Nick Saul

Activist, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Parent, Policy maker, Social entrepreneur

Nick is the co-founder and CEO of Community Food Centres Canada, a national organization that builds and supports vibrant, food-focused community centres in low-income neighbourhoods. These centres are based on the idea that good food is a powerful force for greater health, equity and social change. Nick is a member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Jane Jacobs Prize, as well as the Queen’s Jubilee Medal and has an honorary doctorate from Ryerson University. Nick is also the Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Born in Tanzania and raised in Canada, he studied at University of Toronto and Warwick University in the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar. Nick's bestselling book, The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement, written with his wife, Andrea Curtis, was nominated for the Toronto Book Award and won several other awards. Nick lives in Toronto and is the proud father of two boys.

Community building, equity, food justice, eliminating poverty, family, friends, basketball and fishing.

Food won't solve hunger. Income will.

Community organizing, Food security, Income security, Scaling a good idea, Social policy change

Baking