caterToronto

Published purpose

This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. caterToronto will achieve this by: working with community-based researchers to engage racialized and immigrant women at all levels of the food industry across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, to examine the issues and barriers they face and make recommendations for systemic change; compiling the findings in a report and presenting it at a multi-stakeholder conference; and informing working groups from priority neighbourhoods to help them develop action plans to implement the findings. Monitoring and evaluation of the success of various activities will be conducted by a third-party evaluator in the form of surveys contributing to the final report. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by: advancing inclusive policies and practices; encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources; increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change; supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power; and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.