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'''Sylvain Charlebois''' is a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada. He was Dalhousie's Dean of the Faculty of Management until his resignation in 2018.<ref name="dalfac">{{cite web |title=Sylvain Charlebois |url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/school-of-public-administration/faculty-staff/our-faculty/sylvain-charlebois.html |website=School of Public Administration Dalhousie Faculty of Management |publisher=Dalhousie University |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> He is currently the Director of the [[Agri-Food Analytics Lab]] at Dalhousie University.
'''Sylvain Charlebois''' is a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada. He was Dalhousie's Dean of the Faculty of Management until his resignation in 2018, following a public investigation against him based on allegations of harassment and bullying.<ref name="dalfac">{{cite web |title=Sylvain Charlebois |url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/school-of-public-administration/faculty-staff/our-faculty/sylvain-charlebois.html |website=School of Public Administration Dalhousie Faculty of Management |publisher=Dalhousie University |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradley |first=Susan |date=August 23, 2018 |title=High-profile Dal business dean stepping down; will lead new agri-food institute |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4796909}}</ref>He is currently the Director of the [[Agri-Food Analytics Lab]] at Dalhousie University.


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 05:50, 24 September 2022

Sylvain Charlebois
Born (1970-03-30) 30 March 1970 (age 54)
Farnham, Quebec, Canada
Other namesThe Food Professor
Alma materUniversité de Sherbrooke, Université de Montréal, Royal Military College
OccupationProfessor of Management
Employer(s)Dalhousie University, Canada

Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was Dalhousie's Dean of the Faculty of Management until his resignation in 2018, following a public investigation against him based on allegations of harassment and bullying.[1][2]He is currently the Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.

Career

Charlebois holds degrees from the Royal Military College of Canada, the Université de Montréal and the Université de Sherbrooke.[3]

In 2011, he co-founded the University of Guelph's Food Institute, now known as the Arrell Food Institute.[4]

In 2016, Charlebois was named Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University.[1] In 2018, Dalhousie University opened an investigation against Charlebois based on complaints of bullying and harassment. Charlebois stepped down as dean shortly after, admitting himself that the investigation played a pivotal role on his resignation.[5][6]

After Charlebois’ resignation as dean, he became the director of Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie

Since 2001, Charlebois is a regular opinion contributor to Montreal's La Presse and Toronto's The Globe and Mail newspapers, and writes a blog for Canadian Grocer magazine called "The Food Professor".[7] Since 2010, he is the lead author of Canada's Food Price Report, an annual forecast on food prices and trends.[8] Charlebois is also a co-host of the podcast titled "The Food Professor".[9]

Canada's Food Price Report (2010–2022)

Charlebois began publishing Canada's Food Price Report in 2010.[10] In 2015, the project was recognized as one of the University of Guelph's most significant research accomplishments in the past 50 years.[11] In July 2020 the University of Saskatchewan and the University of British Columbia also joined the project, contributing to the 2021 edition.[12]

Studies

In 2008, Charlebois co-authored a study to evaluate the performance of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) Daily Price Contract (DPC) program. The study suggested that the program provided poor financial returns for farmers.[13][14] The DPC programme was eventually cancelled when the CWB was decommissioned on 1 August 2012.

In 2011, Charlebois chaired the first international workshop on food safety performance metrics. The idea of comparing countries' food safety policies, risk management, and risk communication practices was controversial at the time.[15][16][17] Since that seminal workshop, sharing and comparing practices in food safety amongst nations has become more widely accepted. Charlebois argues that the structure of food safety governance favours the advancement of international partnerships and collaboration.

Charlebois speaking in Toronto in 2018

In 2017, Charlebois' team examined legislation involving cannabis in Canada with particular interest in edible cannabis products. Initially, edibles were not included in Canada's Cannabis Act (also known as Bill C-45). Their study, released in September 2017, argued that consumers would be confused over what to do with cannabis-infused food products, and argued that the legalization of edible cannabis products should occur concurrently with smokable products.[18] Weeks after the study was released, Bill C-45 was amended to include edibles.[19] In 2019, a second study released by Charlebois' team explored how the black market for cannabis-infused food products in the country could expand if Canada's regulatory framework does not adapt to meet its growth and evolution.[20][21]

In 2019, Charlebois' team released a cost analysis of Canada's Food Guide, a nutrition guide produced by Health Canada.[22] While the report lauded the Guide's increased recommendations for the consumption of plant-based proteins, fresh fruits, and vegetables, it suggested the rising cost of these food items could push more Canadian families into food insecurity should they try to follow the recommendations.[23]

In 2020, Charlebois and his team created a new index, the Global Food Innovation Index which compared factors contributing to innovation in the food, beverage and agri-food industries across many countries.[24]

