October 28
Public Lecture
Agriculture means Business: An African Narrative
Stephen McGurk
Acting Vice-President, Program and Partnership Branch
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
October 29
Global Food Security Conference
Feature Address
Breaking the Barriers to Food and Water Insecurity
Chandra A. Madramootoo
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Founding Chair, McGill Conference on Global Food Security
Session #1
| Speaker | Presentation |
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Treena Delormier |
The state of knowledge of Aboriginal Food Security |
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Naomi Dachner |
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Colin Scott and Murray Humphries |
Wildlife, land, and environmental stewardship as contributors to food security in northern Canada |
Session #2
| Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|
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Grace Marquis |
Food insecurity among households with young children in rural Ghana |
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Gordon Hickey |
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Valérie Orsat |
Keynote Address
Voices of the Hungry Project and the Post-2015 Agenda
Carlo Cafiero
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Session #3
| Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|
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Joanne Taylor |
Is Food Security Threatened in the Creston Valley of British Columbia? |
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Husein Mohammed |
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Rachel Krause |
Case study of an agriculture intervention for subsistence farming families in Panama |
Session #4
| Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|
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Ajjamada Kushlappa |
Improving potato production for increased food security of indigenous communities in Colombia |
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Leroy Phillip |
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Jaime Carrera |
Sinergies between research and policy advocacy to improve Food Security and Nutrition |
| Presenter | Poster |
|---|---|
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Julien Malard |
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David Chen |
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Logan Cochrane |
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Patrick Cortbaoui |
Caribbean Postharvest Handling: Availability in local crop production to alleviate food insecurity |
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Jasmine Parent |
Food Security and Dietary Diversity amongst Smallholder Farmers in Haiti |
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Erica Seccareccia |
Stunting and Obesity in the Indigenous Children of North Andean Communities of Ecuador |
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Pierre Tulk |
Development of a community garden in the peri-urban area of Pointe-Claire, Québec |
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Jemie Walrod |
Food insecurity and changing agricultural practices in North Andean communities of Ecuador |