FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Partnership

Authors

  • Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer Wilfrid Laurier University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i2.539

Keywords:

Farmer Livelihoods;, Food Access;, Indigenous Foodways, Ecological Resilience, Food Policy, Food Connects

Abstract

The Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE) SSHRC-funded Partnership has deep roots in relationships developed over time among academics and community-based practitioners. FLEdGE emerged from community-driven research in Ontario on food hubs and community resilience dating from 2010. From there it expanded to include seven research nodes across Canada and three thematic international working groups, with over 90 researchers, students, and community partners involved in the project. As a multi-institutional project, FLEdGE has nodes in British Columbia (Kwantlen Polytechnic University)/Alberta (University of Alberta), Northwest Territories (Wilfrid Laurier University), northern Ontario (Lakehead University), eastern Ontario (Carleton University), southern Ontario (Wilfrid Laurier University; University of Guelph; University of Waterloo); Quebec (McGill University; Dawson College); and Atlantic Canada (Dalhousie University; Carleton University). There are two or more lead researchers in each node, typically from different disciplines and several community partners in each node. In this way, FLEdGE branched out to include more than 90 partners and collaborators.

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Published

2021-08-05

How to Cite

Blay-Palmer, A. (2021). FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Partnership. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 8(2), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i2.539

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Partnership

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Editorial

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