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Carleton University
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Publisher: University of Michigan Library
Date: 22-01-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-07-2021
Publisher: The Arctic Institute of North America
Date: 28-09-2020
DOI: 10.14430/ARCTIC70869
Abstract: This paper explores how Canadian federal policy and frameworks can better support community-based initiatives to reduce food insecurity and build sustainable food systems in the North. Through an examination of the current state of food systems infrastructure, transportation, harvest, and production in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut, we argue in favour of a multi-sector approach that supports ersified food systems, including traditional/country food production and distribution, in a way that values and prioritizes community-led initiatives and Indigenous peoples’ self-determination and self-governance. The challenge of developing sustainable, northern food systems requires made-in-the-North solutions that are attuned to cultural, geographic, environmental, and political contexts. Recent policy developments suggest some progress in this direction, however much more work is needed. Ultimately, sustainable northern food systems must be defined by and for Northerners at community, local, and regional levels, with particular attention paid to treaty rights and the right to self-determination of First Nations and other Indigenous communities.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-04-2014
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Date: 03-12-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-08-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-07-2017
Publisher: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Date: 25-06-2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 06-2006
Publisher: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Date: 22-02-2023
DOI: 10.5304/JAFSCD.2023.122.005
Abstract: Civil society organizations (CSOs) commonly experience food systems governance as imposed by governments from the top down and as unduly influenced by a small group of private sector actors that hold disproportionate power. This uneven influence significantly impacts the activities and relationships that determine the nature and orientation of food systems. In contrast, some CSOs have sought to establish participatory governance structures that are more democratic, accessible, collaborative, and rooted in social and environmental justice. Our research seeks to better understand the experiences of CSOs across the food systems governance landscape and critically analyze the successes, challenges, and future opportunities for establishing collaborative governance processes with the goal of building healthier, sustainable, and more equitable food systems. This paper presents findings from a survey of CSOs in Canada to identify who is involved in this work, key policy priorities, and opportunities and limitations experienced. Following the survey, we conducted interviews with a broad cross-section of CSO representatives to deepen our understanding of experiences engaging with food systems governance. Our findings suggest that what food systems governance is, how it is experienced, and what more participatory structures might look like are part of an emergent and contested debate. We argue for increased scholarly attention to the ways that proponents of place-based initiatives engage in participatory approaches to food systems governance, examining both current and future possibilities. We conclude by identifying five key gaps in food systems governance that require additional focus and study: (1) Describing the myriad meanings of participatory food systems governance (2) Learning from food movement histories (3) Deepening meaningful Indigenous-settler relationships (4) Addressing food systems labor issues and (5) Considering participatory food systems governance in the context of COVID-19.
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
Date: 22-01-2020
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Date: 2016
Publisher: University of Waterloo
Date: 30-09-2018
DOI: 10.15353/CFS-RCEA.V5I3.283
Abstract: This paper contributes to Canada’s current national food policy discussion by introducing lessons gleaned from the development of two earlier Canadian government food policy efforts, A Food Strategy for Canada (1977) and Canada’s Action Plan for Food Security (1998), as well as lessons drawn from national food strategy development in seven other countries. By examining the strengths and weaknesses of these previous policy-making processes, we show how today’s food policy conversation builds on the legacy of 1998's Action Plan. We then offer food policy governance recommendations designed to avoid the mistakes of the previous efforts. This paper explores international precedents for governance mechanisms designed to be inclusive of key food systems’ stakeholders, and to meaningfully include multiple levels of government in food governance. Drawing on both our domestic and international research, we conclude by recommending the establishment of a multi-sectoral and inter-governmental National Food Policy Council. We show how such a Council, operating in close cooperation with other key mechanisms, could help govern the pan-Canadian food strategy we advocate.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2011
Publisher: University of Waterloo
Date: 14-05-2014
DOI: 10.15353/CFS-RCEA.V1I1.19
