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Congratulations Anelyse!

Anelyse Weiler successfully defended her PhD dissertation at the University of Toronto titled “The Periphery in the Core: Cider Production, Agrarian Livelihoods and Tuning Tastes in the Pacific Northwest.” Congratulations Anelyse! Amid everything that's going on, I'm grateful this brilliant group of people took the time to examine my doctoral dissertation today. Successfully defended! pic.twitter.com/gq0K2KINxN […]

Congratulations Johnnie!

Congratulations to Johnnie Manson who won an award for his article “Workmanship and Relationships: Indigenous Food Trading and Sharing Practices on Vancouver Island”, published last year in BC Studies! https://bcstudies.com/bc-studies-prize/ From the award site:“The BC Studies Prize is awarded to the paper judged by the editors and members of the BC Studies Editorial Board to […]

Congratulations Lisa!

Lisa Powell has moved on from CSFS and is now Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability at Sweet Briar College. Congrats Lisa! Lisa Powell

Our 2018 publications!

Several articles were published by our group in 2018: Weiler, A. M. (2018). A food policy for Canada, but not just for Canadians: Reaping justice for migrant farm workers. Canadian Food Studies/La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation, 5(3), 279-284.  Heckelman, A., Smukler, S., & Wittman, H. (2018). Cultivating climate resilience: a participatory assessment of organic and conventional […]

Congratulations to Tori Ostenso!

Congratulations to Tori Ostenso!

Congratulations to Tori Ostenso, who presented her MSc Thesis, “Planning for whom? The practice of cultural inclusion in alternative food initiatives in Metro Vancouver,” in August of 2018. Part of her thesis will be published soon by MIT Press in the book “Immigration, Immigrants, and Food in North America” (in press, see citation below). Ostenso, V, Dring, […]

Congratulations to Chris Hergesheimer!

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

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

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!

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

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, […]