Lakehead U adds food research chair.

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Lakehead University's Dr. Charles Levkoe has been named a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems by the federal government.

Science minister Kirsty Duncan made the selection of the assistant professor in the Thunder Bay's university's health sciences department in Toronto, Dec. 2.

Levkoe's research will investigate ways that academics and community-based practitioners, such as food producers, public health workers and Indigenous communities, can build more equitable and sustainable food systems to address social, economic and environmental challenges.

"As the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems I am excited to engage with the research and lived experiences of scholars, practitioners and social movements to build more sustainable food systems for all," Dr. Levkoe said in a...