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The Root Cause Wong, Devon

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The Root Cause is an investigative documentary that explores local food security issues after learning some alarming statistics relating to urban poverty in the City of Richmond. The film reveals an overwhelming public unawareness, increasing institutional concern and a strong grassroots movement to address food insecurity within the community.

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Title
The Root Cause
Creator
Wong, Devon
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Centre for Women's and Gender Studies
Date Issued
2010-05-25
Description
The Root Cause is an investigative documentary that explores local food security issues after learning some alarming statistics relating to urban poverty in the City of Richmond. The film reveals an overwhelming public unawareness, increasing institutional concern and a strong grassroots movement to address food insecurity within the community.
Subject
food security; richmond; vancouver; social movement; urban agriculture; community garden; UBC food security; richmond food security society; richmond food bank; urban poverty
Type
Moving Image
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. WMST 450C
Date Available
2016-11-22
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
DOI
10.14288/1.0052311
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25033
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Sociology, Department of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Undergraduate
Copyright Holder
Devon Wong
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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