Patricia Ballamingie
Professor
- B.A.H. (Queens), M.E.S. (York), Ph.D. (杏吧原创)
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Education
- B.A. Honours (Economics, Geography), Queen鈥檚 University, 1992
- M.E.S. (Environmental Studies 鈥 Communications in Health Promotion), York University, 1995
- Ph.D. (Geography), 杏吧原创 University, 2006
Current research interests
- Food policy and food systems governance
- Environmental conflict and deliberative democracy
2024-2025 Courses
- Fall 2024:
鈥 ENST/GEOG 4007 (Localizing Food Systems)
鈥 GEOG 5003F (Critical Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry)/CDNS 5002F听(Interdisciplinary Methods) - Winter 2025:
鈥 GEOG 6001 (Doctoral Core Seminar: Geography, Society and the Environment 鈥 Research and Professional Practice)
鈥 ENST/GEOG 4050 (Environmental and Geographic Education)
Current research affiliations
Co-director and Co-investigator on SSHRC Partnership Grant ($4M): Food Learning and Growing (FLOW) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation (2023-2028) [PI: Alison Blay-Palmer]
Co-investigator on SSHRC/CMHC Partnership Grant ($4.8M): (2023-2028) [co-PIs: Jackie Kennelly, Liam O鈥橞rien]
Co-investigator on SSHRC Insight Grant: (2019-2025) [PI: Charles Levkoe]
Collaborator on SSHRC Partnership Development Grant ($200,000): Living Relationships: Sharing Stories of Decolonizing Food System Transitions in Aotearoa and Canada (2024-2027) [PI: Peter Andr茅e]
Advisory Committee Member, (2020-IP) [Chair: Alison Blay-Palmer]
Previous research affiliations
Member, 鈥 Established by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity, and Sustainability Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Co-investigator on SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2.5M): (FLEdGE) (2015-2022) [PI: Alison Blay-Palmer]
Co-investigator on SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2.5M): Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) (2011-2017) [PI: Peter Andr茅e]
- Academic Co-Lead听of the听Community Environmental Sustainability Hub听(2011-2015) and the听Aligning Institutions for Community Impact Working Group听(2016-2017)
Select publications
Littlefield, C., Stollmeyer, M., Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P. & Levkoe, C.Z. (2024, January 31). Agriculture and Human Values.
Levkoe, C. Z., Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P., Tasala, K., Wilson, A., & Korzun, M. (2023). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.
Levkoe, C.Z., Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P., Changfoot, N.A., & Schwartz, K. (2023, February 1). Community first: Impacts of community engagement (CFICE).
Ballamingie, P., & Szanto, D. (Eds.). (2022). Showing Theory Press.
Ballamingie, P. (2022). In P. Ballamingie & D. Szanto (Eds.), Showing Theory to Know Theory: Understanding Social Science Concepts through Illustrative Vignettes. Showing Theory Press.
Ballamingie, P., & Levkoe, C.Z. (2021, October). Canadian Food Studies, 8(3): 130-145.
Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P. & Coulas, M. (2021, August). Canadian Food Studies, 8(2): 189-226.
Spring, A.; Nelson, E.; Knezevic, I.; Ballamingie, P.; & Blay-Palmer, A. (2021). . Sustainability, 13, 8206.
Blay-Palmer, A., Goupil, S., Van Nijnatten, D., Haine-Bennett, E., Friedmann, H., Vasseur, L., Dalby, S., Ballamingie, P., Di Battista, A., Reid, H., Wilkes, J., Zandvliet, D., Mcleod-Kilmurray, H., Roberts, W., & Fitz-Gerald, A. (2020, June 22). iPolitics.
Blay-Palmer, A., Haine-Bennett, E., Goupil, S., Friedmann, H., Mullinex, K., Ballamingie, P., Settee, P., Wilkes, J., Ballamingie, P., Di Battista, A., Reid, H., Mcleod-Kilmurray, H., & Mount, P. (2020, July 15). . iPolitics.
Ballamingie, P., Blay-Palmer, A.D., Knezevic, I., Lacerda, A.E.B., Nimmo, E.R., Stahlbrand, L., & Ayalon, R. (2020, Spring). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 9(3): 227-243.
Ballamingie, P., Poitevin-DesRivi猫res, C., & Knezevic, I. (2019, Fall). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 9(1): 125-139.
