Conferences & Festivals

Amanda White. September 28, 2026. Word Vancouver Festival 2026. Guildford Library, Surrey BC. Panel: Big Feelings, Brave Steps: Stories About Courage, Anxiety, and Kindness.

Elaine Power and the Basic Income Youth Collective. August 19, 2026. The 25th BIEN Congress (Basic Income Earth Network), Toronto. Panel: From academic silos to public imagination: Creative approaches for sharing basic income research.

Jennifer Brady. July 23, 2026. World Critical Dietetics. Presentation title: From Charity to Justice: Using Arts-Based Knowledge Mobilization and Research Creation for Effective Food Insecurity Solutions.

Jennifer Brady. April 17, 2026. Economic Security: A Human Right. Basic Income Nova Scotia (BIG-NS) Conference. Panel title: Building Advocacy Skills and Capacity.

Amanda White. October 18, 2025. Universities Art Association of Canada. York University, Toronto. Presentation title: The Stuff-the-Bus Challenge: Comics as activism and research-creation in panel Whose Superhero/Whose Villain? Comics, Countercultures, Co-option, and Conservatism

Jennifer Black. March 15, 2024. Dietitians of Canada Nutrition Month Event. Vancouver. Presentation title: Exploring Dietitians’ Roles in Household Food Insecurity; Which Stories do we Tell?

Jennifer Brady & the Hungry Stories Team. World Critical Dietetics Conference (online). October 24, 2023.  Presentation Title: Stuffing the Bus: Interdisciplinary research creation to advance food security.

Amanda White & the Hungry Stories Team. Canadian Association of Food Studies Annual Meeting. Toronto. May 30, 2023. Session Title: Hungry Story: Scholars and artists rewriting the food insecurity script.