In recent years questions about food production and consumption have dominated the public consciousness. Understanding how certain eating arrangements have emerged and what consequences these diets have for society appears to be a preoccupation for [...]
In the past few decades, the global organization of food production has changed dramatically. However, such change is ongoing and not necessarily unidirectional, particularly as social and political actors engage in activities that are influential [...]
Moving from justice to health regulation, cannabis dispensaries and harm reduction strategies have become a topic of major interest in recent scholarship. Within this framework, human rights now constitute an important aspect of the drug [...]
Using a gender lens, this session will examine what citizenship means to immigrants in Canada and to trans-border migrants, including those migrants whose status is either precarious or non-existent. In Canada, nearly all forms of [...]
This session seeks to showcase work exploring intersections among (bio)medicalization, gender and sexuality including historical, contemporary, theoretical and/or empirical dimensions. Contemporary work on medicalization has introduced new lines of inquiry around its shifting contexts and [...]