Dr. Charles Levkoe has been named as a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems.
The Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project extends a hearty congratulations to Dr. Charles Levkoe, who was named as the new Tier II Canada Research Chair聽in Sustainable Food Systems at Lakehead University. The appointment was announced by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, on December 2, 2016.
In this role, Dr. Levkoe聽will look at聽how community practitioners and academics聽can work together to build sustainable food systems–particularly ones that address social, economic and environmental challenges.
This new position aligns well with Dr. Levkoe’s聽work in聽the CFICE project. Dr. Levkoe started his involvement with CFICE in Phase I聽as the Academic Co-lead of the Community Food Security hub. In this role,聽he worked with community partners to fund and facilitate demonstration projects that addressed聽various聽food security and food sovereignty issues.
He continues his involvement in Phase II as the Academic Co-lead of the Food Sovereignty Table, which is part of the Community-Campus Engagement Brokering Working Group. Through this table, Dr. Levkoe and his colleagues aim to strengthen relationships between academics and community-based practitioners doing work on national food policy issues through a food sovereignty lens.
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