Brief Background to Taking Stock: The State of Food Law and Policy in Canada

 

This conference continues the momentum generated from the first annual conference on Canadian food law and policy, held last year at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. Bringing together academics, lawyers in the public and private sectors, policy makers, food producers, and civil society groups and advocates, this conference aims to assess our progress on food laws and policies in Canada, and to develop specific proposals on how to improve them. This conference will have real social impact in two ways: by gathering experts on food law and policy for dialogue and community building, it will help food law and policy in Canada expand and develop in a coordinated, focused way to deal with the many challenges it faces. Secondly, the resulting proposals for new food laws and policies will have a direct impact on food producers, distributors and consumers, in Canada and in the many countries with whom Canada engages in food trade.

The conference's Executive Organizing Committee is comprised of: 

Taking Stock: The State of Food Law and Policy in Canada is hosted by the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, and is supported by our generous sponsors.