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The Eastern Ontario node was led by Peter Andrée and Patricia Ballamingie and in collaboration with Irena Knezevic, all at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Research interests in the Eastern Ontario Node included:

  • Participatory Action Research (PAR) and community-based research (CBR) methodologies for sustainable food systems
  • The development of a Canadian national food policy and privileged discourses therein
  • The interconnection of farmer livelihoods, agricultural practices, and rural resilience
  • Innovative and integrative food systems governance
  • Food systems studies and pedagogy
  • The role of community food initiatives in sustainable food access and urban resilience
The Eastern Ontario Node publications:
Andrée, P. (2016, November 2). Is there a role for a national food policy in Canada in the 21st century? Food Policy Panel at the Canadian Food Policy and Law Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. Cite
Andrée, P. (2019, March 15). A national food policy for Canada in 2019? [Guest Lecture]. Cite
Andrée, P. (2018, May 17). A food policy for Canada in 2018? The possibilities and challenges. FoodARC, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cite
Andrée, P. (2019, October 4). Building deliberative places and spaces: Making sense of the power of food movements in governance processes in the global North. Canadian Public Policy Network Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. Cite
Conversation in the commons: Setting the table for food security in canada. (2019, June 13). https://www.facebook.com/MediaStyleStudio/videos/490863088136889/ Cite
Andrée, P. (2021, March 26). A national food policy for Canada: Current status and issues. Cite
Andrée, P., & Ballamingie, P. (2019, November 7). FLEdGE author meets readers: Social movement engagement in food systems governance in the spotlight. FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2019/11/07/fledge-author-meets-readers-social-movement-engagement-in-food-systems-governance-in-the-spotlight/ Cite
Andree, P., & Bittermann, K. (2018, February 26). The future of farming in Hastings County. Cite
Andree, P., & Bittermann, K. (2018, March 19). The future of farming in Hastings County. Cite
Andree, P., & Elsharkawy, O. (2017). Assessing the impact of the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference (EOLFC). https://fledgeresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EOLFC-report.pdf Cite Download
Dairy cows, climate change and settler colonialism: Insights from Aotearoa/New Zealand (Season 2-episode 10). (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2021, from https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/episode-2-10-dairy-cows-climate-change-and-settler-colonialism-insights-from-aotearoa-new-zealand/ Cite
Andree, P., & Livingstone, L. (2021). Participatory Action Research for Sustainable Agriculture. Sustainable Food Systems webinar series, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. Cite
Andrée, P., Johnston, C., & Clark, J. (2017, September 7). Citizen, civil society, and social movement engagement in food system governance for justice and sustainability. FLEdGE: Food, Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Cite
Andrée, P., Mount, P., Johnson, C., Wilson, A., & Auld, G. (2016, October 27). Transitions and innovations in food governance roundtable. Governance of Food and Seeds Symposium, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. Cite
Andrée, P., Bittermann, K., & Livingstone, L. (2017, September 7). The future of agriculture in Hastings County. FLEdGE: Food, Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Cite
Andrée, P., Ballamingie, P., & Sinclair-Waters, B. (2014). Neoliberalism and the making of food politics in Eastern Ontario. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 20(12), 1452–1472. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2014.908277 Cite Download
Andrée, P., Coulas, M., & Ballamingie, P. (2019). Canada’s 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. Cite
Andrée, P., Clark, J. K., Levkoe, C. Z., & Lowitt, K. (2019). Introduction - Traversing theory and practice: Social movement engagement in food systems governance for sustainability, justice, and democracy. In P. Andrée, J. K. Clark, C. Z. Levkoe, & K. Lowitt (Eds.), Civil society and social movements in food system governance (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503597 Cite Download
Andrée, P., Bittermann, K., Meter, K., & Livingstone, L. (2019). The future of farming in Hastings County: Report for the community and local policy-makers. Cite Download
Andrée, P., Levkoe, C. Z., & Wilson, A. (2018). Building an integrated Food Policy for Canada: An open letter to the Canadian food policy community [Special issue]. Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des Études Sur l’alimentation, 5(3), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.335 Cite Download Download
Andrée, P., Ballamingie, P., & Coulas, M. (2020, May 28). Mitigating health and nutrition disparities through and integrated, nationa, approach to food policy in Canada? FLEdGE Paper Mini-Sessions, Online. Cite
Andrée, P., Ballamingie, P., & Coulas, M. (2021). Integrative Governance for Ecological Public Health: An Analysis of ‘Food Policy for Canada’ (2015-2019). Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des Études Sur l’alimentation, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i2.450 Cite
3ci Community Based Research Seminar #2: Principles and Practice. (2022, March 29). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BLKdsOCN4Q Cite
