Julia Witmer

Articling Student | cooking, baking and eating good food | practicing yoga| exploring 🇨🇦 | food, health, law and policy | she/her

[Julia Witmer @witmer_julia]

Stop Dumping in Dartmouth Cove. Transport Canada has approved the application to use Dartmouth Cove as a construction dump despite strong pushback from the community. Sign below if you want to stop the dumping in Dartmouth Cove. https://t.co/xUrXPigK20

[gloknos @gloknoscentre]

Day 3 of our @ERC_Research funded summer school on sustainable food & we’re renegotiating the Dutch Agricultural Accord w/ @univgroningen’s Maarten Meijer. Heated discussions in our Parliament of Things! @CRASSHlive @GlobalFood_Camb @berytia @tamsinblaxter @Albertomataran

[gloknos @gloknoscentre]

Day 4 of our summer school was all about sustainable alternatives: #altproteins w/ Lisa Neidhardt of @CUAltProteins & Sunil Sukumaran & Kat Crozier of @PerfectDayFoods then an incredible visit to @COFARMHQ with our wonderful hosts Gavin & Peter @CRASSHlive @GlobalFood_Camb

[Paul Taylor @PaulTaylorTO]

📢📢Stop asking Black people for free labour, especially during Black history month. No, I will not help make your white-led org better for free. This is what we call consulting (its not just for yt people). You're welcome to check out our website - we have a brilliant team.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

Pediatric hospitals are limiting essential surgeries for children in operating rooms and we as adults are debating the discomfort of masking in malls.

[Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy @FoodLawCanada]

The third concurrent panel "Marginalization in Supply Chains: An Int'l Perspective" features Nirvia Ravena de Sousa of @UFPBoficial, @ShaozengZ of @OregonState, Clarisse Delaville of @LawMcGill, Maricruz Barba Gonzalez and Mary Beckie of @UAlbertaLaw, moderated by @witmer_julia

[Julia Witmer @witmer_julia]

Day ✌️at the @FoodLawCanada Conference and we’re talking agriculture in Canada 🥕🌽

[Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy @FoodLawCanada]

Registration is now open for the 6th annual CAFLP conference! As the conference is held virtually, registration this year is free. https://t.co/xuFlOSyCFX

[Julia Witmer @witmer_julia]

@WellspringCAN Hi! The Wellspring Yoga has been great - just wanted to let you know that the Wednesday Zoom link (with Vieslav Krystan) seems to not work. Thanks!

[OntFarmerNews @OntFarmerNews]

Henry Poortinga is about as cool as they come posing for a pic at Henry Poortinga Livestock in Kirkton. Parents are Evan and Lisa Poortinga who said Henry is named after his grandfather Henry who started the farm #OntFarmerNews #FarmSeen #Cowboy #FarmBoy #OntAg #AgTwitter

[Julia Witmer @witmer_julia]

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: URGENT: tell the politicians to leave the crisis shelters alone!!. Write one here: https://t.co/A6DA5A714c

[Khelsilem @Khelsilem]

#215children #everychildmatters

[Paul Taylor @PaulTaylorTO]

This quote is an excerpt from the speech that I gave as I accepted the federal NDP nomination for Parkdale—High Park.

Here's the full speech:
https://t.co/jHE179AUrm

[Sarah Berger Richardson @sarahfoodlaw]

Hearty congratulations to @witmer_julia and all the participants at this year's Gowling WLG Emerging Voices in Food Law and Policy panel.

For a recap of the four presentations, check out the @FoodLawCanada blog: https://t.co/ZLMKQRKN8N

[Julia Witmer @witmer_julia]

Tasty way to end a great day at the fifth annual Food Law & Policy conference today. Thank you Scott for the interesting and fun cooking class! #frybread #bannock @FoodLawCanada

[Shahirah Elaiza @shaelaiza]

The hijab ban in France seems like a clash of cultures or a clash between secularism and religion but it’s just veiled racism. Pun intended.

How can you tell?

The ban doesn’t apply to nuns because according to French officials, a habit is a symbol of devotion not submission.