among

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MiFOOD Webinar Series No. 3 Featuring Dr. Marie Ruel is Scheduled on April 14, 2022

Dr. Marie Ruel from IFPRI will speak at the MiFOOD Webinar Series No. 3 about “Measuring Food Security in the Time of COVID-19“. The webinar will provide a brief overview of available indicators to measure different dimensions of food security and for different purposes, focusing on population level measurement.

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HCP partner Godfrey Tawodzera speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on poverty and food security among Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa in the age of COVID-19

On March 31 2022, HCP partner Godfrey Tawodzera speaks at the MiFOOD Webinar Series on poverty and food security among Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa in the age of COVID-19. Building on recent surveys, the talk examined the food security of Zimbabwean migrants in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Study findings show that, though most migrated

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MiFOOD Partner in Singapore, Brenda Yeoh, publishes new book on migrant transnationalism

MiFOOD Partner in Singapore, Brenda Yeoh, publishes Handbook on Transnationalism. Providing a critical overview of transnationalism as a concept, this Handbook looks at its growing influence in an era of high-speed, globalised interconnectivity. It offers crucial insights on how approaches to transnationalism have altered how we think about social life from the family to the

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Migration and Food Security (MiFOOD) SSHRC Partnership Grant Project is officially launched

On December 13th 2021, researchers and representatives of international organizations joined the MiFOOD team from 14 cities around the world in an online event to officially launch the MiFOOD Partnership Grant Project. The PI of MiFOOD Prof. Jonathan Crush and project manager Dr. Zhenzhong Si provided an overview of the project.  Dr. Marie Ruel, Director of the

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