Our Mission
Chronicles of Canadian Regional Food serves as a comprehensive platform documenting Canada's diverse culinary landscape. We preserve regional traditions, celebrate food heritage, and educate communities about the rich flavors, ingredients, and cultural practices that define Canadian cuisine from coast to coast.
Through archival research, oral history collection, chef collaborations, and educational content creation, we build accessible resources honoring both historical traditions and contemporary innovations. Our work supports food sovereignty, cultural preservation, and sustainable food systems while celebrating the diversity making Canadian cuisine unique.
Core Values
Cultural Preservation
Documenting traditional foodways before knowledge is lost, working with elders and community knowledge holders to preserve recipes, techniques, and stories.
Educational Access
Creating free, accessible resources helping Canadians understand food heritage, regional specialties, and cultural significance of culinary traditions.
Community Engagement
Partnering with regional communities, chefs, farmers, and fishers to ensure authentic representation of local food cultures and traditions.
Sustainability Focus
Promoting sustainable food systems, indigenous food sovereignty, and practices supporting environmental health and community resilience.
Collaborators & Partners
We work with culinary schools, museums, archives, indigenous communities, regional food organizations, and individual contributors across Canada. These partnerships ensure authentic representation and comprehensive coverage of Canada's culinary diversity.
Our collaborators include regional chefs, food historians, cultural anthropologists, farmers, fishers, and community elders who generously share knowledge, recipes, and stories preserving Canadian food heritage for future generations.