Concordia University Food Studies

Part-Time Professor

My name is Erik Chevrier. I am an accomplished professor, researcher and social activist. I am a part-time professor at Concordia University and Dawson College. I am also pursuing a multidisciplinary PhD in Humanities via the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University.

I am interested in facilitating the development of a cooperative, socially responsible, environmentally sustainable, sovereign and secure food system at Concordia University. My research is focused on the student-run food groups at Concordia because these groups are challenging the dominant ideology of how food is produced, processed and distributed. Concordia students are pioneers of ‘alternative’ food practices; they provide concrete examples of how to develop healthy food systems. I am building an online archive (www.concordiafoodgroups.ca) to preserve the institutional memory of these groups and to highlight the activities of the people who are leading the food movement at Concordia.

Food Related Screenings and Presentations

Film Screenings:

Short documentary “The Hive” presented at Beyond capitalism? Toward
economic self-determination of communities, Concordia University (2016).

Presentations:
•Chevrier E. (Host and Moderator) (2016) Food Systems Panel: How the Food System Affects Everyone, at Bite Me!, Concordia University.
•Chevrier E. (Keynote Speaker) (2016) Building a better food system at
Concordia University, Presented at Concordia Transitions; Building a
Food-System for Students by Students from Farm to Plate , Concordia
University.
•Chevrier E. (Keynote Speaker) (2016) The Food System at Concordia University,
Presented at Bite Me!, Concordia University.
•Chevrier E. (Guest Speaker) (2015) History of the Food Movement at
Concordia University, Presented at Concordia Transitions; Building a
Food-System for Students by Students from Farm to Plate , Concordia
University.
•Chevrier E. (Guest Speaker) (2015) Building a Better Food System at
Concordia University, Presented at Integrated; An Interdisciplinary,
Undergraduate Symposium  on Sustainability in Higher Education,
Concordia University.

Visit Erik’s website here: www.erikchevrier.ca
Visit the Concordia Food Groups Archive here: www.concordiafoodgroups.ca
Visit the Edible Activism! project about the food groups at Dawson College here: www.dawsonfoodgroups.ca