04/20/2026
Most people who know me are familiar with my connection to The Natoaganeg Community Food Centre. (see more here: https://righttofood.ca/community-food-centres/natoaganeg-community-food-centre and here: https://www.facebook.com/natoaganegcfc ) I spend most Monday and Wednesday afternoons, plus various other amounts of time, working with the staff there cooking up meals and cooking lessons and other food related activities. It is a rewarding part of my work as a Chef, and allows me to reconcile myself and my life with my country's poor historical, and present, relationship with the First Nations, Metis and Inuit of Canada. I have a lot more to say about that, but I will keep my focus for now. As part of my role as the Chef on retainer so-to-speak, Right to Food sent me to Iqaluit to work with the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit in order to exchange experience and understanding of each others challenges in supporting community through food.
Most people who know me are familiar with my connection to The Natoaganeg Community Food Centre. (see more here: and here: ) I spend most Monday and Wednesday afternoons, plus various other amounts…
