Susanna & Sam
Congratulations to Chris Hergesheimer!
Chris successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, Practical Mergers: Export Oriented Value Chains and Food Sovereignty Pathways Haiti and Ecuador on 3 October 2017!
Group members help host World Environmental Education Congress workshop at UBC Farm
On 11 September 2017, attendees of the 9th World Environmental Education Congress visited the UBC Farm as part of the congress’s Community Engagement Day. Members of the Food Sovereignty Research Group were involved in hosting the day’s activities. Dana James provided a tour of the UBC Farm, highlighting the wide array of research, teaching, and […]
Group members help start Food Systems Network
Amber Heckelman, Dana James, and Victoria Ostenso are among the co-founders of the Food Systems Network, with the support of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. The Food Systems Network (FSN) is comprised of students, faculty, and community partners whose research, work, and/or interests focus on one of the […]
Many new publications!
Several pieces by group members were published in Summer 2017. Susanna Klassen and Hannah Wittman co-authored a chapter in the new book, Sustainable Food Futures: Multidisciplinary Solutions, edited by Jessica Duncan and Megan Bailey. Lisa Powell and Hannah co-authored an article in Agriculture and Human Values titled Farm to school in British Columbia: mobilizing food literacy for food […]
Chris Hergesheimer shortlisted for Social Awareness Literary Prize
Congratulations to Chris Hergesheimer, whose book, The Flour Peddlar, co-written with his brother Josh, has been shortlisted for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness, presented annually to a B.C. author for an outstanding book about social issues. The Flour Peddlar (Caitlin Press) recounts the brothers’ journey to Africa as they transport their pedal-powered milling technology from Roberts Creek, […]
Jill Guerra contributes to piece on the TPP and food sovereignty
Jill Guerra partnered with several classmates to write an explainer for OpenCanada.org entitled “Inequality Explained: Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership affect Canada’s food sovereignty? You can read it here!
Eating City 2015
Two members of our research team, Samantha Gambling and Susanna Klassen, were invited participants in the ‘Eating City’ international food systems workshop this past August in Paris, France. [Photo: Susanna Klassen]