Carleton Professor Peter Andrée will be speaking an online webinar, Supporting Farmer Livelihoods: Research Partnerships for Action, on January 22nd, 2021.

Peter Andrée is currently Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, and cross-appointed in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and in the Institute of Political Economy. His research focuses on the politics of agriculture, food and the environment.

Along with Prof. Patricia Ballamingie of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and Prof. Irena Knezevic from the School of Journalism and Communication, Prof. Andrée is co-lead of the Eastern Ontario node of the SSHRC and Ontario government funded ‘Nourishing Communities’ research team (nourishingontario.ca and fledgeresearch.ca). This group undertakes research across Canada and internationally on sustainable food system efforts. Under the Nourishing Communities’ Food: Locally Embedded and Globally Engaged (FLEdGE) partnership project, Prof. Andrée and Prof. Ballamingie are leading a study on the topic of National/pan-Canadian Food Policy in Canada.

In this webinar, sustainable food system practitioners, experts, and researchers will explore the possibilities of policy dialogues, digital retail spaces, and ecological production for farmers in Canada. Panelists will present their research findings and recommendations from three projects including: (1) lessons learned from a community partnership on the future of farming in Hastings County in Eastern Ontario, (2) data on how digital technologies are changing the way that farmers engage in markets across the country, and (3) insights collected at a field school on the future of agroecology in Canada. Panelists will discuss the process of community-research partnerships, offer policy recommendations relevant to small-scale farmers, and explore how their work is scalable and/or replicable in other contexts. Discussant Bess Legault from the National Farmers Union will provide insights on how research can support farmer livelihoods in Canada.

This webinar will be in English with simultaneous French interpretation available.

Moderator and Speakers

Bryan Dale, Feeding the City: Pandemic and Beyond
Peter Andrée, Carleton University
Bess Legault, National Farmers’ Union
Charles Levkoe, Lakehead University
Louise Livingstone, Harvest Hastings
Theresa Schumilas, Open Food Network Canada
David Thomas, Open Food Network Canada

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Description du webinaire : Lors de ce webinaire, des praticiens de systèmes alimentaires durables, des experts et des chercheurs vont explorer les possibilités de dialogues politiques, d’espaces commerciaux numériques et de production écologique pour les fermiers du Canada. Les panélistes vont présenter les résultats de leurs recherches et leurs recommandations découlant de trois projets, y compris : (1) les leçons tirées d’un partenariat communautaire sur l’avenir de l’agriculture dans le comté de Hastings, dans l’Est de l’Ontario; (2) des données sur comment les technologies numériques changent la façon que les fermiers s’engagent dans les marchés à travers le pays; et (3) des perpectives recueillies dans une école pratique d’agriculture sur l’avenir de l’agroécologie au Canada. Les panélistes vont : discuter le processus de partenariats de recherche communautaire; offrir des recommandations politiques pertinentes aux petits fermiers; et explorer comment leur travail est adaptable et/ou reproductible dans d’autres contextes. L’intervenante Bess Legault, de l’Union nationale des fermiers, va offrir des perspectives sur comment la recherche peut appuyer la subsistance des fermiers au Canada.

Ce webinaire aura lieu en anglais, avec traduction simultanée disponible en français.

Mettant en vedette :

Peter Andrée, Université Carleton
Bess Legault, Union nationale des fermiers
Charles Levkoe, Université de Lakehead
Louise Livingston, Harvest Hastings
Theresa Schumilas, Open Food Network Canada
David Thomas, Open Food Network Canada
Bryan Dale (modérateur), Feeding the City: Pandemic and Beyond