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The Atlantic Canada Node was initially led by Irena Knezevic during her time at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was later joined by co-lead Catherine L. Mah, at Dalhousie University.

Research interests in the Atlantic Canada Node included:

  • Seed security and local seed saving initiatives in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
  • The social and informal economy of food
  • The intersection of food access, policy, and healthy diets
  • Food access and retail in remote and rural communities
  • Canadian food policy and governance
  • Digital food and agricultural technologies, including big data and artificial intelligence
The Atlantic Canada Node publications:
Ahmed, F. (2018). Food system blues: A spoken word poem. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2018/04/09/fledge-gets-poetic-faris-ahmeds-fractured-food-systems-blues/ Cite
Best, L. (2017, September 7). FarmWorks provides the opportunity for Nova Scotians to invest in local food: Investee outcome survey report. FLEdGE: Food, Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Cite
Bronson, K., & Knezevic, I. (2017, September 7). Look twice at the digital agricultural revolution: Canadian policy-makers must ensure that digital developments do not increase the disparities in Canada’s agri-food system. Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2017/look-twice-at-the-digital-agricultural-revolution/ Cite
Bronson, K., & Knezevic, I. (2019). The digital divide and how it matters for Canadian food system equity. Canadian Journal of Communication, 44(2), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2019v44n2a3489 Cite Download
Bronson, K., Knezevic, I., & Clement, C. (2019). The Canadian family farm, in literature and in practice. Journal of Rural Studies, 66, 104–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.003 Cite Download
Glasgow, K., Hughes, S., & Knezevic, I. (2016). Mapping Nova Scotia’s seed collections systems (p. 18). Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. https://fledgeresearch.ca/resources-results/mapping-nova-scotias-seed-collections-systems/ Cite Download
Handley, V., Koudieh, D., Marshall, A., Mirza, F., & Ozzoude, K. (2017). Growing green: Developing an institutional garden for the Ottawa Hospital [Collaborative Master’s project in Health: Science, Technology and Policy]. Carleton University. Cite
Hasdell, R. (2020). Governance considerations for the design and implementation of food policy strategies and plans at the local-level. Ecology Action Centre and Dalhhousie University. Cite
Jamieson, S., Hughes, S., & Knezevic, I. (2016). Considerations for seed security and biodiversity conservation in Newfoundland: A scan of current seed security work, partnership opportunities, and seed issues in Newfoundland (p. 26). Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. https://fledgeresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/considerations-for-seed-security-and-biodiversity-conversation-in-newfoundland.pdf Cite Download
Kavpro. (2017, October 25). HGMH Therapeutic Garden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDKE1bHm8eQ Cite
Kennedy, C., Borgstorm, G., Best, L., & Knezevic, I. (2017). Economic and social impacts of FarmWorks support for food related businesses in Nova Scotia: 2016 survey results. https://farmworks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Impacts-of-Local-Investment-%E2%80%93-Survey-of-FarmWorks-Clients-2016.pdf Cite Download
Knezevic, I. (2017, May 3). Food systems research: Measuring impact, informing policy and learning from international success. Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health Meeting, Ottawa, ON. Cite
Knezevic, I. (2016, October 18). The Canadian diet and the future of health promotion [Invited panelist]. Ontario Health Promotion Conference, Ottawa, ON. Cite
Knezevic, I. (2018, June 27). Mending fractured food systems through community-based research [Keynote speaker]. Food Systems and Sustainability Symposium, Winnipeg, MB. Cite
Knezevic, I. (2018, December 28). Wild harvest as an urban practice. FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2018/12/28/wild-harvest-as-an-urban-practice/ Cite
Knezevic, I. (2021). Framing Good Food: Communicating Value of Community Food Initiatives in the Midst of a Food Crisis. Frontiers in Communication, 6. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.689522 Cite Download
Knezevic, I., Bronson, K., & Clément, C. (2017). What is (not) a family farm? FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2017/05/17/what-is-not-a-family-farm/ Cite
Levkoe, C. Z., Blay-Palmer, A., Knezevic, I., Szanto, D., & Addy, N. A. (2021). Modularity in Intersectoral Research/Action Collaborations for Food Systems Transformation: Lessons from the FLEdGE Community-Engaged Network: Lessons from the FLEdGE Community-Engaged Research Collaborative. Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des Études Sur l’alimentation, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i2.431 Cite Download
Luongo, G., Skinner, K., Phillipps, B., Yu, Z., Martin, D., & Mah, C. L. (2020). The retail food environment, store foods, and diet and health among Indigenous populations: A scoping review. Current Obesity Reports, 9(3), 288–306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00399-6 Cite Download
Lynch, M., Knezevic, I., Kennedy Laborde, R., & National Library of Medicine. (2021). Opportunities for qualitative analysis of social media platforms in dietetic research and practice. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 82(2), 79–83. https://doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2020-035 Cite
Lynch, M., Knezevic, I., & Mah, C. L. (2022). Exploring food shopping behaviours through a study of Ottawa social media. Appetite, 168, 105695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105695 Cite Download
MacNeill, T. (2020). Indigenous food sovereignty in a captured state: The Garifuna in Honduras. Third World Quarterly, 41(9), 1537–1555. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2020.1768840 Cite Download
