Félissa Lareau Carpentier
Arrondissement de Montréal-Nord
What if access to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food were a right?
Food Citizenship
Food citizenship refers to the actual ability of individuals and communities to influence their food system, from production to consumption. It recognizes that food is a social, political, and regional issue, not merely an individual choice. By promoting mechanisms of shared governance and open decision-making forums, food citizenship enables citizens, producers, and institutions to jointly define priorities: access to healthy food, fair working conditions, respect for the environment, and recognition of cultural diversity.
March 2025–present
A dedicated working group within the alliance
The working group aims to make food citizenship a concrete reality in food-related projects in Montreal. Conceived as a commons, the group seeks to innovate and involve citizens in the design and governance of these projects.
Edited by
Alexia Sow
Coordonnatrice du groupe de travail Citoyenneté alimentaire & Agente de mobilisation, Conseil SAM
Marc-André Simard
Chic Resto Pop
Francisco Quiazua
ATD Quart Monde
Jessica Dufresne
Regroupement des cuisines collectives du Québec (RCCQ)
Caroline Flory-Celini
INRS
Simone Chen
Les Fruits Défendus
Jean Roger Abessolo Nguema
Service de la diversité, de l’inclusion sociale, Ville de Montréal
Alessia Gadoua
Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les inégalités en nutrition et santé
Laurence Deschamps-Léger
Forum SAT
Vanessa Girard Tremblay
Estuaire
Vanessa Girard Tremblay
Estuaire Coop de travail
Virginie Frobert
CMTQ
Currently being written
A <i>Montreal Food Citizen Charter</i> to Lay the Groundwork Among Stakeholders
Developed collaboratively through citizen workshops organized with the SAM Council and members of the working group, the Charter will clearly define what food citizenship entails and establish concrete principles of shared governance, the right to food, and collective management. It transforms the current consultation process into co-decision-making by reinventing institutional tools and returning resources and power to the community level so that local projects can endure and gain momentum.
April 13–16, 2026
Participation in <i>the Summit on the Right to Food</i>
This historic gathering brought together stakeholders from all sectors of Quebec’s food system for the very first time… and the working group was there!
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