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Courses

Our online and in-person courses support community food leaders in growing their knowledge and confidence in areas like program design, facilitation, evaluation, and advocacy.

If you are interested in learning more about our course offerings and you are a Good Food Organization, please email [email protected].

Strengthening Organizational Capacity course

This course-based program for Good Food Organization leaders contains 10 modules and takes place over 10 months. It combines group learning, one-to-one coaching, and a community of practice to support leaders of community food organizations.

Using the Community Food Centre model as a guide, the course explores practical ways to embed anti-racist, inclusive, reconciliatory, and community-informed approaches to program development and organizational change management.

What participants are saying:

The CFC model and idea of relentless incrementalism helped us make meaningful changes—one step at a time.

The course gave me tools and confidence to lead with clarity, even in complex systems.

Food Bank Transformation course

This course offers a supportive learning environment for food bank staff and leaders who are interested in transforming their food bank operations towards more dignified practices. We explore how a mindset shift away from charitable responses to one that is more focused on social justice can position food banks to speak to the larger structural issues that cause food insecurity and transform your food bank into a program that is focused on health promotion, community engagement and dignified and respectful operations.

What participants are saying:

I appreciate being able to meet others from across the country. Today I was astonished to hear the presenters, and we are all going through similar things (e.g., have more seniors in programs who are food insecure, have health issues, etc.) … lots of great work and ideas! Thank you for facilitating this.

I’m learning so much in this course, the speakers and material have truly been amazing and eye-opening. I also feel good that our program is going in the right direction.

Welcoming Spaces course

Welcoming Spaces is a workshop series for community food organizations planning space changes, from small renovations to complete overhauls. Each workshop focuses on a different topic, with experts guiding idea development, offering project input, and answering questions. We’ll also showcase renovation projects to illustrate the process. Our goal is for you to confidently lead a space change project that is focused on creating welcoming and inclusive food spaces.

What participants are saying:

I really appreciate the time and effort that went into this series, being new to this field I found the design esthetics topic so very interesting! [The series] attached me more to our agency’s mission and vision!

This workshop is so timely! We are at the start of our purchase and renovation journey and are currently putting in offers to buy a building and start renovating. We have lots to learn!