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Amanda Wilson

Associate Professor

awilson@ustpaul.ca

613-236-1393, ext. : 2114

GIG 231

Profile

Amanda Wilson holds a PhD in Sociology, with a Specialization in Political Economy. Her areas of research include the food movement and alternative food networks, co-operatives and collective organizing, and questions related to prefiguration and enacting a politics of possibility. Prior to joining the School of Innovation at Saint Paul University her undertook a community-based PostDoctoral Fellowship at Lakehead University’s Centre for Sustainable Food System Research and Engagement, working with Food Secure Canada on food movement mobilizations in national food policy. Outside of academia, she has worked with several non-governmental organizations in the areas of policy analysis, research, network coordination and popular education, and is a long-time community organizer and activist in Ottawa.

Expertise

Courses taught

INS 5103 - Collective Action Strategies and Discourses
- Study of mobilization and communication techniques in the context of social change and collective action, from strategic planning to tactical execution in the field.
INS 2502 - Justice sociale et pensée critique
- Principales théories contemporaines de la justice sociale (libérale, critique, catholique, etc.) et des enjeux liés à la redistribution, la reconnaissance, les capabilités et l'accessibilité.
INS 5101 - Theoretical Foundations of Social Innovation
- Critical study of founding texts in social innovation and of the main approaches in the field. Study of key actors and strategies in contemporary social innovation.
INS 5102 - Self-Management and Workplace Democracy
- Analysis of the main challenges in the democratic organization of work; study of issues arising in the development and consolidation of self-managed organizations.
INS 3120 - Selected Topics in Social Action
- In-depth study of specific topics related to social action.
INS 5301 - Planning a Research Topic
- Identification of a relevant research topic, study of methodologies in the social innovation field and construction of a work plan.

Education

Publications

Wilson, A., C.Z. Levkoe, P. Andree, A. Spring, S. Wesche and T. Galloway (2020). Strengthening Sustainable Northern Food Systems: Federal Policy Constraints and Potential Opportunities. Arctic Journal 73(3): 292-311.

Hammelman, C., C.Z, Levkoe. J. Agyeman, S. Kharod, A. Moragues-Faus, E. Munoz, J. Oliva and A. Wilson (2019). Integrated Food Systems Governance: Scaling Equitable and Transformative Food Initiatives through Scholar-Activist Engagement. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Wilson, A., Levkoe, C.Z., Andree, P., Blay-Palmer, A., Boulet, A., Brockington, M., Ferguson, R., Galloway, T., Martin, D., Martorell, H., Robidoux, M., Skinner, K., Spring, A., Wesche, S. (2019). Cultivating Food Sover-eignty and Sustainable Food Systems in the North: A Review and Recommendations. Montreal, Quebec: Food Secure Canada. Pp. 16.

Andree, P, Levkoe, C and Wilson A (2018). Co-editor. Special Issue: Building an Integrated National Food Policy for Canada. Canadian Food Studies 5(1) September 2018

Levkoe, C and A Wilson (2019). Policy Engagement as Prefiguration: Experiments in Food Policy Governance through the National Food Policy Dialogue in Canada. In Andree et al (Eds) Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance. Routledge.

Levkoe, C, A Wilson and V Schembri (2018). Community-Academic Peer Review: Prospects for Strengthening Community-Campus Engagement and Enriching Scholarship. Engaged Scholar Journal 4(2).

Wilson A. (2018). Getting Political and Getting Organized: A Call to Repoliticize the Food Movement: A review of The New Food Activism: Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action. Antipode: A Radial Journal of Geography

Wilson, A. [lead author] (2018). Harvesting Resilience and Cultivating Sustainability: A Study of Northern Food Systems. Food Secure Canada.

Wilson, A. (2013) Beyond Alternative: Exploring Autonomous Possibilities in Food. Antipode: A Radial Journal of Geography 45(3): 719-737

Wilson, A. (2013). Enacting Diverse Possibilities: The Performativity of research for social change. In Fogel et al. (Eds) Imaginative Inquiry: Innovation Approaches to Interdisciplinary Research. Palo Alto, CA: Academica Press. pp. 9-28

Wilson A. (2010). Co-opting Precariousness: Can Worker Co-ops be an alternative to Precarious Employment? Just Labour 16: 59-75

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