Food Secure Canada/Securite alimentaire Canada

Cathleen Kneen, Chair of the Steering Committee
Food Security, food sovereignty, food systems

Campbell House Museum

Liz Driver, Curator
Cookbooks, food history

Academic

Atlantic Canada

Memorial University

Dr. Maura Hanrahan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Anthropologist, HB Creativity
Anthropology, foodways, nutrition, Newfoundland and Labrador, Aboriginal people, water, land use

Doris E. Gillis, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition
Laurie A. Wadsworth, Associate Professor, PhD, PDt, FDC, Human Nutrition
Dietetics, public health, health promotion, population health, media studies, media content, obesity, physical activity, media literacy, mass media and health, HIV/AIDS & food security, youth food intake, trans fats in processed foods, survey development, qualitative methodologies
Christine Johnson, Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition

Mount Saint Vincent University

Patricia Williams, Assistant Professor, Applied Human Nutrition

Québec

Concordia University

Sean Bennell, Graduate Student, MPPPA (Geography)
Community food security, sustainable campus initiatives, local sustainable food systems
Norma Baumel Joseph, Associate Professor, Religion
Social scientific approach, food, gender, Jewish law, orthodoxy
Becky Lipton, MA, Anthropology
Research Assistant, New Rural Economy Research Group (NRE)
Women in agriculture, farm entry, rural revitalization, rural capacity, rural municipal financial management
Rhona Richman-Kenneally, PhD, Design
food and Canadian identity, food and modernity

McGill University

Hannah Askew, Graduate student, Anthropology, McGill University
Nathalie Cooke, Associate Dean of Arts, Research and Graduate Studies
Canadian foodways, pratiques alimentaires, history of taste, culinary history
Rune Kongshaug, Project Coordinator/Research Assistant, Minimum Cost Housing Group

Université de Montréal

Hélène Delisle, professeur titulaire, Département de nutrition, Faculté de médecine
Rachel Engler-Stringer, Doctor, Postdoctoral Fellow, “Chaire approches communautaires et inégalités de santé,” GRIS/Médecine sociale et preventive
Nutrition, community health, collective kitchens, food security, nutrition education, health promotion, deskilling, food insecurity in low-income women.

Université du Québec à Montréal

Louise Vandelac, Professeure titulaire, Sociologie et Institut des sciences de l’environnement
David Szanto, Études urbaines et touristiques
Gastronomy, foodculture

Université Laval

Micheline Beaudry, Professeure, Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition
Breastfeeding, nutrition security, determinants, natural resources, protected areas
Anne-Marie Hamelin, Assistant professor, Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition
Julie Lauzière, Étudiante Graduée, Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition

Ontario

Algoma University

Nairne Cameron, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Geology
Food access, supermarkets, urban, health

University of Guelph

Janet Omoro, Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Nutrition
Judy Sheeshka, Associate Professor, Family Relations & Applied Nutrition
Tony Winson, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
John Smithers, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Alternative and Local Food Systems; The Role of Short Supply Value Chains in Enhancing Farm Viability and Local Food Production; Food system-related processes of commodification and consumption in rural areas
Phil Mount, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography
Scale and Local Food Systems, Reflexivity and Consumers, Political Economy

Queen's University

Alison Blay-Palmer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Geography/Environmental Studies
Julia Annette Bryan, MA Student, Geography
Food security, access to healthy foods, food deserts, accessibility and affordability
Elaine Power, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Food studies, sociology of health, childhood studies, individual and household food security, qualitative research methods
Melanie Bedore, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Geography
Retail; social justice; food history; low-income communities; food deserts

Carleton University

Riva Soucie, PhD Student, Sociology, Registered Holistic Nutritionist (RHN)
health, food policy, negotiating foodways
Mary Louise Trew, MA Student
Food Journalist, Dutch material culture (as related to food)
Jen Wrye, Graduate Student, Sociology
vegetarianism, meat

University of Ottawa

Jean-Charles Le Vallee, PhD - Part-time Professor, Department of Geography
food security, food systems, resilience, social justice, food policy, vulnerability, global environmental change, trade, price variability, malnutrition, agricultural economics
Julie Beaulac, PhD Student, Psychology
Community health psychology; food security; physical activity interventions
Vivien Runnels, PhD Student, Institute of Population Health
Food security; governance of community-based research collaborations; homelessness; health human resources; sex and gender-based analysis

