About

The Future Harvest Partnership is a multi-year collaboration between Wilfrid Laurier University, the Territorial Agrifood Association and the Government of the Northwest Territories. Supported by an interdisciplinary team of leading academics from across North America, and informed by Indigenous Governments and traditional knowledge, the Partnership engages with food producers and local communities of the Northwest Territories to co-create research and generate useful insights for innovation and policy that can inform the development of a climate-resilient local food system.

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This project is made possible with funding from NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative.

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Core Partners

Wilfrid Laurier University

Territorial Agrifood Association

Government of the Northwest Territories

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Research Team

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Andrew Spring (Wilfrid Laurier University), Principal Investigator

Janet Dean (Territorial Agrifood Association), Partner

Lillith Brook (representing Government of Northwest Territories), Partner

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Jennifer Baltzer (Wilfrid Laurier University), Co-Investigator

Elena Bennett (McGill University), Co-Investigator

Alison Blay-Palmer (Wilfrid Laurier University), Co-Investigator

Catherine Dieleman (University of Guelph), Co-Investigator

Erin Nelson (University of Guelph), Co-Investigator

Kelly Skinner (University of Waterloo), Co-Investigator

Merritt Turetsky (University of Colorado), Collaborator

Debora Van Nijnatten (Wilfrid Laurier University), Co-Investigator

David Wheatley (Wilfrid Laurier University), Collaborator

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Julia Russell, Postdoctoral Fellow

Rosie Kerr, Postdoctoral Fellow

Danielle Klassen, Postdoctoral Fellow

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Staff

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Lauren Judge, Project Management

Megan Cooper, Community Logistics

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Want to learn more?

Email: futureharvest@wlu.ca

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