- Ph.D in Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia
- M.A. in Sociology, University of Manitoba
- B.A. (honours) in Sociology, University of Manitoba
Bio
Evan completed his PhD in Food Sovereignty and Agroecology in 2021. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Community Food Systems at the Trent School of the Environment, where he hosts the Towards Equity in Sustainability Transitions lab.
Evan is a visual sociologist and urban political ecologist. Previous to his current position, Evan was the Acting Director at the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley. He also taught a number of sociology courses at the University of Manitoba, including courses on visual methods and sociology and film.
Personal website: https://www.evanbowness.ca/
Doctoral Dissertation
Food sovereignty and the city: urban agrarianism and agroecology in Canada and Brazil
Selected Publications
Bowness, E., & Wittman, H. (2023). Sites, Stakes, and Scales: Radical relationalism and the shifting nature of food sovereignty mobilization. Globalizations. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2023.2171623
Huambachano, Mariaelena, Indika Arulingam, Evan Bowness, Anna Korzenszky, Catherine Mungai, Paola Termine and Hannah Wittman. (2022). Intergenerational Knowledge Networks to Support Youth Engagement in Sustainable Food Systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.867344
James, Dana and Evan Bowness. (2021). Growing and Eating Sustainably: Agroecology in Action. Fernwood Publishing. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/growing-and-eating-sustainably
Bowness, Evan and Hannah Wittman (2021). Bringing the City to the Country: Urban Agrarianism in Metro-Vancouver. The Journal of Peasant Studies 48(6):1141-1166. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2020.1803842
James, Dana, Evan Bowness, Tabitha Robin, Angela McIntyre, Colin Dring, Annette Desmarais, and Hannah Wittman (2021). Dismantling and Rebuilding the Food System after COVID-19: Ten Principles for Redistribution and Regeneration. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development 10(2): 29–51. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.019
Hudson, Mark and Evan Bowness (2021). Finance and Fossil Capital: A Community Divided? The Extractive Industries and Society 8(1): 383-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.11.016.
Sampson, Devon, Marcela Cely, Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Nicholas Babin, Annelie Bernhart, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Jennifer Blesh, Evan Bowness, Mackenzie Feldman, Andre Luiz R. Goncalves, Dana James, Tanya Kerssen, Susanna Klassen, Alexander Wezel and Hannah Wittman (2021). Food Sovereignty and Rights-based Approaches Strengthen Food Security and Nutrition Across the Globe: A systematic review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.686492/full
Bowness, Evan, Dana James, Annette Desmarais, Angela McIntyre, Colin Dring, Tabitha Robin, and Hannah Wittman. (2020). COVID-19 and the ‘Organized Irresponsibility’ of the Corporate Food Regime. Studies in Political Economy: A Socialist Review 101(3): 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/07078552.2020.1849986.
Bowness, Evan, Natalie Baird, Avery Hallberg, Mark Packulak and Students from SOC3460 (2020). Reconnecting through Urban Agriculture: A Community-Based Ethnographic Video. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-engaged research, teaching and learning 6(1):93-100. https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/issue/view/5158/54
Bowness, Evan and Mark Hudson. (2014). Sand in the Cogs? Power and Public Participation in the Albertan Tar Sands. Environmental Politics 23(1): 59-76. 10.1080/09644016.2013.821825
Comack, Elizabeth and Evan Bowness. (2010). Dealing the Race Card: Public Discourse on the Policing of Winnipeg’s Inner-city Communities. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 19(1): 34-50. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44320867