Trent University

Peter Andree, Environmental and Resource Studies

Lakehead University

Ariel-Ann Lyons, MPH Candidate, Public Health
food insecurity, community, social support

Ryerson University

Certificate in Food Security
Ryerson University's G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education offers a cutting-edge program designed to meet the needs of today's food security professionals. This career-related Certificate in Food Security will give you the relevant knowledge you require to excel in this rapidly expanding field. Courses cover topics such as hunger and poverty, food policy and programs, community development, urban food security, and global nutrition. Food Security students typically have backgrounds in a field related to food security, such as nutrition, public health, agriculture, planning, and sociology. Many already have work experience in the food security sector and want to broaden their knowledge and skills so they can advance their careers.

Janet Chappell, Associate Professor and Director, School of Nutrition
Mustafa Koc, Associate Professor, Sociology
sociology, food security
Rod MacRae, Certificate Coordinator, Centre for Studies in Food Security
Political ecology of food and agriculture, right to food, sustainable agriculture policy, food policy
Joe Nasr, Research associate, Centre for Studies in Food Security
Judy Paisley, Associate Professor, School of Nutrition
Applied Human Nutrition, qualitative, social and cultural aspects of eating
Cecilia Rocha, Associate Professor, School of Nutrition
Brazil, economics of food security, externalities, food policy, food security, market failure, public goods
Jennifer Welsh, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Studies in Food Security
Fiona Yeudall, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition
Jean-Charles Le Vallee, PhD - Part-time Professor, Department of Geography
food security, food systems, resilience, social justice, food policy, vulnerability, global environmental change, trade, price variability, malnutrition, agricultural economics

University of Toronto

Sue Booth, Nutritional Sciences
Food insecurity, homeless youth, housing, low income families, charitable food programs
Donald C. Cole, Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences
Jennifer Forkes, PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning
Urban food systems
Charles Z Levkoe, PhD candidate, Geography and Planning
Food Sovereignty, Social Movements, Networks, Canada
Josée Johnston, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Food consumers; gourmet food; local food; organics; corporations
Bridget King, MHSc student, Community Nutrition
Community food security approaches to policy development
Wendy Mendes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives
Geography, food policy, food system planning, urban sustainability, local governance
Valerie Tarasuk, Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Nutrition, household food insecurity, poverty, homelessness, food policy
Sarah Wakefield, Assistant Professor, Geography
Community gardening, food policy

York University

Deborah Barndt, Professor, Environmental Studies
Kelly Bronson, PhD Candidate, Communications and Culture
food, organic production and consumption, new social movements, food-borne highly infectious diseases, urban political ecology and metabolic cities.
Mora Campbell, Professor, Environmental Studies
Leesa Fawcett, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D Candidate, Women's Studies
Gender, Trade, Globalization, Race, Sexuality, Class, Feminism, Food
Irena Knezevic, PhD Candidate, Communications and Culture
Catherine Phillips, Ph. D. Candidate, Environmental Studies
seed saving, seed policy, sustainability, food systems, food politics, citizenship, everyday life
Peter Vandergeest, Professor, Sociology
Political ecology, agro-food industrialization, shrimp farming, Thailand
Gerda Wekerle, Professor, Environmental Studies
Lani Trenouth, Masters Candidate, Environmental Studies
Urban agriculture, community food security, international development, physical and economic access, participatory research
Rod MacRae, Environmental Studies
Political ecology of food and agriculture, right to food, sustainable agriculture policy, food policy

University of Waterloo

Jennifer Clapp, CIGI Chair in International Governance, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
WTO and Agriculture, trade and biotechnology
Steffanie Scott, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
local food systems, food supply chains, food localization

Wilfrid Laurier University

Margaret Toye, Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Coordinating Committee, Cultural Studies Program
Alison Blay-Palmer, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Alternative food systems, sustainable communities
Ellen Desjardins, Doctoral candidate, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Nutrition, food environment, human geography, food behaviour, food culture

Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford Campus

Robert B. Feagan, Assistant Professor, Contemporary Studies
Local and regional food systems; community-shared agriculture - CSA; farmers' markets