Martin, M.A., Knezevic, I. & Ballamingie, P. (2019). Canadian Food Studies /La Revue Canadienne Des 脡tudes Sur L鈥檃limentation, 6(3): 148-169.
Andr茅e, P., Coulas, M. & Ballamingie, P. (2019, September). Canada鈥檚 national food policy: The political basis for coordination and integration. In H. McLeod-Kilmurray, A. Lee & N. Chalifour (Eds.), Food Law and Policy in Canada. Carswell Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-7798-9152-8
Ballamingie, P. & Koller, K. (2018). Environmental conflict/ Access to natural resources. In D.C. Poff & A.C. Michalos (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. DOI:
Ballamingie, P., Goemans, M., & Martin, G. (2018). Chapter 6: Supporting local civic engagement through a 鈥楥ommunity First鈥 approach to foster broader social inclusion in development. In F. Klodawsky, J. Siltanen & C. Andrews (Eds.) Toward equity and inclusion in Canadian cities: Lessons from critical praxis-oriented research, pp. 148-177.
Andr茅e, P., Coulas, M., & Ballamingie, P. (2018, September). Canadian Food Studies, 5(3): 6-27. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.283
Ballamingie, P., Andr茅e, P., Martin, M.A., & Pilson, J. (2017). Chapter 1: Connecting food access and housing security: Lessons from Peterborough, Ontario. In I. Knezevic, A.D. Blay-Palmer, C.Z. Levkoe, P. Mount & E. Nelson (Eds.) Nourishing Communities: From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways. New York, NY, USA: Springer, pp 3-22.
Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P., Piazza, S., & Jarosiewicz, S. (2017). Chapter 5: Can community-based initiatives address the conundrum of improving household food access while supporting local smallholder farmer livelihoods? In I. Knezevic, A.D. Blay-Palmer, C.Z. Levkoe, P. Mount & E. Nelson (Eds.) Nourishing Communities: From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways. New York, NY, USA: Springer, pp. 77-94.
Ballamingie, P. & Jarosiewicz, S. (2017, June) on Nourishing Communities: Sustainable Local Food Systems Research Group.
Martin, G., McKay, R. & Ballamingie, P. (2017). Journal of Transnational Corporations Review. Taylor & Francis Online, pp. 1-12.
Martin, G. & Ballamingie, P. (2016). . Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 25 (1), 80-87.
Ballamingie, P, & Goemans, M. (August 29, 2016). Community Environmental Sustainability (CES) Ottawa Hub: Evaluation Synthesis Report, Years 1-4, 2012-2016. Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE).
Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P., & Sinclair-Waters, B. (2014). Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.
Piazza, S., Andr茅e, P., & Ballamingie, P. (2014). Nourishing Communities Working Paper.
Ballamingie, P. & Walker, S.M.L. (2013). Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. 18 (5): 529-542.
Andr茅e, P., Ballamingie, P. & Sinclair-Waters, B. (2013). . In I. Knezevic, K. Landman, A.D. Blay-Palmer, & E. Nelson (Eds.) Models and Best Practices for Building Sustainable Food Systems in Ontario and Beyond. Guelph, ON: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).
Walker, S.M.L. & Ballamingie, P. (2013) In Community Food Toolkit: Ontario Case Studies. URL: Waterloo, ON: Sustainable Local Food Systems Research Group.
Goemans, M. & Ballamingie, P. (2013). Forest as hazard, forest as victim: Community perspectives and disaster mitigation in the aftermath of Kelowna鈥檚 2003 wildfires. The Canadian Geographer, 57 (1), 56-71. DOI:
Ballamingie, P. & Tudin, S. (2012). Publishing graduate student research in geography: The fundamentals. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(2): 304-314. DOI:
Donald L. & Ballamingie, P. (2012). Governmentality, environmental subjectivity, and urban intensification. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 18(2): 134-151. DOI:
Ballamingie, P. (2011). Contester l鈥檈ffacement: Les premi猫res nations et l鈥櫭﹖ude du cas Lands for Life鈥(translated: Contesting Erasure: First Nations and the Lands for Life Case Study) in 脡cologie et Politique, 41, 1-13. URL:
Ballamingie, P. & Johnson, S. (May 2011). The Qualitative Report, 16 (3): 711-729.
