Researchers from several disciplines will dig into into the wide-ranging topic of food at a public online event on Tuesday, April 14 starting at 9:30 a.m.Research talks and fruitful discussion are on the menu at an upcoming virtual symposium about food.
Food: production, distribution, access and consumption takes place online on Tuesday, April 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and features presentations on a variety of subjects, from historical analyses of the impacts of government food policies and affordability to dietary habits such as sustainable eating and scrolling smartphones at the table. Registration is free and open to the public.
Speakers will approach the topic of food from an array of different lenses, offering insights from history, geography, communication studies, health sciences, psychology, recreation and leisure studies, biological sciences, environmental sustainability, political science and Brock’s Niagara Community Observatory.
According to Dawn Zinga, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences, this variety of perspectives is one of the primary goals of the ongoing Social Sciences Symposium Series.
“In the Social Sciences, we appreciate the richness that cross-disciplinary conversations can bring to research into our world’s most pressing issues,” she says. “A topic as broad and essential as food, which has relevance across so many fields of study, is exactly the sort of subject this series is intended to explore and illuminate by bringing together researchers from different areas and at different stages of their careers.”
The final session of the day will examine future-based questions related to Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and climate change, Ontario greenhouse policy and food deserts in St. Catharines, and whether increasing hunger in Niagara might be a catalyst for Universal Basic Income.
A complete symposium program is available online.
Those interested in attending should register online to obtain a link to the virtual event.
