Source: Nourish
Date: 2019
Nourish believes sustainability and equity are interwoven. We convened a group of 21 leaders on traditional Anishinaabe and Ojibwe territory at Wasan Island on Lake Rosseau from Sunday, October 6 - Wednesday, October 9, 2019 for a conversation on how the health and community sectors can collaborate to support and anchor Equitable Access to Sustainable Food for All.
Wasan Report 2018: Seeing Environmental Nutrition in Health Care in New Ways
Source: Nourish
Year: 2018
The overlap of health care and food systems is multifaceted. In 2018 Nourish convened 22 leaders from across healthcare, government, food systems and philanthropy together for a four day retreat on Wasan Island in order to explore the opportunities around environmental nutrition in health care. Environmental nutrition (2014), a concept coined by Health Care Without Harm, reframes healthy food as contributing beyond individual well-being towards a collective social responsibility for creating healthy communities and a sustainable food system. Read a blog about the retreat for an overview, or go into detail with the full report.
Wasan Report 2017: Food is fundamental to health and healing
For four days from Thursday, September 7th to Sunday, September 10, 19 leaders from across healthcare, government and food sectors convened together on Wasan Island in order to explore the role of food in healthcare in Canada. The core belief of the group was that food is fundamental to health and healing, but is currently undervalued within the healthcare system. Through systems mapping, the group explored the dynamics of the current healthcare system and prototyped actionable opportunities for a future of food in health care that nourishes patients, communities and the environment.
Read the summary report here.