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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"current-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current Research<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/\">Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodandlabour.ca\">The Antinomies of Non-Wage Labour in Ontario\u2019s Agricultural Sector and the Alternative Food Movement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engendering a resilient food system: a comparative study of food networks in Canada and the United Kingdom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nourishingontario.ca\/\">Nourishing Communities, Sustainable Local Food Systems Research Group\u00a0 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"teaching\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Teaching<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Planning for Change: Community Development in Practice (graduate course at University of Toronto)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Food System (3rd year course at University of Toronto)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment, Food and People (1st year course at University of Toronto)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"select-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Select Publications <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2015). Food Networks in Canada: Mixed Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research. SAGE Research Methods Collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brady, J., Levkoe, C., and Szanto, D. (2015). Borders, Boundaries, and Becoming Food Studies: Looking Back, Pushing Forward. <em>Canadian Food Studies \/ <\/em>La Revue canadienne des \u00e9tudes sur l&#8217;alimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2015). Strategies for Forging and Sustaining Social Movement Networks: A Case Study of Provincial Food Networking Organizations in Canada. <em>Geoforum <\/em>58: 174-183.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., Brail, S., and Daniere, A. (2014). Engaged Pedagogy and Transformative Learning in Graduate Education: A Service Learning Case Study. <em>Canadian Journal of Higher Education. Special Issue on Preparing Graduate Students for a Changing World of Work <\/em>44 (3): 68-85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schiff, R., and Levkoe, C. (2014). From Disparate Action to Collective Mobilization: Collective Action Frames and the Canadian Food Movement. In: L. Leonard and S.B. Kedzior (eds.). <em>Occupy the Earth: Global Environmental Movements. Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice.<\/em> Volume 15: 225<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>253. Emerald Group Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2014). The Food Movement in Canada: A Social Movement Network Perspective. <em>Journal of Peasant Studies <\/em>41 (3): 1-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2014). Lauren E. Baker: Corn meets maize\u2014food movements and markets in Mexico. <em>Agriculture and Human Values. <\/em>Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., and Wakefield, S. (2014). Understanding Contemporary Networks of Environmental and Social Change: Complex Assemblages within Canada\u2019s \u201cFood Movement.\u201d <em>Environmental Politics<\/em> 23 (2): 302-320<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., and Schiff, R. (2013). Le mouvement pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire. <em>Nouveaux Cahiers du socialism <\/em>9 hiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2012). No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won\u2019t Change the World. Book Review. <em>Journal of Socialist Studies<\/em> 8 (2): 252-255.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2012). Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems. Book Review.<em> Journal of Peasant Studies <\/em>40 (1): 293-297.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., and Devila, C. (2012). Canadian Food Networks Map. In: D. Jensen and M. Roy (eds.).<em> Food: An Atlas.<\/em>&nbsp; The Cartography and GIS Education Lab, Geography Department, University of California at Berkeley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2011). Towards a Transformative Food Politics. <em>Local Environment<\/em> 16 (7): 687-705.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2011). Propagating the Food Movement. Briarpatch 40 (5): 19-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., and Wakefield, S. (2011). The Community Food Centre: Creating Space for a Just, Sustainable and Healthy Food System.<em> Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development <\/em>2 (1): 249-268.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., and Stephens, A. (2009). From School Meal Programs to Food Citizenship: Doing Food at George Harvey Collegiate Institute. In: C. Palassio, and A. Wilcox (eds.). <em>The Edible City: Toronto&#8217;s Food from Farm to Fork.<\/em> Toronto: Coach House Books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C.&nbsp; (2006). Learning Democracy Through Food Justice Movements. <em>Agriculture and Human Values<\/em> 23 (1): 89-98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C., and Saul, N. (2005). The Community Food Centre: Building Community, a Healthy Environment and Social Justice Through Food. In: Kirbyson, A.M. (ed.). <em>Recipes for Success: A Celebration of Food Security Work in Canada<\/em>. Independent Publishers Group: Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levkoe, C. (2003). 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