By Matilda Dipieri, Junior Researcher How are communities responding to and addressing food access and equity issues? What role do community organizations play in a wider recognition of the important connections between food and health? On February 23, as part of the Partnership for Inclusive Health: Bridging the Equity Gap in the Eastern GTA… Read More
by Andrea Yovorsky Header image by Chelsey Ellis: Chelsea Ellis Photography In my 2021 Summer academic term, my colleagues were the local fisheries, chefs, farmers, consumers and other food system advocates of Prince Rupert, Northern British Columbia. Due to the area’s relative remoteness, its difficult food growing conditions, and its social economic inequalities, there is a… Read More
By Jeffrey Liu, Junior Researcher Introduction It is well known that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the restaurant industry in Canada and abroad. Knowledge of how the pandemic has affected disparate types of food businesses is comparatively lacking. In this article, I summarize and reflect on my recent research project that explores how the… Read More
Welcome to the Reflections section, where we feature commentaries and stories from our research team and collaborators. Many of these stories have been captured through auto-ethnographic work that we have done to document our food-related experiences throughout the pandemic. … Read More