[getsmart-l] Food For Talk and 2 Other Events

[foodfortalk at utoronto.ca]

Food For Talk presents:

Foodsheds, Footprints and Foodmiles
Jennifer Forkes
December 7, 2:00-4:00 pm
University of Toronto, University College
Room A101

One of the main driving forces behind the current interest in local  
food is the desire and need to reduce the ecological impacts arising  
from food consumption. This seminar talk presents an overview and  
application of familiar and novel quantitative tools that help to    
reveal the nature and impacts of the relationships between urban    
consumers and the food system. Using Arthur Getz?s metaphor of the  
foodshed as starting point and the City of Toronto/GTA Region as  
examples, these tools aim to provide answers to questions such as -  
where is our food coming from?, where do our wastes go? and what  are  
the overall ecological impacts of our choices?.

And here?s two other events that may be of interest to you:

Cathleen Kneen, Chair of Food Secure Canada/Sécurité Alimentaire  
Canada<www.foodsecurecanada.org> will be in Toronto for information  
exchange with members and others interested in joining Food Secure  
Canada. The meeting will be held at Ryerson University on Wednesday  
Dec. 5th 4:00-6:00 pm. We have limited space and your RSVP by Dec.3  
will be very much appreciated. Location will be announced later.

RSVPs to Suzanne Dietrich at sdietric at ryerson.ca.

Thanks,
Suzanne Dietrich

The Grant Institute's Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing  
Workshop will be held at Seneca College Residence & Conference Centre,  
December 5 - 7  , 2007. Interested development professionals,  
researchers, faculty, and graduate students should register as soon as  
possible, as demand means that seats will fill up quickly. Please  
forward, post, and distribute this e-mail to your colleagues and  
listservs.


All participants will receive certification in professional grant  
writing from the Institute. For more information call (213) 817 - 5308  
or visit The Grant Institute at www.thegrantinstitute.com.

Please find the program description below:

The Grant Institute

Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

will be held at the

Seneca College Residence & Conference Centre

Toronto, Ontario
December 5 - 7, 2007

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Grant Institute's Grants 101 course is an intensive and detailed  
introduction to the process, structure, and skill of professional  
proposal writing. This course is characterized by its ability to act  
as a thorough overview, introduction, and refresher at the same time.  
In this course, participants will learn the entire proposal writing  
process and complete the course with a solid understanding of not only  
the ideal proposal structure, but a holistic understanding of the  
essential factors, which determine whether or not a program gets  
funded. Through the completion of interactive exercises and  
activities, participants will complement expert lectures by putting  
proven techniques into practice. This course is designed for both the  
beginner looking for a thorough introduction and the intermediate  
looking for a refresher course that will strengthen their grant  
acquisition skills. This class, simply put, is designed to get results  
by creating professional grant proposal writers.

Participants will become competent program planning and proposal  
writing professionals after successful completion of the Grants 101  
course. In three active and informative days, students will be exposed  
to the art of successful grant writing practices, and led on a journey  
that ends with a masterful grant proposal.

Grants 101 consists of three (3) courses that will be completed during  
the three-day workshop.

(1) Fundamentals of Program Planning

This course is centered on the belief that "it's all about the  
program." This intensive course will teach professional program  
development essentials and program evaluation. While most grant  
writing "workshops" treat program development and evaluation as  
separate from the writing of a proposal, this class will teach  
students the relationship between overall program planning and grant  
writing.

(2) Professional Grant Writing

Designed for both the novice and experienced grant writer, this course  
will make each student an overall proposal writing specialist. In  
addition to teaching the basic components of a grant proposal,  
successful approaches, and the do's and don'ts of grant writing, this  
course is infused with expert principles that will lead to a mastery  
of the process. Strategy resides at the forefront of this course's  
intent to illustrate grant writing as an integrated, multidimensional,  
and dynamic endeavor. Each student will learn to stop writing the  
grant and to start writing the story. Ultimately, this class will  
illustrate how each component of the grant proposal represents an  
opportunity to use proven techniques for generating support.

(3) Grant Research

At its foundation, this course will address the basics of foundation,  
corporation, and government grant research. However, this course will  
teach a strategic funding research approach that encourages students  
to see research not as something they do before they write a proposal,  
but as an integrated part of the grant seeking process. Students will  
be exposed to online and database research tools, as well as  
publications and directories that contain information about  
foundation, corporation, and government grant opportunities. Focusing  
on funding sources and basic social science research, this course  
teaches students how to use research as part of a strategic grant  
acquisition effort.

Registration

$597.00 USD tuition includes all materials and certificates

Each student will receive:

*The Grant Institute Certificate in Professional Grant Writing

*The Grant Institute's Guide to Successful Grant Writing

*The Grant Institute Grant Writer's Workbook with sample proposals,  
forms, and outlines

Registration Methods
1) On-Line - Complete the online registration form at  
www.thegrantinstitute.com under Register Now. We'll send your  
confirmation by e-mail.

2) By Phone - Call (213) 817 - 5308 to register by phone. Our friendly  
Program Coordinators will be happy to assist you and answer your  
questions.

3) By E-mail - Send an e-mail with your name, organization, and basic  
contact information to info at thegrantinstitute.com and we will reserve  
your slot and send your Confirmation Packet.

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'Food for Talk' provides a place for conversations to take place
between people who work with communities, government and universities
to explore the emerging and challenging issues around food security,
agricultural transformation, and local food alternatives/networks.
This series is jointly sponsored by the Centre for Urban Health
Initiatives at the University of Toronto, York University Faculty of
Environmental Studies, the Ryerson Centre for Studies in Food
Security, and the Toronto Food Policy Council.

For more information about the seminar series, contact Kim
Crichton-Struthers at foodfortalk at utoronto.ca or telephone the Centre
for Urban Health Initiatives at 416-978-7223.

Previous Food For Talk seminars are presently available in digital
audio format at the website of the Ryerson Centre for Studies in Food
Security, www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity and the Centre For Urban Health
Initiatives website, http://www.cuhi.utoronto.ca/