MacNeill, T., & Vibert, A. (2018, May 25). Basic income, sustainable food practice, and post-consumerism. North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, Hamilton, ON. Cite
MacNeill, T., & Vibert, A. (2019). Universal basic income and the natural environment: Theory and policy. Basic Income Studies, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2018-0026 Cite Download
Mah, C. (2017, April 19). Food as a tool for dialogue, analysis, and engagement: A workshop on food policy research methods [Invited workshop facilitator]. Guest master class for early career researchers, University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre - Food Governance Node and the Menzies School of Health Policy, Sydney, Australia. Cite
Mah, C. (2017, April 12). Healthy food retailing interventions in rural and remote community stores: An interactive Canada-Australia panel [Invited guest lecturer]. Menzies Seminar, Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia. Cite
Mah, C. (2017, April 5). Tenacity, tradeoffs, and traffic cops: Health-promoting entrepreneurialism in the retail food environment. World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia. Cite
Mah, C. (2017, September 7). Food policy and assessment I [Panel chair]. FLEdGE: Food, Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Cite
Mah, C. L. (2017, April 18). Analyzing policy to promote health in retail food environments: Innovation, entrepreneurialism, and engagement [Invited Lecturer]. University of Sydney Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Charles Perkins Centre Food Governance Node, Sydney, Australia. Cite
Mah, C. (2018, March 23). Governing a food policy for Canada: Challenges and opportunities for innovation [Invited discussant - nationally live-streamed panel discussion]. Food Secure Canada and Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE), Faculty of Public Health Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa. Cite
Mah, C. (2016, October 11). Promoting healthier diets in rural and remote communities: Rethinking science and policy. PloS Translational Global Health Blog. Cite
Mah, C. (2017, March 7). Why we march for food and health in 2017. PloS Translational Global Health Blog. Cite
Mah, C. (2019, June 26). Adressing food and nutrition disparities through policy - Panel discussion [Panel Chair]. International Conference on Public Policy, Montreal, Quebec. Cite
Mah, C. (2019, September 18). System failure: Why food is a forgotten policy option [Panel 2] [Panel Speaker]. Policy Matters Speaker Series, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. https://www.facebook.com/DalMIPP/videos/896133377412953/ Cite
Mah, C., & Baxter, J. (2020, January 31). Scale-appropriateness in food law: Solution for community health disparities? Health Law and Policy Seminar, Dalhousie University. Cite
Mah, C., Brimblecombe, J., Ferguson, M., & McMahon, E. (2017, April 6). Healthy food retailing interventions in rural and remote community stores: An interactive Canada-Australia panel. World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia. Cite
Mah, C. L., Hasdell, R., Minaker, L. M., Soo, S. D., Cook, B., & Demaio, A. R. (2017). Entrepreneurialism and health-promoting retail food environments in Canadian city-regions. Health Promotion International, 33(6), 1055–1065. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax049 Cite Download
Mah, C. L., Arsenault, J. N., Taylor, N., & Hasdell, R. (2019, February 1). In defence of Canada’s Food Guide. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/in-defence-of-canadas-food-guide-110347 Cite
Mah, C. L., Knox, B., Lynch, M., & McIntyre, L. (2020). Who is food insecure? Political storytelling on hunger, household food choices, and the construction of archetypal populations. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2020.1807434 Cite Download
Marshman, J., & Knezevic, I. (2021). What’s in a name? Challenging the commodification of pollination through the diverse economies of “Bee Cities.” Journal of Political Ecology, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.2307 Cite Download
Pomeroy, S. J., Minaker, L. M., & Mah, C. L. (2017). An exploration of citizen science for population health research in retail food environments. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 108(5–6). https://doi.org/10.17269/CJPH.108.6099 Cite Download
Spring, A., Nelson, E., Knezevic, I., Ballamingie, P., & Blay-Palmer, A. (2021). Special Issue “Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change (Pandemics and Other Shocks and Hazards): Possible Transformations.” Sustainability, 13(15), 8206. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158206 Cite Download
Stephens, P., Knezevic, I., & Best, L. (2019). Community financing for sustainable food systems: The case of FarmWorks Investment Co-operative. Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des Études Sur l’alimentation, 6(3), 60–87. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i3.353 Cite Download
Szanto, D., Battista, A. D., & Knezevic, I. (2022). Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement. Food Studies Press. https://doi.org/10.22215/fsmmm Cite
Tremblay D’ettorre, J., & Van Horne, J. (2020, November 18). Food security response to COVID-19 in New Brunswick [Online]. FLEdGE Student Symposium 2020. Cite
Ward, V., & Knezevic, I. (2017, June). Farm gate to restaurant door: Cultivating producer-chef connections. Edible Ottawa. Cite
Worden-Rogers, N. J., Glasgow, K., Knezevic, I., & Hughes, S. (2019). Seed saving in Atlantic Canada: Sustainable food through sharing and education. Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des Études Sur l’alimentation, 6(3), 108–125. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i3.352 Cite Download
Yeonju Oh, T. (2018). An evaluation of cost-share local food boxes in Cumberland County and Cape Breton in Nova Scotia for the 2017 season (p. 30). Cite Download
HGMH therapeutic garden. (2017, October 25). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDKE1bHm8eQ&feature=youtu.be Cite
Agroecology and food sovereignty: Byron Beardy. (2018, November 15). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlnzAgu-LFQ&t=2s Cite