Resources - Academic Institutions

CAFS would like to offer a common space for listing those educational programs and individual researchers involved in food studies from an interdisciplinary perspective in Canada. If you know of a program of interest to our members that is not listed here, please contact us.

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

Nova Scotia
Antigonish
St Francis Xavier University
Human Nutrition
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

Halifax
Dalhouise University
Faculty of Health Professions

Mount Saint Vincent University
Applied Human Nutrition
Patricia Williams, Assistant Professor, Applied Human Nutrition

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Québec
Montreal
Concordia University
Anthropology, Geography, New Rural Economy Research Group (NRE), Public Policy and Public Administration, Religion
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
McGill University
Anthropology, English, Institute for the Study of Canada, Minimum Cost Housing Group
Hannah Askew, Graduate student, Anthropology, McGill University
Nathalie Cooke, Associate Professor, English
Program Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Canadian cookbooks, Canadian foodways, Quebec foodways
Rune Kongshaug, Project Coordinator/Research Assistant, Minimum Cost Housing Group
Université de Montréal
Nutrition, Médecine sociale et preventive
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
Institut des sciences de l’environnement, Sociologie
Louise Vandelac, Professeure titulaire, Sociologie et Institut des sciences de l’environnement
Université Laval
Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition
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

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Ontario
Brantford
Laurier Brantford
Contemporary Studies
Robert B. Feagan, Assistant Professor, Contemporary Studies
Geography, contemporary studies, Niagara region, farmers’ markets, local food systems, sustainability, alternative agriculture, slow-food, community development

Guelph
University of Guelph
Applied Nutrition, Sociology and Anthropology
Janet Omoro, Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Nutrition
Judy Sheeshka, Associate Professor, Family Relations & Applied Nutrition
Tony Winson, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology

Kingston
Queen's University
Environmental Studies, Geography, Health Studies
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, Health Studies
Sociology; public health, sociology of food, sociology of childhood, visual research methods, poverty

Ottawa
Carleton University
Sociology
Jean-Charles Le Vallee, PhD Candidate, Food Security Guide, Development Gateway
food security, food systems, food policy, vulnerability, global envrionmental change, trade, price variability, malnutrition, economics
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
Psychology
Julie Beaulac, PhD Student, Psychology
community health psychology; food security; physical activity interventions
Vivien Runnels, Student, Population health
food insecurity, homelessness, voluntary sector, vocational rehabilitation

Peterborough
Trent University
Environmental and Resource Studies, Emphasis in Food and Agriculture
Peter Andree, Environmental and Resource Studies

Thunder Bay
Lakehead University
Public Health
Ariel-Ann Lyons, MPH Candidate, Public Health
food insecurity, community, social support

Toronto
Ryerson University
Centre for Studies in Food Security, 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.
School of Nutrition, Sociology
Janet Chappell, Associate Professor and Director, Nutrition
Mustafa Koc, Associate Professor, Department of 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
University of Toronto
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, Community Nutrition, Geography, Nutritional Sciences,Planning, Public Health Sciences, Sociology
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
Josee Johnston, Assistant Professor, Sociology
ethical consumerism; globalization; social movements
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, Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Nutrition, food insecurity, homelessness, nutrition inequities, community food programs
Sarah Wakefield, Assistant Professor, Geography
community gardening, food policy
York University
Communications and Culture, Environmental Studies, Women's Studies
Lauren Baker, Graduate Student, Environmental Studies
local food networks, rural-urban linkages, social movements, place, political ecology, urban agriculture, community gardening
Deborah Barndt, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies
Kelly Bronson, PhD Candidate, Communication and Culture
food, organic production and consumption, new social movements, food-borne highly infectious diseases, urban political ecology and metabolic cities.
Mora Campbell, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies
Leesa Fawcett, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies
Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D Candidate, Women's Studies
Gender, Trade, Globalization, Race, Sexuality, Class, Feminism, Food
Irena Knezevic, PhD Candidate, Communication 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

Waterloo
University of Waterloo
Environmental Studies
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
Cultural Studies Program
Margaret Toye, Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Coordinating Committee, Cultural Studies Program

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Prairies

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

Edmonton
University of Alberta
Centre for Health Promotion Studies, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Extension
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 s
Professor, University of Albert

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

Manitoba
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Human Nutritional Sciences
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

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

Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Pharmacy and Nutrition
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

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British Columbia
Nanaimo
Malaspina University-College
History
Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, Professor, History

Vancouver
Simon Fraser University
Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Geography, Liberal Studies,
Women's Studies
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
Healthcare and Epidemiology, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Social Work and Family Studies
Aleck Ostry, Associate Professor, Healthcare and Epidemiology
History, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Nutrition policy, Food security
Karen Rideout, PhD candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
community nutrition, public health, human ecology, environmental health
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

Victoria
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.

                     
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