Food Sovereignty – Fair Trade and Trade Policy by Gavin Fridell

Описание: Panel 1: What do we mean by food sovereignty? Our panelists will share the story of how the idea of food sovereignty was developed in resistance to globalization, how it is being developed and put into action here in Canada and internationally, and how food sovereignty and Canadian sovereignty are connected in today’s political milieu.

Gavin Fridell is a University Research Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University. His research focuses on fair trade and free trade, global political economy, and critical social theory. He has published widely, including co-authoring, with Ilan Kapoor, Rethinking Development Politics (Edward Elgar Publishing 2024), and co-editing, with Zack Gross and Sean McHugh, The Fair Trade Handbook: Building a Better World, Together (Fernwood Press 2021). He is a member of the Trade and Investment Research Project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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