Praries

Athabasca University

Ella Haley, Assistant Professor, Centre for Global and Social Analysis
phosphate fertilizer, community organizing, contaminated communities, organic farming, rural-urban fringe, farmland preservation

University of Alberta

Mary Beckie, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Extension
Small Plot Intensive (SPIN) Farming, Transition to Alternative Agriculture
Nairne Cameron, Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Food access, food retail, supermarkets, urban planning, health
Kim Raine, Director, Centre for Health Promotion Studies
Professor, University of Alberta
Helen Vallianatos, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Engendering/emplacing food, migration, ethnicity, South Asian foodways, fat/fatness

University of Calgary

Lynn McIntyre, Professor, Community Health Sciences
hunger and food insecurity
Dr. Dawn Johnston, Professor and Director of Communication, Arctic Institute of North America, Faculty of Communication and Culture
Food Culture; Restaurant Culture; Food, Sex, and Pleasure; Food TV and the Celebrity Chef
Ms. Lisa Stowe, Faculty of Communication and Culture
Food Culture; Cookbook as Cultural Artifact; Food Rituals and Taboos; Food in Literature; Slow Food Movement
Dr. Gwendolyn Blue, Faculty of Communication and Culture
Food and Globalization; Politics of Food; Animal/Human Relations; Consumerism and Taste Culture; Food and Technoscience

University of Manitoba

Paul Fieldhouse, Adjunct Professor, Human Nutritional Sciences
Nutrition Poicy & Research Analyst, Manitoba Health & Healthy Living, food and religion, Baha'i faith
Joyce Slater, Ph.D. student
food system trends, obesity, public health nutrition

University of Regina

JoAnn Jaffe, Associate Professor, Sociology and Social Studies
food systems, knowledge/practice, local/community studies, alternative development, globalization, Saskatchewan, Central America, Haiti

University of Saskatchewan

Carol Henry, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Nutrition
Flo Woods, Graduate Student, Pharmacy and Nutrition
School Nutritionist, Food for Thought Project, Prince Albert Parkland Health Region
Rachel Engler-Stringer, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
food security, cooking practices, health inequalities, food systems
Yvonne Hanson,MA Candidate
Knowledge transfer, local food, rural revitalization

British Columbia

Malaspina University-College

Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, Professor, History

Royal Roads University

Dr. Lenore Newman, Assistant Professor, MEM Program Head, School of Environment and Sustainability
Local food, urban markets, sustainable food systems

Simon Fraser University

Diana Ambrozas, Sessional Instructor
communication, women's studies, consumerism, foodies, magazines, advertising
Carolyn Levy, Master's Student, Liberal Studies
food and transformation; food and notion of good; food and literature; food and film
Christiana Miewald, Food Systems Analyst, Centre for Sustainable Community Development,
food system assessments
Ben Milne, M.A. Candidate, Women's Studies
scientific uncertainty and organic food
Robin Jane Roff, PhD Student, Geography
Political economy of food, agrobiotechnology, farmers’ attitudes towards biotechnology, local food systems, meaning and representation of food products

University of British Columbia

Aleck Ostry, Associate Professor, Healthcare and Epidemiology
History, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Nutrition policy, Food security
Karen Rideout, PhD candidate, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Food policy, public health, food culture, India, dietary change
Graham Riches, Professor, Social Work and Family Studies
Social Policy, right to food, food poverty, food security, food democracy, emergency food relief, food banks, justiciability
Gwen Chapman, Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition, and Health; Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Family food practices, food choice, qualitative methods

University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus)

Mary Stockdale, Adjunct Professor, Geography
Food security, sustainability, community food systems

University of Victoria

John Volpe, School of Environmental Studies
Using science to link ecological and social sustainability, particularly with regard to marine-based food production systems.
Aleck Ostry, Faculty of Social Sciences/Dept. of Geography

International Academic Institutions

Charles Sturt University

Barbara Parker, PhD Candidate, School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Institute of Land, Water and Society
Women, food practices, culture, health, risk

City University

Barbara Seed, PhD Student, Registered Dietitian, Public Health, Primary Care and Food Policy
Food Policy; Food Security; British Columbia