Anan has a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University with a focus on Community Food Security and a diploma in Business Administration from Centennial College. Over the last thirty years Mr. Lololi has done extensive community work in the areas of equity, food justice, community food security, social justice and anti-racism, including training, community development, organizing and running equity/diversity management, community economic development and youth leadership development programs.

As Canadian Food Systems Analyst and Urban Farmer, Anan’s passion is working in low-income communities to help create food secure communities through a equity lens. In 1997 Anan founded Canada’s first people of color food systems organization, Afri-Can FoodBasket in Toronto where he was also a member of the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) from 2001-2009.

Anan is now a research associate with Ryerson University’s Centre for Studies in Food Security and has recently launched a international food sovereignty initiative in Guyana.