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Sylvain Charlebois
Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Also at Dalhousie, he is Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculty of Agriculture. His current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety, and has published four books and many peer-reviewed journal articles in several publications. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed and scientific publications in his career. His research has been featured in a number of newspapers, including The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.
He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one in early 2017 published by Wiley. He conducts policy analysis, evaluation, and demonstration projects for government agencies and major foundations focusing on agricultural policies and community development both in Canada and in development settings. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre’s Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. He has testified on several occasions before parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues as an expert witness. He has been asked to act as an advisor on food and agricultural policies in many Canadian provinces, in the United States, Brazil, Austria, Italy, France, Belgium, China, Great Britain, Finland and the Netherlands.
Here's how much your holiday dinner will cost this year
Dec 07, 2023 08:00 am UTC| Life
The holiday season is fast approaching and Canadians of all backgrounds are gearing up to celebrate by sharing food with loved ones. For many, traditional Christmas foods like turkey are front and centre, with vegetable...
Canada is becoming a lonely place, and that’s good news for the food industry
Apr 01, 2019 17:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The number of single-person households in Canada has never been higher. It appears Canada is catching up to the rest of the Western world. More than 28 per cent of Canadian households are home to one person...
Budget-friendly ways to get your veggie fix as prices rise
Feb 08, 2019 11:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Food Price Report 2019, released by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph in December, suggested vegetable prices will go up by as much as six per cent this year. Thats significant because, unlike meat or...
Protein wars: Why men love meat
Nov 04, 2018 14:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Nov. 1 is World Vegan Day and apparently Canada is going meatless, unless you are a white older male, that is. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, because many Canadians still need a regular meat fix. In fact, many...
Grocers: Get ready to join the blockchain party
Oct 20, 2018 16:14 pm UTC| Technology
In the wake of this years large E. coli outbreak, Walmart notified its leafy green suppliers that they must be using blockchain technology to trace their products before the end of 2019. Walmart, one of the worlds...
With Monsanto, Bayer will need more Aspirin
Aug 23, 2018 23:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Monsanto, now a division of Bayer, has been ordered to pay a whopping US$289 million to a single American person, a former gardener, who developed cancer, allegedly through the use of their products. Dewayne Johnson...
The rise of the conscious carnivore
Aug 01, 2018 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The August long weekend approaches, and many Canadians will celebrate with picnics and barbecues. Meat often plays a central role when choosing the menu for gatherings among family and friends. But it seems eating meat is...
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