Join Community for Belonging for its June event on the topic of Harvesting Justice: raising awareness of food security and migrant worker issues in Canada.

As the summer planting season begins, this is an opportunity to reflect on how awareness of local agricultural practices can grow our engagement in migrant worker justice. Joining the discussion of the text Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada is author and Justicia for Migrant Workers activist, Gabriel Allahdua.

Harvesting Freedom explores Canada’s place in the long history of slavery, colonialism, and inequality that has linked the Caribbean to the wider world for half a millennium—but also the tireless determination of Caribbean people to fight for their freedom.

Community for Belonging Reading Group is an initiative launched in February 2023 that focuses on raising awareness of the broad spectrum of identities within the Daniels Faculty community. The initiative provides a platform for engagement, interaction and discussion.

Each of the texts in the series is written by, about or for communities that have been historically underrepresented in architecture, design, visual studies and forestry, with the chosen titles meant to serve as springboards for intentional conversations about inclusion and belonging.

The Community for Belonging Reading Group is sponsored by U of T Affinity Partners, Manulife and TD Insurance.