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The Future of National School Food Programming in Canada and the USA

Wilson Center Canada Institute

As part of a series of short articles reflecting on the potential impact of PM Justin Trudeau's r... more As part of a series of short articles reflecting on the potential impact of PM Justin Trudeau's resignation, my contribution focuses on the future of school food programming in Canada and the US

Feeding the world: the problems we need to fix

illuminem, 2025

Reflections on the past, present and future of global food systems, including food (in)security.

The potential impacts of the results of the US Presidential Election on International Higher Education in Canada

Canada Institute Experts React to the US Election, 2024

Invited "mini-blog" entry published on the Wilson Center, Canada Institute site on the impact of ... more Invited "mini-blog" entry published on the Wilson Center, Canada Institute site on the impact of the US Election on Higher Education in Canada and Globally.

Food Studies: Values and Ethics

Springer eBooks, 2023

Origins of the Concept of Foodscape from the 1990s to Today: Quo Vadis?

RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft, 2023

Canadian Woman Studies, Sep 1, 1990

A Feminist-Inspired Housing Coop in Montreal BY GISELE YASMEEN Rethinking the Home, Neighbourhood... more A Feminist-Inspired Housing Coop in Montreal BY GISELE YASMEEN Rethinking the Home, Neighbourhood and City ithin the ideal of the "liveable city" lies the realm of the alternative neighbourhood and, ultimately,

The Historical Role of Cities in Recursively Shaping Global Food Systems

Routledge eBooks, Sep 9, 2022

"How will South Asian cities be fed?" is an important question demanding attention due to the rap... more "How will South Asian cities be fed?" is an important question demanding attention due to the rapidly growing urban population of the sub-continent. Urban and periurban agriculture (UPA) is one set of activities resulting in greater food production, improved livelihood opportunities for urbanites and the enhanced environmental quality of cities. This report provides an overview of existing UPA resources and activities in India with particular emphasis on Delhi and Bangalore though many examples from other Indian cities are also presented. Documentation on UPA in India is extensive, particularly concerning composting initiatives, advances in dairying in urban and peri-urban areas and horticultural activities in cities. In other sectors as well, such as peri-urban aquaculture (particularly around Calcutta), the rest of the world has a tremendous amount to gain by paying attention to what has been taking place in India. Key research issues and challenges with respect to UPA in India and the rest of the sub-continent involve recognising and building the innovative activities already taking place there. This includes dissemination of information and fostering the extension and replication of experiments and local schemes in other parts of the region. Other challenges involve gathering more information about less documented areas of UPA including animal husbandry, food processing and safety/health issues and connecting India to the larger UPA world.

Workers in the urban informal food sector: innovative organizing strategies

La creation d'organisations s'appuyant sur la participation active de leurs adherents, le... more La creation d'organisations s'appuyant sur la participation active de leurs adherents, les travailleurs du secteur alimentaire informel, est un element determinant d'une meilleure capacite de ces travailleurs a influencer les autorites municipales de maniere a promouvoir les interets de ce secteur. Les strategies d'organisation du secteur alimentaire informel permettent de mettre en valeur le capital social, ce qui a pour effet de faciliter l'acces au financement, ainsi que la formation des ressources humaines et - facteur decisif dans le cas des villes a croissance rapide - de garantir la detention d'espaces de vente de qualite. Cet article definit le secteur alimentaire informel et en decrit l'importance, tout en donnant des exemples de strategies d'organisation novatrices elaborees par les travailleurs et par les microentrepreneurs du secteur: l'article illustre des cas largement connus et bien documentes d'initiatives concernant l'Inde...

This is an examination of public eating in urban Thai society. By advancing the concept of foodsc... more This is an examination of public eating in urban Thai society. By advancing the concept of foodscape the recursive relationship between society and space is studied with respect to the habit of purchasing prepared food in Bangkok. The sale of prepared food, particularly at the level of small and micro-enterprises, is dominated by women. What is fascinating about the Thai case is the presence of women in this sector making them a firm part of the public sphere. By looking at the mutual interrelationship between food-systems, gender relations and urban spatial phenomena, I establish why and how public eating is gendered and how small foodshop (eating establishment) owners are adjusting to the rapidly changing environment of Bangkok. There are three specific questions addressed: i) how can we represent Bangkok's foodscape?; ii) how is this foodscape gendered?; and iii) what spaces are associated with the sale of prepared food in the city and how are these changing in light of rapid...

