Tara Flynn

This is a photo of the inside of a food bank. No people can be seen. There are many shelves that have labels such as “pasta” “tomatoes” and “protein” and they also read “take one.”
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BCCDC and SFU health sciences discuss food insecurity in Asian communities

Izzy Cheung May 24, 2023

To celebrate Asian Heritage Month, SFU’s faculty of health sciences and the BC Centre for Disease Control collaborated to bring students a virtual event on “Food Insecurity in Asian Communities.” This event included a panel of community leaders who combat food insecurity in Asian communities. The panel of speakers was made up of representatives from four local organizations: Ahmad Zeividavi, the executive director of the House of Omeed; Celyne Asnani and Anita Lau from Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice; Danison Buan, founder of ReFood; and Tara Flynn of SFU Food Pantry. Each spoke at length about their respective organizations’ impact…

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SFU offers sustainability program to bring fresh produce to students

Karissa Ketter September 23, 2020

Editor's note: a previous version of this article stated that the distribution schedule was on the Embark Sustainability website, while the sign-up for the program was on the SFU Food Hub website. This article has been edited for clarity to…

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Board Shorts: June 26, 2020

Paige Riding July 7, 2020

Editors note: This article initially stated that the Emergency Response and Student Engagement Group (ERSE) was created by the University's administration. This was a error, as the group was created by the SFSS's University and Academic Affairs Committee. The article…

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