Abstract: How can community-engaged scholars best undertake grounded, policy-relevant, food systems research and teaching in ways that support the capacity of—and meaningfully build on—the experiences of civil society organizations working on these issues in Canada? This paper analyzes four case studies in the context of a research project that brings together members of the Canadian Association for Food Studies and Food Secure Canada. One case was led by Region of Waterloo Public Health and faculty from the University of Waterloo a second by the Food Security Research Network at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and the North Superior Workforce Planning Board a third by the national student organization Meal Exchange and Ryerson University in Toronto and a fourth by the BC Food Systems Network. We argue that the answer to the question above lies in establishing respectful relationships and recognizing the different cultures involved, and we offer five methodological insights for building effective relationships in practice. The first is the need to disaggregate the concept of ‘community’ in order to acknowledge the distinct needs and assets of the erse organizations and populations involved. Our second and third insights are linked: Establish the relationship around a shared vision, and then negotiate mutually-beneficial teaching or research projects. Fourth, practitioners should approach community-c us engagement through the framework of contextual fluidity, which includes seeing the relationships and the vision at the heart of the work, while remaining open to shifts and new opportunities. Finally, adopting community capacity building practices helps practitioners realize their shared vision.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Date: 08-2002
DOI: 10.3138/JCS.37.3.162
Abstract: In recent years we have witnessed the rise of considerable resistance to genetically modified (GM) food and crops around the world. This has led to a moratorium on the planting of new GM crops in Europe, and regimes for the mandatory labelling of GM foods in more than 30 countries, including Japan and Australia. By contrast, the Canadian regulatory system has approved 51 “plants with novel traits” and “novel foods” since 1995, almost all of which are GM, and any demands to require labelling of these products have been resisted by the federal government. Working with theoretical concepts developed by Michel Foucault, this essay examines this situation in Canada. The author traces the way in which facts and values have together given shape to a biopolitical struggle between those scientists who would frame genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as a manageable risk and those who have adopted a more precautionary framing. Three specific terms used in Canadian “science-based” regulation - “novelty,” “familiarity” and “substantial equivalence” - can be seen to represent ambiguous compromises in these ongoing struggles at the international level. In Canada these concepts have been mobilized to narrow the horizon of what can be expected to be risky about genetic engineering, allowing swift approval of many GM crops. High-level scientific critiques of this system, however, buoyed by public concern, point towards the need for a more open-ended regulatory process in Canada, one that would acknowledge that decision making in this field is inevitably both technical and political.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2016
DOI: 10.1111/ROPR.12192
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2013
Publisher: University of Waterloo
Date: 30-09-2018
DOI: 10.15353/CFS-RCEA.V5I3.335
Abstract: This editorial introduces the special issue of Canadian Food Studies, “Building an integrated Food Policy for Canada”. In a letter to the food policy community, the guest editors assert that the federal government’s development of a Food Policy for Canada will be just the beginning. Many pressing questions remain about how the policy will be implemented and what mechanisms will be used to ensure its realization. This special issue is intended to be a contribution to the crucial work ahead.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2013
Publisher: MIT Press - Journals
Date: 11-2005
DOI: 10.1162/152638005774785444
Abstract: The precautionary principle is increasingly recognized as an important tool in multilateral environmental policy making, even as its practical implications remain the subject of intense debate. Drawing on Foucault's reading of discursive politics, this paper traces the emergence and effects of a specific framing of a precautionary response to new technologies found in the 2000 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This international treaty enables states to restrict imports of specific classes of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), even if the extent of the harm they may cause remains uncertain. This particular framing of precaution in an environmental treaty is novel for its application to technologies yet to be demonstrated as harmful, and can only be understood in the context of the contentiousness of controversies over GMOs, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and hormone-injected beef in the 1990s. At the same time, what might be termed the “Cartagena discourse of precaution” has already had productive effects on a variety of other policy fields including the regulation of persistent organic pollutants and pesticides.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2016
Publisher: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Date: 24-09-2013
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
Date: 22-01-2020
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