Additional file 1 of Informal workplaces and their comparative effects on the health of street vendors and home-based garment workers in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

Additional file 1. Interview Guide; Open-ended interview guide used for interviewing street vendo... more Additional file 1. Interview Guide; Open-ended interview guide used for interviewing street vendors and home-based garment workers.

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2018

Questions around values and ethics with respect to the life sciences in general and genomics in p... more Questions around values and ethics with respect to the life sciences in general and genomics in particular are some of the most controversial of our time. With the "God-like" ability to understand and manipulate the code of life itself, normative dimensions of new and emerging technologies provoke debates around the appropriateness of certain technological applications, their potential for misuse, privacy issues, and the potential for the resurgence in eugenics. The ethical, environmental, economic, legal, and social aspects of genomics and related life sciences and technologies is known as ELSI (Environmental, Legal, and Social Implications) and ELSA (Environmental, Legal and Social Aspects) in the United States and Europe, respectively, and as GE 3 LS in Canada (Genomics: ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social implications).

Accessing Urban Public Space for a Livelihood: India, Thailand and Philippines in Comparative Perspective

Women, Law and Culture, 2016

Gisele Yasmeen undertakes a high-level comparative analysis of cultural and legal issues surround... more Gisele Yasmeen undertakes a high-level comparative analysis of cultural and legal issues surrounding women’s access to urban public space in South versus Southeast Asia. Comparing and contrasting India, Thailand and the Philippines where she has had direct experience, she highlights the diverse legal traditions and cultural issues surrounding and dictating women’s access to market places. Having a federal legal framework with a modified Westminster tradition, India is the home of recent, progressive statutes concerning access to public space for livelihoods such as street vending. The Philippines absorbs American, Spanish and local influences, whilst Thailand combines civil law with a tradition of authoritarian rule in the context of ostensibly being a constitutional democracy. Yasmeen evaluates the prevailing patterns of women’s access to public space for their livelihoods—specifically as street vendors—in all three countries against a backdrop of historical and contemporary legal and cultural influences. Whereas Southeast Asian women, particularly in Thailand and the Philippines have ‘culturally sanctioned’ access to public space as both micro entrepreneurs and consumers, Indian women, especially in the north compared to the south, traditionally do not. This has led to a different path towards access to public space, including legal challenges and grass-roots mobilisation initiatives such as the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). Additionally, India has developed approaches leading devolution of power through legislation such as India’s Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) scheme. Meanwhile, Yasmeen explains, the Philippines exhibits examples of political and economic strategies including creation of the Cebu City United Vendors Association (CCUVA) and the registration of Filipino vendors with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Social Science Infrastructure: North America (Research and Teaching)

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2015

This article is a revision of the previous edition by D.L. Featherman, volume 11, pp. 7503–7511, ... more This article is a revision of the previous edition by D.L. Featherman, volume 11, pp. 7503–7511, © 2001, Elsevier Ltd.

Not ‘From Scratch’: Thai food systems and ‘public eating’

Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2000

... Posop) and contains a bit of her khwan.' When weaning is to rice, there is no break ... more ... Posop) and contains a bit of her khwan.' When weaning is to rice, there is no break in female nurture for body and khwan. ... Boasting that `from the farmyard to the dinner table it's Charoen Pokphand all the way', the company, which was set up by Chinese emigrants, produces ...

Stockbrokers turned sandwich vendors: the economic crisis and small-scale food retailing in Southeast Asia

Geoforum, 2001

... To outsiders, he personifies Thailand's rise and falland possible redemption. ... C... more ... To outsiders, he personifies Thailand's rise and falland possible redemption. ... Coping with the Crisis Though the Philippines has been somewhat cushioned from the economic crisis ... were threatened with relocation due to the imminent construction of condominiums and office ...

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2018

Food-related research in general is rich, varied, and from multiple perspectives including the he... more Food-related research in general is rich, varied, and from multiple perspectives including the health sciencesspecifically nutritionanalyses of the broader agri-food system and related value chains, food engineering, and sociocultural perspectives to name a few. The rise of food studies in recent years focuses on the larger political, economic, and cultural context of agri-food systems as distinct from more technically focused research on food production, distribution, and more physiologically oriented nutritional work. Questions of values and ethics are either explicitly identified in the scholarship on food or implicit in the topics and research questions that are asked and the manner in which they are approached and answered.

