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Building Healthy and Supportive Communities
MODELS OF COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP IN THE
WATERLOO REGION FOOD SYSTEM
Katherine Pigott – Region of Waterloo Public Health
Dr. Steffanie Scott – University of Waterloo
CFICE Workshop – Edmonton, AlbertaNovember 3rd, 2012
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Comparison of two community university partnership models
• Model # 1 – Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo
• Model # 2 – Healthy Eating & Active Communities Team, Region of Waterloo Public Health
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Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo
• Academic department sponsors community-university partnership
• Fourth year food systems course• Forty to fifty students a year conduct
fieldwork• Annual consultations with civil
society food system stakeholders to create research/evaluation agenda
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Healthy Eating and Active Communities Team
• Civil society actor sponsors community-university partnership
• Inter-disciplinary team in public health department in regional government
• Over sixty practicum students in twelve years from several disciplines and academic institutions
• Practicum placements supported by Central Resources Division
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Waterloo Region Context
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Mid-sized urban community
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Vibrant countryside
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Our Definition of a Healthy Food System
All residents have access to, and can afford to buy safe, nutritious, culturally
acceptable food that has been produced in
an environmentally sustainable way and
that sustains our rural communities.
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Faculty of Environment as facilitator of healthy food system
• Geography 461 – Food Systems and Sustainability
• Examines food systems sustainability and food security
• Broad lens: from production to consumption - from local to global
• Strong emphasis on civil society initiatives and localizing food systems
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Public Health as facilitator of a healthy food system
• Research • Economic Development• Community-based Partnerships• Policy Development • Organizational Change• Capacity Building for Advocacy• Food System Plan• System-wide networks
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Final Food System Plan, April 2007
• "Public Health continue to provide administrative and research support to the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable"
• Roundtable becomes guardian of Food System Plan
KeyRecommendation:
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SYSTEM WIDE NETWORK • First meeting held early
2008
• Comprised of 18 representatives from key sectors in the local food system
• Oversees implementation of "A Healthy Community Food System Plan"
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Food System Prioritieswww.wrfoodsystem.ca/priorities
Food Sovereignty
Food Policy
Urban Agriculture
Local Food Infrastructure
Farm Viability
Access To Healthy Food
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Purpose of Research• Describe and compare two ad-hoc
models of community-university partnership
• Explain the context in which these models evolved
• Reflect on strengths, potential improvements and unexpected outcomes
• Share learnings
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Proposed Methodology
• Document review, key informant interviews and focus groups
• Twenty research participants due to limited resources
• Three categories of research participants- partnership sponsors- students
- - civil society food stakeholders
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Discussion/ Questions
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http://chd.region.waterloo.on.ca/en/researchResourcesPublications/reportsdata.asp#FOOD (Public Health Food reports)
www.wrfoodsystem.ca (Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable)
Dr. Steffanie Scott: 519-888-4567 x 37012 [email protected]
Katherine Pigott: 519-883-2004 x 5415 [email protected]