Iyé Blog

By Ariel Reyes Antuan , Iyé Creative When talking about Land and Land Access, Indigenous Nations, Black Canadians and other racialized groups have stood in the crossfire of government policy and corporate interests in the past 200 years. Exclusionary laws, forced displacement, chattel slavery, cultural loss, and continuous extraction have left us exhausted. The shapeshifting nature of corporate power has taught us a painful truth: dependency is not survival — it is erasure.

The story of African diaspora cuisine is a tapestry woven with threads of resilience, adaptation, and the profound connection between...

Have you ever wondered how your favourite local dish finds its way onto your plate? Or how food entrepreneurs become cultural...

The City of Victoria, is currently updating its Official Community Plan (OCP). This vital document shapes the city's growth and...

On Saturday, William Stevenson Park bloomed with the joy of community gathering at our Seedling Distribution Day supported by the Get...

📷: Mohanned Ghadban In the heart of culinary innovation, we were graced the fiery love and unwavering dedication of women...

📷: Mohanned Ghadban At The Ways We Eat III, Morrie Dawson illuminated the power of visual facilitation, transcending boundaries and...

📷: Mohanned Ghadban 📷: Mohanned Ghadban Last week, we hosted The Ways We Eat III: Meet the Makers, and what an incredible night it was!...

Finding Community. Eager Anticipation. Empowering Participatory Learning. Building Confidence. Dignity. These are the resounding...

📷: Mohanned Ghadban “Salt, koji, and soybeans”. That’s the traditional recipe for the most common misos in the world. But as we learned...

We as a collective - Ariel, Jess, and Anna Maria, had the privilege of going to visit Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture last...

📷: Mohanned Ghadban What an enchanting evening filled with boundless joy and heartwarming reciprocity! 🌟 We stand together as a mighty...

People of all ages fill bags with freshly picked fruit and vegetables from within the local region…for which they haven’t exchanged any...

Getting out of our comfort zone and doing art in community 🌈✨🎨 Recently, as part of our Palenke Seniors Program, we hosted an...

Food has a remarkable ability to bring people together, fostering connections, and creating shared experiences. In a recent workshop on...

Check out our latest adventure! We were invited by the Victoria Foundation and Power to Be to host our La Caldosa, Palenke Experience for...

The Transgressing Barriers: Care as a Transformative Practice workshop was incredible! It was all about care and how we envision...

Our recent Productive Gardening at Home workshop was a blast! 🪴 We gathered 18 extraordinary folks of all ages and experiences, to learn...

Black People in Victoria Impacting our Local Food System The role of Black people and their communities in Canada has largely been...

Growing relationships Building community Shifting narratives Stoked about this collaboration- between us at Iyé Creative, the farmer...