Esurio (Latin)
- to hunger, to yearn.

This year's conference is Friday, July 18th to Sunday, July 20th in Toronto!

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Are you a Meal Exchange volunteer, campus food bank coordinator or a student academic wanting to change the face of hunger in Canada?

If you hunger to be active in our world...

If you yearn to help those around you....

...Attend Esurio 2008.

Join Meal Exchange student leaders, campus food bank coordinators and student academics to:

Develop leadership skills and access the necessary tolls specific to YOUR role on campus as an advocted for reducing hunger in your community.

Gain a thorough understanding of local hunger through innovative experiential learning activities with leaders in the field.

Discover how to best rally those around yoiu to create change in your community.

Cultivate strategies with student leaders from across Canada to achieve a coutnry without hunger.

Every summer, Meal Exchange proudly hosts our annual leadership conference for youth addressing hunger in their communities. For three days, 50 youth from across the country including Meal Exchange Coordinators, Campus Food Bank Coordinators, and Change-Maker Mentors, gather to exchange ideas, celebrate success and explore community-based solutions to hunger. This is THE conference for students interested in food security in Canada.

This year yet another group of students will be in attendance: reviewers & editors of esurio- the Ontario Journal of Hunger & Poverty, recently launched by Meal Exchange and the Ontario Association of Food Banks.

Esurio 2008 is being hosted in partnership with:

Conference Fees: Delegate fees are $250 which include meals & access to all sessions on July 18th-20th. It also includes overnight accomadation on July 18th & 19th. 

For more information on our annual leadership conference or to get involved in, or sponsor Esurio 2008, please contact: Leisha Zamecnik, Communications & Program Manager at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or 416-657-4489 ext. 2