People
Leadership
Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer
Director
Dr. Andrew Spring
Associate Director
Staff
Jane Clause, Project Coordinator, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems; Director, Programs, Education & Communications, UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies
Erica Carmount, Research and Administrative Support, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems; Director, Operations and Projects, UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies
Students, Researchers, and Advisors
- Laine Young (PhD Candidate, Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Carla Johnston (PhD Candidate, Global Governance)
- Johanna Wilkes (PhD Candidate, Global Governance)
- Jennifer Temmer (PhD Candidate, Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Enock Mac'Ouma (PhD Candidate, Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Aaron Snider (PhD Candidate, Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Neala MacLeod Farley (MES Candidate, Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Laura Rodriguez Reyes (MES Candidate, Geography and Environmetnal Studies)
- Kaitlyn Ranft (MSW Candidate, Social Work)
- Adedotun Babajide
- Evelyn Nimmo (Community Research Associate, Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Charlotte Spring (Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Faris Ahmed, Food Systems Consultant
- Anna-Liisa Aunio, Department of Sociology, Dawson College
- Patricia Ballamingie, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
- Mariol Morejon Garcia, University of Pinar del Rio
- Laura Gomez-Tovar, Department of Agroecology, CIIDRI, Chapingo Autonomous University
- Irena Knezevic, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
- Catherine Mah, Food Policy Lab, Dalhousie University
- Phil Mount, Associate Director, Just Food
- Kent Mullinix, Director, Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Erin Nelson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph
- Lori Stahlbrand, Food Studies, George Brown College
The LCSFS Management Advisory Board provides strategic direction to the LCSFS director and is instrumental in defining the research priorities. Members also support information sharing, network building, and knowledge mobilization for LCSFS research and outreach activities.
- Patricia Ballamingie, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
- Bonnie Whitlow, Indigenous Special Projects Officer, Brantford, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Andrea Brown, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Andrea Collins, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
- Irena Knezevic, School of Journalism and Communications, Carleton University
- Alex Latta, Department of Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Environmental and Food Law, University of Ottawa
- Michael Steeleworthy, Data Librarian, Research Data Services, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Timothy Donais, Peace and Conflict Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
- John Paul Glaves, Manager Research Partnerships, Research Services
- Miguel Sioui, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Frances Stewart, Department of Biology, Wilfred Laurier University
- Debora VanNijnatten, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
- David Wheatly, Lazaridis Business School (ODS), Wilfrid Laurier University
- Manuel Riemer, Environmental Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University