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  1. Striving toward a peasant identity: The influence of the global peasant movement on three women farmers in Canada

    19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

    By Roseann Lydia Kerr, Erin Richan, Coral Sproule, Ayla Fenton

    As diverse actors work through disparate food movements seeking to tackle the causes and effects of the global food crisis, Holt-Giménez and Shattuck (2011) call for strategic alliances between...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7800/?v=1

  2. Engaging youth in food preservation: Examining knowledge and practice on Canada’s West Coast

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Majing Oloko, Maureen G. Reed, James P. Robson

    Youth in remote communities of Canada, including those in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region (CSUBR), can benefit from building food preservation knowledge because of the additional...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7784/?v=1

  3. Characterizing the development and dissemination of dietary messaging in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Julia Gyapay, Sonja Ostertag, Sonia Wesche, Brian Laird, Kelly Skinner

    Public health communication about diet in Inuit communities must balance the benefits and risks associated with both country and store-bought food choices and processes to support Inuit well-being....

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7776/?v=1

  4. Growing local: Gardening for community food security, preliminary results

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Janet Music, Lisa Mullins, Sylvain Charlebois, Charlotte Large

    Home food gardening has seen a resurgence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents the preliminary findings from the first 6 months of a 22-month home food gardening study in...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7762/?v=1

  5. Exploring collaboration within Edmonton's City Table on Household Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Alexa Rae Ferdinands, Oleg Lavriv, Mary Beckie, Maria Mayan

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been unprecedented attention and funding toward addressing household food insecurity (HFI) in Canada. In Edmonton, a virtual "City Table" was developed to...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7750/?v=1

  6. A window, a mountain, a scape

    19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

    By L. Sasha Gora

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7746/?v=1

  7. Intersections of race, COVID-19 pandemic, and food security in Black identifying Canadian households: A scoping review

    19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):

    By Keji Mori, Elizabeth Onyango

    Although studies have identified food insecurity as a racialized inequity issue disproportionately affecting Black identifying Canadians, research exploring how anti-Black racism across multiple...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7747/?v=1

  8. Envisioning a community food hub to support food security: A community engagement process at a post-secondary institute

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Sarah Clement, Sara Kozicky, Cassandra Hamilton, Rachel Murphy

    Objective: The objective of this community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) project was to gain an in-depth understanding of the needs, interest and opportunities that exist within a...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7741/?v=1

  9. The framing of food in Canadian university classrooms: A preliminary analysis of undergraduate human nutrition sciences, dietetics, and food studies syllabi

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Andrea Bombak, Michelle Adams, Sierra Garofalo, Constance Russell, Emma Robinson, Barbara Parker, Natalie Riediger, Erin Cameron

    There are numerous “positivity” movements circulating such as sex positivity and body positivity that affect how sexuality and bodies are discussed, including in educational contexts. These...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7742/?v=1

  10. Is cell-based meat a climate solution for Canada? : Interpreting lifecycle footprints within the domestic agri-food context

    19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

    By Ryan M Katz-Rosene

    Interest and technological know-how in cell-based meat production has grown tremendously in recent years. The appeal is wide ranging, but two main drivers include: i) the possibility of producing...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7738/?v=1

  11. A review of food asset maps in Canada

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Belinda Li, Tammara Soma, Raghava Payment, Srishti Kumar, Nicole Anderson, Flora Xu, Phonpoom Piensatienkul

    Food asset mapping is gaining prominence in Canada as an important planning tool for the evaluation of local food systems. In addition to being used by planners to identify opportunities for...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7727/?v=1

  12. Producing protein: Fractionation of animal bodies, mass consumption of cheap protein, and the value of protein sourced from industrial hog operations

    19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

    By Katie MacDonald

    This article claims that the pursuit of protein specifically, not meat in general, is woven into the very fabric of industrial hog farming and the devalued animals at its centre. Further, this...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7733/?v=1

  13. The spaces for farmers in the city: A case study comparison of Direct Selling Alternative Food Networks in Toronto, Canada and Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Erin Maureen Pratley, Belinda Dodson

    The current focus of Alternative Food Network (AFN) literature in the global North overlooks the reality of Southern AFNs and the potential contributions from studying Southern case studies. In...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7711/?v=1

  14. Planning for food sovereignty in Canada? A comparative case study of two rural communities

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Virginie Lavallée-Picard

    In Canada, most local-governance level food system planning research has been conducted in larger, often urban communities. However, producers in small rural communities conduct the majority of...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7623/?v=1

  15. Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Tiff-Annie Kenny, Sonia D Wesche, Myriam Fillion, Jullian MacLean, Hing Man Chan

    Food insecurity among Indigenous Peoples of northern Canada is a significant public health issue that is exacerbated by changing social and environmental conditions. While a patchwork of programs,...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7572/?v=1

  16. A food policy for Canada, but not just for Canadians: Reaping justice for migrant farm workers

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Anelyse M. Weiler

    In this policy commentary, I highlight opportunities to advance equity and dignity for racialized migrant workers from less affluent countries who are hired through low-wage agricultural streams of...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7564/?v=1

  17. Closing the loop on Canada's National Food Policy: A food waste agenda

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Tammara Soma

    In the near future, Canada will be implementing a national food policy; in doing so, it will be joining a growing number of countries with policies and strategies that address the growing problem...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7563/?v=1

  18. Tackling household food insecurity: An essential goal of a national food policy

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Naomi Dachner, Valerie Tarasuk

    Eradicating household food insecurity is essential to the articulated vision of a national food policy that aims to promote healthy living and safe food for families across the country. Household...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7559/?v=1

  19. What about the other 50 percent of the Canadian population? Food allergies ignored in national policy plan

    19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

    By Susan Elliott, Francesca Cardwell

    Food allergy is a growing public health epidemic in Canada, affecting 50 percent of Canadian households either directly or indirectly. Despite the physical, psychosocial and quality of life impacts...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7565/?v=1

  20. Pesticides: Le Talon d’Achille des politiques alimentaires canadiennes et québécoises

    19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):

    By Marie-Hélène Bacon, Louise Vandelac, Sébastien Petrie

    Comment expliquer que le projet de politique alimentaire du Canada ignore le dossier des pesticides alors que la récente politique bioalimentaire du Québec évoque vaguement la question, mais sans...

    https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7556/?v=1