NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Farm Crisis, Political Ecology, Liquor Control Board Of Ontario
18 May 2020
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Through a canadian lens, the course introduces students to the problems of our global food system, and the opportunities to improve it. Using many analytical frameworks and concepts from different disciplines, students examine critically the dimensions of a food system that is health promoting and environmentally sustainable and explore transitional strategies to bring them to reality. This is a course without pre-requisite knowledge or preparation, targeted to first, second, third year fes and human geography students and those in continuing education. Office: hnes 229 rmacrae@yorku. ca (preferred method of communication) The course director and teaching assistants make up the teaching team. Tas will support group discussions and activities, and mark assignments with the course director. Students may choose to meet informally for study sessions. Brief statement of the purposes of the course. We will organize our discussion around how environmentalists typically look at the food and agriculture system, both the common criticisms and the proposed solutions.
