Virtual Roundtable: Ensuring greater resilience in Canadian food systems during a trade war
Wednesday, April 2 3-4:30 EST Join us for a virtual discussion about how we can work towards ensuring greater food systems resilience in Canada, including working towards Canada’s net zero by 2050 goals. During this bilingual roundtable webinar, experts from the Common Ground Network will discuss these issues and possible pathways forward to ensure greater […]
Roundtable: Critical Perspectives on Net Zero and ‘Beyond Net Zero’ in Canadian Agriculture and Food Systems
At the Canadian Association for Food Studies Conference (June 2-5, 2025 at George Brown College in Toronto), panelists from the Common Ground Network and the Future Harvest initiative will reflect on what Net Zero means in the Canadian context, how scholars and partners are engaging with the concept of Net Zero, and the associated consequences […]
Policy Chat – Tim Lang, Centre for Food Policy
In time of Shock: Why resilience, defence and democracy help redesign food systems. Common Ground members attended this Policy Chat in February 2025 and strongly recommend it as a detailed summary to present to classrooms and stakeholders. The event, “Beyond competitiveness: rethinking the ideologies shaping our food systems”, was organized by FEAST, a Horizon Europe […]
166 Network Members Surveyed!
In Fall 2024, Common Ground launched a survey to reach beyond the existing connections of members and identify researchers and experts who work on food systems transformation across academic disciplines and across Canada/Indigenous Territories. A summary of survey results from January 2025 is available here. The survey will still be active, so if you are […]
Announcing Common Ground Network Funding!
Launching in the Fall of 2024, this new network will be funded to a total of $1.93M for 5 years by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). The proposal was developed by a team of over 50 academics and community food systems actors led by […]