Ballamingie, P., Chen, X., Henry, E. & Nemiroff, D. (2010). Edward Burtynsky鈥檚 China Photographs 鈥 A Multidisciplinary Reading. In Environments Journal, 37 (2), 66-92. URL:
Ballamingie, P. (2009). Journal of Public Deliberation, 5 (1), Article 11, pp. 1-14. Berkeley Electronic Press.
Ballamingie, P. (2009). First Nations, ENGOs, and the paradox of Ontario鈥檚 Lands for Life process. In L.E. Adkin (Ed.) Environmental conflicts and democracy in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Current graduate supervisions
- Maria Dabboussy,听Ph.D. Co-supervisor (with Sophie Tamas), DGES, 2022-IP:听Mapping reparative pedagogy in the academy
- Kata Georgaras,听Ph.D. Co-supervisor (with Sophie Tamas), DGES, 2024-IP:听Feminist interventions in sexual technology
- Lisa Wong,听Ph.D. Co-supervisor (with Peter Andr茅e), DGES, 2021-IP:听Plant-based diets and traditional knowledge(s)
- Katalin Koller,听Ph.D. Supervisor, DGES, 2015-IP:听Networks of solidarity counter environmental injustice: Ally-ship and the politics of reconciliation in settler-colonial Mi鈥檏ma鈥檏i
- Rachel Woods,听MA Co-supervisor (with Meera Karunananthan), IPE, 2022-IP:听Canadian Impact Investments for an Equitable Future in Rural Senegal
- Arianna Fuke,听MA Co-supervisor (with Jill Wigle), DGES, 2024-IP: TBD
- Michaela Tokarski,听MA Supervisor, DGES, 2024-IP: TBD
Completed post-doctoral fellowships:
- Monika Korzun听(May 2021 鈥 May 2022, with Amanda Wilson, SPU):听Food Communities Network + Participatory Food Governance
- Mary Anne Martin听(September 2018- June 2019): Common Approach to the Social Economy of Food 鈥 co-supervised with Irena Knezevic
- Abra Adamo, Mitacs-Accelerate Post-Doctoral Fellowship,听Advancing Innovations in Affordable Housing Development in Ottawa听(June 1, 2015 鈥 May 30, 2016)
- Gary Martin,Mitacs-Accelerate Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2013-2014:听Accelerating the Market for Green Urban Housing
Completed Graduate Supervisions:
- Catherine Littlefield,听MA Supervisor, IPE, 2021-2023 [C]:听Gathering, Governing, and Gifting Food: Community Economy and Food Distribution in the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun
- Iain Storosko,听MA Co-supervisor (with Peter Andr茅e), DGES, 2019-2022 [C]:听Evaluating participatory plant breeding programs in Canada and their effectiveness as a strategy for climate change adaptation
- Chlo茅 Poitevin-DesRivi猫res,听Ph.D. Co-supervisor (with Irena Knezevic), 2015-2021 [C]:听Crafting Community Economies: Tapping into Localism, Place-making, and Diverse Economies through Craft Brewing
- Erin Snider, MA Co-Supervisor (with Peter Andr茅e and Andrew Spring), IPE, 2019-2021 [C]:听The political ecology of sustainable livelihoods in Kakisa, NT: Fish waste composting for enhancing soil productivity and waste management capacity in northern Indigenous communities
- Tess MacMillan,听MA Co-supervisor (with John Milton), DGES, 2018-2020 [C]:听The Role of Regulations in Decisions Regarding the听Transition to Organic, Biodynamic, and Sustainable Agricultural Productions: The Case of Niagara Vineyards
- Magda Goemans, Ph.D. Co-supervisor (with Chris Stoney), DGES, 2013-2019 [C]:听Bringing adaptation home: Engaging with climate change, municipal policy and urban natures at household scales
- Jennifer Barron, Ph.D. Supervisor, DGES, 2013-2018 [C]:听The Giving Trees: Community Orchards as New Urban Commons
- Michael Lait,听Ph.D., Supervisor, Sociology, 2012-2017:听The rotting heart of Gatineau Park: How and why the Kingsmere-Meech Lake privatopia prevented a national park in Canada鈥檚 capital region
- Nadia Ibrahim, MA Co-supervisor (with Peter Andr茅e), IPE, 2015-2017:听Adopting a Food Systems Approach: The Case Study of Just Food, Ottawa
