Charles Levkoe
Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, the Director of the Sustainable Food Systems Lab and a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University
| Degrees: | BaHon (McMaster University), MES (York University), PhD (University of Toronto) |
| Phone: | 807-346-7954 |
| Email: | clevkoe@lakeheadu.ca |
| Website: | The Sustainable Food Systems Lab |
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Charles Levkoe is the Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, the Director of the Sustainable Food Systems Lab and a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. His community engaged research uses a food systems lens to better understand the importance of, and connections between social justice, ecological regeneration, regional economies and active democratic engagement. Working directly with a range of scholars and community-based practitioners across North America and Europe, Dr. Levkoe studies the evolution of the broader collective of social movement networks that views the right to food as a component of more sustainable futures. Mobilizing his existing partnerships, Dr. Levkoe integrates his research and teaching through community engaged learning pedagogies and supports students, community-partners and scholars to be actively involved in knowledge co-generation. Through community-based, 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.
Levkoe, C.Z., Cameron, N., Portinga, R.L.W, Galway. (forthcoming). A Watershed Approach to Creating Connections for Just Sustainabilities: Reflections on the Lake Superior Living Labs Network. The International Journal of Partnership Studies.
Brant, S., Williams, K., Andrews, J., Hammelman, C., & Levkoe, C.Z. (2023). Indigenous Food Systems and Food Sovereignty: A Collaborative Conversation from the American Association of Geographers 2022 Annual Meeting. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(3), 141–154.
Hammelman, C., Levkoe C.Z., Reynolds, K. (eds.). (2024). Radical Food Geographies: Power, Knowledge, Resistance. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Guinto, R., Holley, K., Pictou, S., Tinirau, R., Wiremu, F., Andrée, P., Clark, J., Levkoe,C.Z., Reeve, B. (2024). Challenging Power Relations in Food Systems Governance: A Conversation about Moving from Inclusion to Decolonization. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development.
Littlefield, C., Stollmeyer, C., Andrée, P., Ballamingie, P., Levkoe, C.Z. (2024). Exploring Settler-Indigenous Engagement in Food Systems Governance. Agriculture and Human Values.
Levkoe, C.Z., Andrée, P., Ballamingie, P., Changfoot, N.A., & Schwartz, K. (2023). Building Action Research Partnerships for Community Impact: Lessons from a National Community-Campus Engagement Project. Community first: Impacts of community engagement (CFICE). Retrieved from: https://ccecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Building-Action-Research-Partnerships-for-Community-Impact.pdf
Levkoe, C.Z., Andrée, P., Ballamingie, P., Tasala, K., Wilson, A., Korzun, K. (2023). Civil Society Engagement in Food Systems Governance in Canada: Experiences, Gaps and Possibilities. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 12(2), 1–20.
Levkoe, C.Z, Lowitt, K., Sayers, D. (Producers) & Furlotte, S. (Director). (2023). Lake Superior our helper: Stories from Batchewanaung Anishinabek Fisheries [film]. 48th Parallel Productions. Distributed by Collective Eye Film. Available at www.batchewanaungfish.ca
Levkoe, C.Z., Lowitt, K., Furlotte, S., Sayers, D. (2023). Advancing Radical Food Geography Praxis through Participatory Film: Reflections from an Indigenous-Settler Food Sovereignty Collaboration. ACME: The International Journal for Critical Geographies, 22(1), 762–790.
Lowitt, K., Levkoe, C.Z., and Sayers, D. (2023). Towards Self-Determination and Resurgence in Small-Scale Fisheries: Insights from Batchewana First Nation Fisheries. Maritime Studies (MAST), 22(4): 1-15.
Galway, L.P., Levkoe, C.Z., Portinga, R.L.W., Milun, K. (2022). A Scoping Review Examining Governance, Co-creation, and Social and Ecological Justice in Living Labs Literature (2015-2020). Challenges, 13(1), 1-16.
Schiff, R., Levkoe, C.Z., and Wilkinson, A. (2022). Food Policy Councils: A 20 -Year Scoping Review (1999 – 2019). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, section Social Movements, Institutions and Governance. Special Issue on Reorganization and Resilience of Food Supply Chains According to Current International Crisis Scenario, 6(868995), 1-11.
Wilson, A., and Levkoe C.Z. (2022). Introspecting Food Movements in Canada: Unpacking Tensions towards Justice and Sustainability. Canadian Food Studies/La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation, 9(2): 101-124.