“Local” Food, Migrant Labour: Residency Reflections

As part of the WAHC Artist-in-Residence program, Creative Food Research Collaboratory members Anahí González and Katie Lawson have spent the summer months conducting research together at the intersection of migrant workers’ rights and food systems. This program will feature reflections from their residency and invite attendees into conversation shared over tamales provided by Mexican Kitchen . A new special edition produced by designer Laura Rojas will also be available! Registration required. Register below.

About the Artists

The Creative Food Research Collaboratory (CFRC) germinates collaborations at the intersection of art and food studies, exploring how the arts can imagine—and therefore help to achieve—food security, food sovereignty, and food justice in Canada. Our work includes academic research, public events, teaching and workshops, as well as fundraising for community food initiatives. Initiated in 2022, the collective is comprised of Amanda White, Zoë Heyn Jones, Anahí Gonzalez, and Katie Lawson.

Anahí González is a Mexican photographer and artist based in London, Ontario. Through photography, installation, and participatory practices, she explores migration, labour, identity, and everyday systems of exchange, with a focus on Mexican labour for/within Canada. She holds a Doctorate in Art and Visual Culture from Western University, with previous studies in Canada, Mexico, and Spain. In 2021, she received Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte grant, Jóvenes Creadores program. Her work has been exhibited and screened across Canada, Mexico, the United States, Norway, Spain, and France.