- Deborah Carroll, MA Co-supervisor (with Irena Knezevic), DGES, 2013-2016:听Consumer, Producer and State Relations within the Multiple Scales of the Eastern Ontario Egg Industry: Exposing Scalar Relations and Neoliberal Tensions
- Katalin Koller, MA Supervisor, IPE, 2014-2015:听Toward a political economy of on-reserve Indigenous education in Canada: Problematizing Bill C-33
- Gary Martin,听Ph.D. Supervisor, Geography, 2008-2013:听Manufacturing 鈥楬ome鈥: Sustainability Discourses in Suburban Ottawa
- Lauren Allen, MA Co-supervisor (with Scott Mitchell), Geography, 2013-2015:听Growing in the city: Analyzing Public Urban Agriculture in Ottawa, Ontario
- Meaghan Kenny,听MA Supervisor, Geography, 2010-2014:听Exploring Immigrant Experiences of Urban Agriculture in Ottawa: From Food Security to Cultural Identity
- Stephen Piazza, MA Co-supervisor (with Peter Andr茅e), IPE, 2012-2013:听Food Access and Farmer Livelihoods: Policy Reflections from Stakeholders in Eastern Ontario
- Stephanie Kittmer,听MA Supervisor, Political Economy, 2010-2013:听Neoliberal conservation: Legitimacy and exclusion in the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
- Chris Bisson,听MA Co-supervisor (with Jill Wigle), Geography, 2010-2013:听Food Forests in the Ottawa Greenbelt: Representing Forests and Reconciling Land Use
- Brynne Sinclair-Waters,MA Co-supervisor (with Peter Andr茅e), Political Economy (2011-2012):听Rethinking Eastern Ontario鈥檚 Local Food Systems through a Feminist Political Economic Lens
- Geri Blinick, MA Supervisor, Geography, 2008-2012:听Wild Rice in the Ottawa Valley: A Question of Food, Sovereignty and Decolonization
- Lina Johnston,听MA Co-supervisor (with Claudio Aporta), Anthropology, 2010-2012:听Discourses of Survival and Security: Cuban Agricultural Reform and Construction of Local Farmer Identity听
- Eric Lloyd Smith,听MA Supervisor, Political Economy, 2010-2011:听Asinabka: Toward a methodology of decolonial praxis
- Austin Miller,听MA Supervisor, Political Economy, 2010-2011:听Rising to the Challenge of Global Resistance:听The Political Economy of Vertical Farming in Canada
- Donald Leffers,听MA Supervisor, Geography, 2008-2010:听Contested Discourses of Sustainability in Old Ottawa South
- Madgalene Goemans,听MA Supervisor, Geography, 2007-2009:听Forest as Hazard, Forest as Victim: The Influence of Community Perceptions of Nature and Disaster on Forest Fire Mitigation Strategies in Kelowna, British Columbia
- Jeffrey Barnes,听MA Co-Supervisor (with Derek Smith), DGES, 2007-2009:听Cultural Keystone Theory: Theobroma Cacao Among the Kuna of Panama
Awards/Honours
- 杏吧原创 University Research Achievement Award听(to be taken up through 2021):听Governance Insights from Food System Elders: Civil Society and Social Movement Perspectives
- Favourite Faculty 2019-2020 鈥 Resident Nominations, Housing and Resident Life Services听(January 3, 2020)
- CUSA Teaching Excellence Award听(May 2019)
- Co-applicant听on听Alison Blay-Palmer鈥檚 SSHRC Research Impact Award听鈥撎named one of three finalists in听Partnership category听(September 4, 2019).
- FASS Excellence in Teaching Award听(March 20, 2019)
- Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award(February 23, 2016)
- 杏吧原创 University Research Time Release Award(2015)
- FASS Research Achievement Award听(April 2013)
- Finalist for the Capital Educator鈥檚 Award(May 2012, Nominated 2006 & 2013)
- FASS Teaching Award听(March 2012)
- Nominated for a Graduate Student Mentor Award听(2011 & 2012) 鈥 Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and the Office of the Vice President
- Teaching Achievement Award,听杏吧原创 University ($15,000) (May 1, 2008-April 31, 2009): USING PODCASTS TO ENGAGE, REINFORCE AND EXPLORE CRITICAL CONCEPTS
- Inaugural 鈥淔eatured Faculty鈥 award winner听in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Winter 2006).