F o o d a n d A g r i c u l t u r e O r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s A... more F o o d a n d A g r i c u l t u r e O r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s AFMA Feeding Asian Cities The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of material in this information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission of the copyright holders. Applications for such permission should be addressed to the Chief,

The Future of National School Food Programming in Canada and the USA

Wilson Center Canada Institute

Feeding the world: the problems we need to fix

illuminem, 2025

Reflections on the past, present and future of global food systems, including food (in)security.

The potential impacts of the results of the US Presidential Election on International Higher Education in Canada

Canada Institute Experts React to the US Election, 2024

Food Studies: Values and Ethics

Springer eBooks, 2023

Origins of the Concept of Foodscape from the 1990s to Today: Quo Vadis?

RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft, 2023

Canadian Woman Studies, Sep 1, 1990

The Historical Role of Cities in Recursively Shaping Global Food Systems

Routledge eBooks, Sep 9, 2022

Workers in the urban informal food sector: innovative organizing strategies

Additional file 1 of Informal workplaces and their comparative effects on the health of street vendors and home-based garment workers in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2018

Accessing Urban Public Space for a Livelihood: India, Thailand and Philippines in Comparative Perspective

Women, Law and Culture, 2016

Social Science Infrastructure: North America (Research and Teaching)

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2015

Not ‘From Scratch’: Thai food systems and ‘public eating’

Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2000

Stockbrokers turned sandwich vendors: the economic crisis and small-scale food retailing in Southeast Asia

Geoforum, 2001

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2018

Proceedings of the regional seminar organized by: The Regional Network of Local Authorities for t... more Proceedings of the regional seminar organized by:
The Regional Network of Local Authorities
for the Management of Human Settlements (CityNet)
and the Association of Food Marketing Agencies in
Asia and the Pacific (AFMA), with the technical
support of the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) - Bangkok, Thailand, November 27-28, 2000. NB: I was the editor and wrote the introduction.

Actes d’un séminaire régional, FAO, 2003.

Bangkok's Foodscape

This book provides an overview and analysis of the habit of "public eating" in Thai society with ... more This book provides an overview and analysis of the habit of "public eating" in Thai society with specific attention paid to the case study of Bangkok where the phenomenon has been particularly widespread for several decades. Using the well-established ethnographic approach of "thick description", this contribution to the study of Thai and Southeast Asian foodways concentrates on the nexus between eating habits, the social construction of gender and patterns of urban development in one of the world's mega-cities. By providing a detailed snapshot of the rapid growth period of the early to mid-1990s in central Bangkok and concluding with insights as to the impacts of the economic crisis that wreaked havoc in the latter part of the decade, Gisèle Yasmeen illustrates the recursive social, economic and cultural impacts of the "foodscape" on urban space.

Genomics and Related Sciences: Values and Ethics

Questions around values and ethics with respect to the life sciences in general and genomics in p... more Questions around values and ethics with respect to the life sciences in general and genomics in particular are some of the most controversial of our time. With the “God-like” ability to understand and manipulate the code of life itself, normative dimensions of new and emerging technologies provoke debates around the appropriateness of certain technological applications, their potential for misuse, privacy issues, and the potential for the resurgence in eugenics. The ethical, environmental, economic, legal, and social aspects of genomics and related life sciences and technologies is known as ELSI (Environmental, Legal, and Social Implications) and ELSA (Environmental, Legal and Social Aspects) in the United States and Europe, respectively, and as GE3LS in Canada (Genomics: ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social implications). This article, published in Springer's International Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, provides an overview of the debates involved. It is available for purchase or through your university library.

Values and Ethics in Food Studies

This article is an entry in the International Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, L... more This article is an entry in the International Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Living Edition edited by D. Poff and A. Michalos and published by Springer. Food-related research in general is rich, varied, and from multiple perspectives including the health sciences – specifically nutrition – analyses of the broader agri-food system and related value chains, food engineering, and sociocultural perspectives to name a few. The rise of food studies in recent years focuses on the larger political, eco- nomic, and cultural context of agri-food systems as distinct from more technically focused research on food production, distribution, and more physiologically oriented nutritional work. Questions of values and ethics are either explicitly identified in the scholarship on food or implicit in the topics and research questions that are asked and the manner in which they are approached and answered. Published in May 2018 and available for purchase and download at the link below or through your library.

