The Island of Montreal is the most populous city in the province of Quebec, with over two million inhabitants and a myriad of realities around food access. Through mobilising and amplifying the work of a multi-actor engagement group, the Montreal team is working towards a food system that is healthy, diverse, local, affordable, and sustainable for all.

This team is comprised of a group of researchers and students from Dawson College, led by Anna-Liisa Aunio, as well as the staff team at the Montreal food policy council (Conseil du système alimentaire montréalais), led by Anne Marie Aubert. The Council itself is relatively new, having been launched in 2018 by a group of experts and leaders in food and agriculture. Today, the Council counts over 200 organisational partners within a multi-actor engagement group, including members from the municipal, institutional, provincial, community, and other sectors such as agriculture and environment.

The Montreal team seeks to document and support the work of intersectoral partnership as the Council moves through two rounds of strategic planning. Main themes include participatory governance, evaluating impact, and anchoring work in frameworks of equity and decolonization for a politically and environmentally resilient food system.