Charles Levkoe is the Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. His research and community-focused work uses a food systems lens to better understand the importance of, and connections between social justice, ecological regeneration, regional economies and active democratic engagement.
Through action-oriented inquiry and teaching and the development of placed-based action projects, his research contributes to critical discussions that inform theory, civil society action and public policy. Charles has been involved in food sovereignty efforts for over 25 years and has worked as a community-based researcher, operated an agroecological farm and led programming with non-profit organizations across Canada and globally.
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