Andrée, P., M. Katz-Rosene, R., Ramankutty, N., & Meter, K. (n.d.). Episode 3.6: Is the local a romantic eco-myth? A critical appraisal of ‘Thinking Globally, Acting Locally’. https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/episode-3-6-is-the-local-a-romantic-eco-myth-a-critical-appraisal-of-thinking-globally-acting-locally/ Cite
Andrée, P., Coulas, M., & Ballamingie, P. (2017). Food governance options for Canada: Lessons from international models and cases. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. Cite
Aubert, A. M., Aunio, A. L., Knezevic, I., Mark, S., & Wilkes, J. (2020, October 30). Shaping food policies for resilient regions [Webinar]. Cite
Ballamingie, P. (2018, June 22). Why a national food policy must support (and be informed by) municipal food system actors [Session E3 - Building resilient food systems: Policy across multiple scales]. ICLEI World Congress 2018, Montreal, Quebec. Cite
Ballamingie, P. (2018, July 15). Food systems are critical to urban resilience. FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2018/07/30/food-systems-are-critical-to-urban-resilience/ Cite
Ballamingie, P. (2019, June 5). Reconceptualizing surplus in the community economy. Cite
Ballamingie, P. (2021). Roundtable discussant: Participatory food system governance and action research in Canada, the USA, and Australia. At Just Food: Because it is never just food. 2021 Joint Annual Conference of: The Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS) Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS) Society for the Anthropology of Food & Nutrition (SAFN) (with Peter Andrée, Chair; Jill Clark; Monika Korzun; Charles Levkoe; Belinda Reeve; and Raychel Santo). Cite
Ballamingie, P. (n.d.). A Tale of Many Ewes. Edible Ottawa. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://edibleottawa.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/tale-many-ewes Cite
Ballamingie, P., & Ballamingie, P. (2020, June 4). True urban resilience can only be achieved through food systems thinking. FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2020/06/04/true-urban-resilience-can-only-be-achieved-through-food-systems-thinking/ Cite
Ballamingie, P., & Poitevin-DesRivières, C. (2019, August 8). Alternative models and deeper perspectives in food systems session: Hidden Harvest’s subersive potential: Realized and unrealized. Place-Based Food Systems Conference: Making the Case, Making it Happen, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, British Columbia. Cite
Ballamingie, P., Mount, P., & Ibrahim, N. (2017, September 7). The possibilities and constraints of adopting a food systems lens. FLEdGE: Food, Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Cite
Ballamingie, P., Borres, B., Littlefield, C., Pratt, T., & Stephenson, J. (2020). Just Food Start-up Farm program evaluation - Synthesis report [Confidential]. Cite
Ballamingie, P., Blay-Palmer, A., Knezevic, I., Lacerda, A., Nimmo, E., Stahlbrand, L., & Ayalon, R. (2020). Integrating a food systems lens into discussions of urban resilience: A policy analysis. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(3), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.021 Cite Download Download
Ballamingie, P., Andrée, P., & Coulas, M. (2019, June 26). How might an integrated, national approach to food policy in Canada mitigate disparities in health and nutrition? International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP4), Concordia University, Montréal, Québec. Cite
Bittermann, K. (2017). Engaging discussions at the bring food home conference. FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2017/11/22/engaging-discussions-at-the-bring-food-home-conference/ Cite
Bittermann, K., & Andrée, P. (2018, March 13). The future of farming in Hastings County. Cite
How we get to being food secure in Ottawa: Lessons learned during COVID? (2020, June 12). In CBC Radio Broadcast. Cite
Bronson, D., & Andrée, P. (2018, June 26). FLEdGE affiliates talk food policy in Europe. FLEdGE Research Blog. https://fledgeresearch.ca/2018/06/26/fledge-affiliates-talk-food-policy-in-europe/ Cite
Clark, J. K., Lowitt, K., Levkoe, C. Z., & Andrée, P. (2021). The power to convene: Making sense of the power of food movement organizations in governance processes in the Global North. Agriculture and Human Values, 38(1), 175–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10146-1 Cite Download
Clause, J. (2020, November 18). Bad employers or bad documents? The importance of information-sharing within the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) [Online]. FLEdGE Student Symposium 2020. Cite
Coulas, M. (2017, January 28). Canada’s national food policy: The role of food policy. Thought for Food Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. Cite
Coulas, M. (2019, September). Canada’s first national food policy. Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems & Food: Locally Embedded Globally Engaged Partnership Second Annual Student Symposium, Waterloo, ON. Cite
Coulas, M. (2020, November 18). Studying the development of food policy for Canada: Everyone at the table! [Online]. FLEdGE Student Symposium 2020. Cite
Coulas, M. (2020, May 28). FLEdGE’s national food policy online repository and interactive timeline [Online]. FLEdGE Paper Mini-Sessions. Cite
Coulas, M., & Andrée, P. (2017, November). Canada’s national food policy: Food and law. Cite
Coulas, M., & Andrée, P. (2019, November 9). Food policy governance in Canada: Reaping the benefits of a mutli-stakeholder advisory mechanism. Canadian Food Law and Policy Conference, Toronto, ON. Cite
Coulas, M., Ballamingie, P., & Andrée, P. (2017, September 7). Canada’s national food policy: Ongoing work and reflections. FLEdGE: Food, Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Cite