Emerging Perspectives in Food Studies

Student, Postdoc and Emerging Researchers Pre-Conference
In Association with the Canadian Association for Food Studies
Victoria, British Columbia, University of Victoria
June 1, 2013, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: $25 (lunch and snacks included)

The Canadian Association for Food Studies is hosting a full-day pre-conference open to all students, postdocs and emerging researchers (including new faculty, sessionals, and  community-based researchers). The pre-conference will be divided into two streams and participants are encouraged to choose the stream that fits best with their stage of work and their interests (participants must choose only one stream). To participate in this pre-conference you must register on the congress website (registration begins January 2013). If you are interested in participating in Stream 2 you must also submit a proposal by March 31, 2013 (see attached for the Call for Proposals).

Stream 1 – Participants in this stream will engage in a series of participatory, discussion-based workshops facilitated by leading food studies researchers. This session tentatively includes the following consecutive workshops:
● Mutually supportive advisor-student relationships (Stephane McLachlan, University of Manitoba)
● Teaching, learning and doing food studies  (Steffanie Scott, University of Waterloo and Lenore Newman, University of the Fraser Valley)
● Interdisciplinarity and diversity within food related research (Aleck Ostry, University of Victoria)
● The impact of research beyond the academy (Marjorie McDonald, University of Victoria)

*Stream 2 – Participants in this stream will engage in a collaborative writing process to produce an edited collection for publication. Participants in this stream must submit a proposal by March 31, 2013 and are encouraged to explore collaborations in advance. The session will include:
1 Facilitated workshops on collaborative publishing (Hannah Wittman, University of British Columbia) and collaborative research (Patricia Allen, Maylhurst University).
2 Interactive workshops to develop collaborative writing projects.
3 Updates and discussion about the process for developing an edited collection for publication.

*Note: To participate in Stream 2 you should be willing to commit to working with one or two other participants to develop a manuscript over the next year, for publication in an edited collection. Please see the Call for Proposals (attached) as a requirement for this stream.

Registration is limited for both streams.

For questions, please contact cafsadmin@foodstudies.ca.

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