Program

Keynote

The Route to Market: Navigating Canada’s Alcoholic Beverage Industry

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Café Pista Saint-Laurent

Speakers

Chris Semerjian, Fasken

Claudette van Zyl, Fondaction Gestion d’Actifs

Glenford Jameson, GS Jameson & Company

Moderator

Victoria Baylis, Fasken

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

Room 1

Access to culturally appropriate food in the city (bilingual)

Tasha Sioufi Stansbury, University of Ottawa

Laura Wilmot, Université Laval

Moderator

Elizabeth Yu, McCarthy Tétrault

Room 2

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

Room 3

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

Ti-Frais

5106 rue Notre-Dame Ouest

Montréal, QC, H4C 1T3

https://www.tifrais.org/

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-2860, UQAM

https://plancampus.uqam.ca/pavillon-a

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

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

Room 1

Tester les limites du droit : l’agriculture durable et l’aménagement du territoire (French)

Sylvie Jones, 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

Room 2

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

Room 3

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

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

Room 1

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

Room 2

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

Room 3

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