This project is led by TMCIS' Academic Director Dr. Zhixi Zhuang in partnership with the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Studies in Food Security and in collaboration with Dr. Sara Edge and Dr. Jenelle Regnier-Davies from the Department of Geography, Environmental and Geomatics at the University of Guelph. This project explores the challenges and barriers faced by informal food spaces and food entrepreneurs, and identifies the factors contributing to food insecurity and health inequities, informs policy and programming interventions that work to support more accessible and equitable food systems, and promotes greater well-being within immigrant communities. The research engages informal food entrepreneurs, community experts, and policymakers through walk-along interviews and focus groups to collaboratively co-create solutions that enhance community development and support immigrant entrepreneurial efforts.