May 5,6,& 7, Red Deer, Alberta
We are thrilled to invite you to join us at the Red Deer Resort & Casino for our annual conference dedicated to addressing food insecurity and exploring innovative ways to support our communities. Throughout the conference, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in keynote sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities with like-minded individuals and organizations. Together, we will explore practical strategies to combat hunger, strengthen food banking efforts, and build lasting connections that will help make a positive impact on our province’s most vulnerable.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of this important conversation, your voice is crucial in shaping the future of food banks in Alberta.
Emergencies
Emergency events are becoming more frequent across Alberta. Food banks need to be prepared to respond if they are impacted by an emergency. This presentation will provide an overview of the emergency response plan and training program that FBA has developed to support food banks. The presentation will also share information about the role of the FBA Emergency Advisory Group and how this group can help support food banks.
*Conference schedule is subject to change without notice
6:00pm – 9:00pm:
Welcome Mixer at the Red Deer Food Bank
7:30am – 8:30am:
Breakfast
8:30am – 9:00am:
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15am -10:45am:
Sessions:
Feed- From storage to service
Lead- Food Banks Canada Grants
Share-Shopping and choice Models
11:00am – 12:30pm:
Emergency Response
12:30pm to 1:30pm
1:30pm – 3:00pm:
Sessions:
Feed- Hydroponics
Lead- Equity vs Equality
Share-Newcomers to Canada
3:15pm – 4:45pm:
Sessions:
Feed- OH&S
Lead- Theory of Change
Share-Volunteer Alberta
7:30am – 8:30am:
Breakfast
9:00am – 10:15am:
Roundtable Discussions
10:45am – 12:00pm:
Roundtable discussions
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location
1:00pm – 1:30pm:
AGM Registration
1:30pm – 2:30pm:
FBA AGM
2:30am – 3:00pm:
Farewell
Morning (Training)
8:30am – 11:30am:
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9:30am – 11:30am:
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9:00am – 12:00pm:
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Lunch
11:30am to 12:30pm
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Afternoon (Training)
1:00pm – 2:00pm:
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2:15pm – 3:30pm:
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3:30am – 4:30pm:
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From Kilowatts to Calories, learn some practical solutions to secure fresh food for your clients and community. Learn about Red Deer Food Banks food production journey and how they are using hydroponics to grow lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, radish, swish chard bok choy, microgreens, mushrooms and more.
Join us for an engaging session that kicks off with a presentation on how smart technology is transforming food bank operations, followed by a panel discussion featuring key voices from the sector. We’ll explore why many existing software solutions don’t fit the unique needs of food banks, examine the operational challenges they face, and share insights from Food Banks Alberta on managing large-scale distribution and Wood Buffalo Food Bank on providing client-centered services. The conversation will also dive into where food banks are heading and the future opportunities technology can unlock—enabling food banks to spend less time managing inventory and more time serving their communities.
Alberta/Member Made Approach to Increasing the Fairness for the Monthly Food Banks Alberta Allotment Program
Join us for an enlightening presentation where our presenters will share insights into their unique models and client experiences. Discover three diverse Shopping/Choice models offered by Medicine Hat, the University of Alberta, and Tofield/Riley. This session aims to inspire you to rethink and potentially transform how your food bank delivers services to your community.
Come learn about the various funding opportunities that Food Banks Canada has to offer to members in the form of Grants! In this workshop you will get tips and tricks to help you write a clear and strong request, and gain valuable insights on the application and review processes of the FBC grants for the upcoming year.
What benefits can they apply for, when can they apply? (The benefits I talk about are, Canada Child Benefit, GST/HST Credit, Canada Carbon Rebate, Canada Workers Benefit) Where can they find more information on these benefits.
Exploring commonly overlooked OH&S policies that can create significant challenges for food banks when discovered too late. This presentation will focus on proactive strategies to address OH&S issues before they arise and practical steps to ensure warehouse staff remain compliant with safety regulations.
Following the Calgary Food Bank's Social Return on Investment Analysis research, we followed up with an organizational Theory of Change project. A theory of change is a framework that allows an organization to align its long-term mission with its activities by articulating the assumptions and the steps required to achieve the desired results. This presentation will talk through the different stages of this process and present our key findings, and will be of interest to anyone who is thinking of establishing a theory of change for their food bank!
The landscape of volunteerism is changing and we need to change with it. Come join Volunteer Alberta and InWithForward as they soft-launch findings from (Re)Engaged: Volunteerism From The Ground Up, a new ethnographic research trying to better understand and re-imagine the dynamics of volunteerism in Alberta from a ground-up perspective, learning about the motivations, desires, experiences, values, enablers and obstacles of people who are and aren’t engaged in both formal and informal volunteerism. This presentation will explore this new research while also providing people with some solid, relationship-based volunteer screening strategies for recruitment and retention.
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