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The Social Implications of Agri-Genomics

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Team

The project research team is made up of individuals with decades of combined experience in agricultural policy, industries, innovation, and community engagement. Our collective research team has created meaningful change contributing to: 

  • Equity in food policy
  • Local and national level agricultural policy
  • Ethical Indigenous engagement
  • Food system security and resiliency
  • Societal impacts of cellular agriculture
  • Farm worker justice
  • Culturally-focused sustainability assessments
Some of the members of the project team (left to right): Teresa Carlson, Stefania Pizzirani, Lenore Newman, Angela McIntyre, Alesandros Glaros, and Charmaine White
Photo of several project team members, December 2023


Two project team members at Ag Smart Conference in Olds Alberta, 2023

Project Team

Stefania Pizzirani, PhD

Project Leader
Lead for Systematic Reviews and Case Studies
University of the Fraser Valley

email Stefania

Robert Newell, PhD

Project Leader
Lead of Modelling and Survey Co-Lead
Royal Roads University

email Robert

Lenore Newman, PhD

Co-Investigator
Lead for Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Lenore

Sarah-Louise Ruder, PhD

Co-Investigator
Survey Co-Lead, involved in Systematic Review, Case Studies, and Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley, University of Ottawa

email Sarah-Louise

Alesandros Glaros, PhD

Co-Investigator
Lead of Vertical Agriculture Case Study, involved in Systematic Reviews, Modelling and Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Alesandros

Angela McIntyre, PhD

Co-Investigator
Co-Lead for Cellular Aquaculture Case Study, and Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Angela

Jessica Mukiri, PhD Student

Collaborator
Systematic Reviews and Alternative Proteins Case Study
University of the Fraser Valley, University of British Columbia

email Jessica

Teresa Carlson

Collaborator
Cellular Aquaculture Case Study, involved in all project activities
University of the Fraser Valley

email Teresa

Charmaine White

Collaborator
Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Charmaine

Stephanie Eccles

Postdoctoral Researcher
Labour Implications, Case Studies
University of the Fraser Valley

email Stephanie

Vali Vakhshoori, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Modelling, and Vertical Agriculture Case Study
University of the Fraser Valley

email Vali

Joffri Issac

Researcher
Survey
Royal Roads University

email Joffri

Lauren Erland, PhD

Collaborator
Systematic Reviews, Alternative Proteins and Vertical Agriculture Case Studies
University of the Fraser Valley

email Lauren

Evan Fraser, PhD

Co-Investigator
Policy and Industry Impact Advisor in Modelling, Case Studies, and Knowledge Mobilization
University of Guelph

email Evan

Mehrdad Hariri

Collaborator
Systematic Reviews, Survey, Modelling, and Knowledge Mobilization
CEO of the Canadian Science Policy Centre

email Mehrdad

Michael Hitch, PhD

Collaborator
Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Michael

Doran Hoge, PhD

Collaborator
Survey, and Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Doran

Justin Kolbeck

User/Collaborator
Systematic Reviews, Survey, Modelling, and Knowledge Mobilization
Wildtype

email Justin

Sean Lacoursiere

User/Collaborator
Alternative Proteins Case Study
Maia Farms

email Sean

Lucy Lee, PhD

User/Collaborator
Cellular Aquaculture Case Study
University of the Fraser Valley

email Lucy

Hon Leong

User/Collaborator
Cellular Aquaculture Case Study
YEX Inc.

email Hon

Mariano Mapili, PhD

Collaborator
Modelling and Alternative Proteins Case Study
University of the Fraser Valley

email Mariano

Graham McDowell, PhD

Collaborator
Systematic Review Consultant, Systematic Reviews
Canadian Mountain Network

email Graham

Naxaxalhts’i Albert (Sonny)  McHalsie

Collaborator
Cellular Aquaculture Case Study
Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre, University of the Fraser Valley

email Naxaxalhts’i Albert (Sonny)

Jonathon McIntyre McIntyre

User/Collaborator
Modelling and Vertical Agriculture Case Study
i-Open Technologies

email Jonathon McIntyre

Saeed Rahman, PhD

Collaborator
Modelling
University of the Fraser Valley

email Saeed

Afia Raja, PhD

Collaborator
Survey and Modelling
University of the Fraser Valley

email Afia

Navin Ramankutty, PhD

Collaborator
Alternative Proteins Case Study
University of British Columbia

email Navin

David Schaepe, PhD

Collaborator
Cellular Aquaculture Case Study
Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre

email David

Marina Tourlakis, PhD

Collaborator
Systematic Reviews, Survey, Modelling, and Knowledge Mobilization
University of the Fraser Valley

email Marina

Peter Van der Gracht

User/Collaborator
Vertical Agriculture Case Study and Knowledge Mobilization
QuantoTech

email Peter

Bill Vanderkooi

User/Collaborator
Alternative Proteins and Vertical Agriculture Case Studies, and Knowledge Mobilization
EcoFarm

email Bill

Frank Zhang, PhD

Collaborator
Modelling and Knowledge Mobilization

email Frank

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