Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Thursday, 26 June 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Waterloo, ON
Hosted by the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, this workshop brings together international academics, practitioners, and policy makers to share on-going research and policy initiatives. The workshop is SOLD OUT!
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8:30 – 9:00 – Registration & Welcome |
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| 9:00 – 10:30
FLOWS OF PEOPLE, KNOWLEDGE & RESOURCES Discussant: Terry Marsden, Director, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University |
Rich Pirog, Senior Associate Director, Michigan State University, Centre for Regional Food Systems
The Michigan Good Food Charter: Using networks to create change in the food system |
| Juliane Brandt, Christoph Kasper and Undine Giseke, Technical University, Berlin
Urban agriculture as an integrated planning strategy – a productive green infrastructure for Casablanca |
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| Andrew Spring, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Joe Hanlon, Sahtú Renewable Resources Board
Food security in the Sahtú Region, NWT |
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| Charles Levkoe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University
The food movement in Canada: A social movement network perspective |
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10:30 – 10:45 – Networking Break |
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| 10:45 – 12:15
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS Discussant: Cornelia Flora, Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University |
Damien Conaré, UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, Montpellier SupAgro
Emerging linkages in global food studies: A UNESCO Chair perspective |
| Peter Andree and Patricia Ballamingie, Carleton University, and Carolyn Doris
Challenges at the intersection of food and housing security with fair wages for farmers |
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| Molly Anderson, Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
Fostering food security through sustainable regional food system visions |
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| Erin Nelson and Karen Landman, University of Guelph
Alternative agri-food initiatives and social capital: Learnings from Ontario and Mexico |
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12:15 – 1:30 – Networking Lunch |
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| 1:30 – 2:45
ACTIVATING FOR CHANGE Discussant: Laurette Dube, Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University |
Connie Nelson and Mirella Stroink, Lakehead University, and community partner
Crowd sourcing and sustainable food system projects |
| Irena Knezevic, Research Associate, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Su Morin and Linda Best
Innovative food initiatives in Atlantic Canada |
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| Lori Stahlbrand, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University
Institutional local sustainable food procurement: Building capacity |
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2:45 – 3:00 – Networking Break |
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| 3:00 – 4:30
SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS: POLICY AND PLANNING Discussant: Wayne Roberts, Food Policy Consultant, Retired Toronto Food Policy Council Manager |
Phil Mount, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University
Supply management and local food: Solving chicken and egg riddles |
| Jill Clarke, Assistant Professor, John Glenn School of Public Policy, Ohio State University
Integrating sustainable food systems into planning |
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| Samina Raja, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo
Planning for food: Insights from the Healthy Communities Lab |
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| Jane Battersby-Lennard, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
Everyone’s problem, no-one’s mandate: Working towards an urban food systems approach in Cape Town, South Africa |
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4:30 – 5:00 – Closing |
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