Social Science Infrastructure: North America (Research and Teaching)

This is a contribution on social science research and teaching infrastructure in Canada and the U... more This is a contribution on social science research and teaching infrastructure in Canada and the USA published in March 2015 by the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences (Second Edition). The article is available for purchase at the Science Direct link below. Please note this is a prior affiliation and not accurate at time of publication.

Review of LIVING WITH RISK: Precarity & Bangkok’s Urban Poor by Tamaki Endo

Review of recently published book by Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies, 10. By Tamaki Endo. Sin... more Review of recently published book by Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies, 10. By Tamaki Endo. Singapore: NUS Press; Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 2014. xiv, 333 pp. (Figures, tables, photos.) US$32.00, paper. ISBN 978-9971-69-782-2.

Micro, petites et moyennes entreprises agroalimentaires

Dernièrement, ce fut un plaisir de reprendre mon travail comme chroniqueuse à Radio-Canada. J’ava... more Dernièrement, ce fut un plaisir de reprendre mon travail comme chroniqueuse à Radio-Canada. J’avais une chronique en français à « Rendez-vous » de Radio-Canada, Vancouver de 2000 à 03 sur le thème des communautés asiatiques en Colombie-Britannique qui a été repris par la suite pendant quelques années en anglais avec l’émission « BC Almanac ». J’ai récemment été offerte une autre chronique à l’émission intitulée « Les samedis du monde », diffusée dans toutes les provinces le l’Ouest canadien. La première chronique – inspirée par notre projet récent pour la Fondation Asie Pacifique du Canada – porte sur les micro, petites et moyennes entreprises agroalimentaires aux Philippines, au Vietnam et au Pérou avec des liens aux communautés originaires de ces pays dans le Ouest canadien. La chronique a été diffusée le 9 décembre 2017. Voici le lien à la bande sonore (17 minutes).

Interview with Gisèle Yasmeen, Director of Social Protection of WIEGO by Carlin Carr, published o... more Interview with Gisèle Yasmeen, Director of Social Protection of WIEGO by Carlin Carr, published on the WIEGO blog.

Origins of the Concept of Foodscape from the 1990s to Today: Quo Vadis?

Foodscapes, 2023

Building on the recent scoping review by Sedelmeier et al. (Sedelmeier, Kühne, O., and Jenal, C i... more Building on the recent scoping review by Sedelmeier et al. (Sedelmeier, Kühne, O., and Jenal, C in Foodscapes. Wiesbaden, Springer VS, 2022), as well as Vonthron, Perrin and Soulard (Vonthron, S., Perrin, C., and Soulard, C.-T, Foodscape: A scoping review and a research agenda for food security-related studies. PloS one,15(5), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233218, 2020), this article will go back to the origins of the term ‘foodscape’ as it emerged in the early to mid 1990s. Specific attention will be paid to the influence of the work of Appadurai, Cosgrove as well as Porteous in English speaking geography, which lent themselves naturally to the proposal of this term and concept and its use for various empirical contexts. Some reflection on the limitations of the term and concept from a linguistic point of view will be offered given the challenges of a similar concept in, for example, romance languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian. The inherent tension on the ‘playfulness’ of the term and need for useful frameworks to address the urgent challenges related to food system transformation will feature prominently in this article.

Thirty years later, what have we learned and what does it matter? The article will critically unpack foodscape research at this critical juncture in human history where the ravages of Covid-19, climate change, and conflict make it collectively urgent to address hunger, malnutrition, and environmental degradation. As part of the conclusion, some commentary will be made on the utility, or not, of the foodscape concept to help reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 2, which commits United Nations member states to achieve zero hunger, improved nutrition, and a transition to sustainable food systems by 2030.

Citation: Yasmeen, G. (2023). Origins of the Concept of Foodscape from the 1990s to Today: Quo Vadis?. In: Kühne, O., et al. Foodscapes. RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-41499-3_3