Program
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Food Waste on Campus: Academic and Student Workshop
1:00pm - 3:00pm
DS-1950, Pavillon J.-A. DeSève
The Food Waste on Campus Workshop will explore the challenge of food waste on university and college campuses across Canada. Following a panel of presentations, participants will discuss initiatives and best practices related to institutional food waste.
Keynote
The Route to Market: Navigating Canada’s Alcoholic Beverage Industry
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Speakers
Chris Semerjian, Fasken
Claudette van Zyl, Fondaction Gestion d’Actifs
Glenford Jameson, GS Jameson & Company
Moderator
Victoria Baylis, Fasken
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Registration
8:30am - 9:00am
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Conference Welcome and Opening
9:00am - 9:15am
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
KEYNOTE
Regulating the Grocery Store:
Consumers’ Rights Up and Down the Aisle
9:15am - 10:45am
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Speakers
Jennifer Quaid, University of Ottawa
Sara Eve Levac, Option Consommateurs
Marissa Alexander, Food Secure Canada
Moderator
Gabriel-Arnaud Berthold, UQAM
Concurrent Panels
11:15am - 12:30pm
Access to culturally appropriate food in the city (bilingual)
Tasha Sioufi Stansbury, University of Ottawa
Laura Wilmot, Université Laval
Moderator
Elizabeth Yu, McCarthy Tétrault
Alimentation, environnement et territoire (bilingual)
Clarisse Delaville, Université McGill
Pat Mooney, Food Secure Canada and IPES Food
Jessica Dufresne, Université d'Ottawa
Moderator
Victoria Baylis, Fasken
Food Systems Governance in Canada: Taking Stock of Civil Society Engagement (English)
Abra Brynne, Dalhousie
Kristen Lowitt, Queens University
Peter Andree, Carleton
Patricia Ballamingie, Carleton
Moderator
Charles Levkoe, Lakehead University
Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Caterer: Parc-Ex Curry Collective, a mutual aid initiative that provides catering and food distribution services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This community-led project provides a means of financial support for asylum-seekers and recently immigrated women in the Parc-Extension neighborhood by hiring them as the main chefs.
Community Visits
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ti-Frais
5106 rue Notre-Dame Ouest
Montréal, QC, H4C 1T3
Ti frais is a small non-profit grocery store in St-Henri, Montreal. Its mission is to offer affordable, diversified, quality foods that respect the cultural traditions and tastes of local consumers.
Carrefour Solidaire Community Food Centre
2375 rue Sainte-Catherine est
Montréal, Qc, H2K 2J5
https://carrefoursolidaire.org/
Carrefour Solidaire is a community-based organization that aims to cultivate health, community and social justice through the power of food.
FIlm Screening
Richelieu
7:00pm - 9:00pm
400 Sainte-Catherine E, room A-2875, UQAM
Doors open at 6:30pm and screening starts at 7pm
Screening of Richelieu followed by a discussion with the film’s producer Pier-Philippe Chevigny
The screening will be in French, but will include English subtitles
Friday, November 15, 2024
Registration
8:15am - 8:15am
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Keynote
Feeding the City:
Challenges and Opportunities in Montreal
8:45am - 10:15am
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Speakers
Anne Marie Aubert, Conseil du système alimentaire montréalais
Geneviève Mercille, Université de Montréal
René Audet, UQAM
Éliane Brisebois, UQAM
Moderator
Jessica Dufresne, University of Ottawa
Concurrent Panels
10:30am - 11:45am
Tester les limites du droit : l’agriculture durable et l’aménagement du territoire (French)
Michel Pitre, Ville de Laval
Marie-Claude Desjardins et Marie-Eve Couture-Ménard, Université de Sherbrooke
Stéphane Bernatchez et Marie-Eve Couture-Ménard, Université de Sherbrooke
Marie-Pier Lapointe et Alexandre Roussel-Canuel, Ville de Sherbrooke
Sécurité alimentaire et droits socioéconomiques (French)
Roland Melaine Toe, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
Marie-Lara Hubert-Chartier, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Moderator
Laura Wilmot, Université Laval
Supply Chains Across Borders (English)
Steven Slavens, Torys LLP
Mark FeDuke, VLM Foods USA Ltd
Katrina Coughlin, Gowling WLG
Moderator
Sarah Berger Richardson, Université d’Ottawa
Lunch
11:45am - 12:45pm
Plenary
12:45pm - 2:15pm
Sponsored by McCarthy Tétrault
Updates in Canadian Food Law and Policy
12:45pm - 2:15pm
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Speakers
Jodi Lazare, Dalhousie University
Keldon Bester, Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project
David Lee, Health Canada
Alexandra Belley-McKinnon, Davies
Moderator
Jessica Cytryn, McCarthy Tétrault
Sponsored by Gowling WLG
Emerging Voices in Food Law and Policy
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ
Gowling WLG - Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law
The Gowling WLG – Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law will be awarded to the JD student or recent law school graduate with the best presentation in the area of food law and policy at the Canadian Food Law and Policy Conference.
The Gowling WLG – Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law is in memory of Joel Taller, who passed away on May 13, 2017. Joel Taller was a pioneer and a well-known expert in the area food law in Canada. Joel practiced for 34 years in the Ottawa office of Gowling WLG, working with companies of all sizes. Joel was well respected by both industry and government for his legal expertise and sound judgment. He was instrumental in developing the Food & Beverage group at Gowling WLG, a significant team of lawyers and scientists who support companies doing business in Canada, Europe and other jurisdictions around the world.
Speakers
Laura Casciaro, University of Ottawa
Rachel Law, Western University
Anne Merritt, University of Ottawa
Anthony K Yan, Western University
Judges
Jamie Baxter, Dalhousie University
Sarah Berger Richardson, Université d’Ottawa
Amy Hétu, Health Canada
Julia Kappler, Gowling WLG
Moderator
Heather McLeod Kilmurray, Université d'Ottawa
Concurrent Panels
4:00pm - 5:15pm
L’œuf ou la poule? Opportunités et limites de la règlementation des poules pondeuses en ville (French)
Daphnée B. Ménard, Université d'Ottawa
Sophie Gaillard, SPCA
Marianne Beaulieu, L’Éco de la Pointe-aux-Prairies
Moderator
Michael Bilukidi, UQAM
La sécurité alimentaire pour la jeunesse (bilingual)
Samantha Ellis, Vermont Law And Graduate School Graduate
Danie Martin, Coalition pour une saine alimentation scolaire
Julia Witmer, Columbia Law School
Moderator
Laura Wilmot, Université Laval
Taking a bite out of waste governance in Canada: Who does what and how to work better together (English)
Jamie Baxter, Dalhousie University
Heather McLeod Kilmurray, Université d'Ottawa
Abra Brynne, Dalhousie University
Moderator
Elizabeth Yu, McCarthy Tétrault
Closing remarks
5:15pm
Grande Bibliothèque – BanQ