One 2018 study released by Charlebois showed that Canadians "overwhelmingly believe that GMO food products should be labelled". He is a supporter of genetically modified food ingredients, advocating for more transparency by way of strict labeling rules for consumers, but with a strong belief in the inherent safety of food products which include GMOs.[25][26]

Over the years, Charlebois has coined a few expressions to explain food trends, including "protein wars," which refers to tensions between existing animal protein sources and plant-based alternatives for consumers,[27][28] and the term "food category appropriation," which involves companies using well-known food descriptors such as cheese and meat but applying them to alternative products using different ingredients.[29] He is also credited to have coined the term "shelflation", whenever supply chain disruptions shorten a product’s shelf life. Anything from an extreme weather event to mechanical failure, labour shortage or geopolitical issue could result in less-than-fresh food landing on store shelves.[30][31][32][33]

Criticism of Supply Management

Charlebois is a critic of Supply management (Canada), the country's quota system for poultry, eggs and dairy, and has advocated for major reforms to the system for more than two decades, both in academic journals[34][35] and the popular press in both official languages.[36][37] He co-wrote a report released by both Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph in October 2020, which presented a 20-year roadmap, called Supply Management 2.0, purportedly to help the dairy industry become more competitive.[38]

Charlebois has always argued the dairy industry in Canada is outdated and the system is short-sighted and would need to be much more transparent for Canadians. Charlebois also made a point that supply management supports an agenda which doesn't embrace diversity as most people controlling the dairy sector are white men.[39][40][41]

Food tracking and food safety

A significant portion of Charlebois' research is devoted to the comparison of global food safety and traceability systems.[42] In 2011, he chaired the first international workshop on food safety performance metrics and risk intelligence in Helsinki, Finland, in which representatives of 21 countries participated.[43] In 2013, he was interested in allergens and their labelling.[44] He has also served as project lead for the World Ranking Food Safety Performance Report in 2008, 2010, and 2014.[45][46][47]

Consumer advocacy

In an op-ed published on 21 February 2021, Charlebois suggested that the social contract between dairy farmers and dairy consumers was breached given that Canadians protect and compensate dairy farmers in exchange for a quota supply management system.[48] He remarked on the industry's use of palmitic acid (a palm oil derivative[49]) as a supplement to cow feed in order to augment the output of butterfat.[48][49][50] Some consumers were dismayed as many noticed that physical characteristics of the dairy products had undergone a significant change, notably in increased hardness and increased melting point.[51] Charlebois noted that this was not beneficial to the consumers, who were surprised and had not been notified of the variation in the social contract. The incident was also known as Buttergate.[48][49] The newsworthy item was picked up by NPR, an American broadcaster, twice in February 2021.[49][50]

Publications

Charlebois is the author or over 100 academic publications and author of six books on global food systems, food security, and safety.[citation needed]

  • Charlebois, Sylvain (2010). Pas dans mon assiette. Montreal: Éditions Voix parallèles. ISBN 9782923491219. OCLC 2923491211.
  • Michael R. Solomon; Greg W. Marshall; Elnora W. Stuart; J. Brock Smith; Sylvain Charlebois; Bhupesh Shah (30 January 2010). Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions. Pearson Education Canada. ISBN 978-0-13-291317-1. A textbook devoted to the real-world exploration of marketing research.
  • Michael R. Solomon; Greg W. Marshall; Elnora W. Stuart; J. Brock Smith; Sylvain Charlebois; Bhupesh Shah (15 February 2012). Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions. Pearson Education Canada. ISBN 978-0-13-262631-6. A textbook devoted to the real-world exploration of marketing research and execution.
  • Charlebois, Sylvain (2017). Food safety, risk intelligence and benchmarking. Chichester: UK Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-119-07112-9. OCLC 982031485.
  • Charlebois, Sylvain (2021). Poutine Nation, LA GLORIEUSE ASCENSION D'UN PLAT SANS PRÉTENTION. Montreal: FIDES. ISBN 978-2-76214-411-6.
  • Charlebois, Sylvain (2022). La révolution des protéines: Sauver la planète un repas à la fois. Montreal: Éditions de l'Homme. ISBN 978-2-76196-0-113.

In 2020 Charlebois became an Editor of journal Trends in Food Science and Technology [52]

References

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  2. ^ Bradley, Susan (23 August 2018). "High-profile Dal business dean stepping down; will lead new agri-food institute". CBC.
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  5. ^ Bradley, Susan (July 06, 2018). "Dalhousie looks into bullying, harassment complaints against school dean". CBC. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  7. ^ "The Food Professor".
  8. ^ "Canadians will spend more in restaurants in 2018: Canada's Food Price Report".
  9. ^ "Podcast". the-food-professor.simplecast.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Rising Food Prices: U of G Economists Predict Some Relief in 2012". uoguelph.ca. 12 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Research" (PDF). www.uoguelph.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Canada's Food Price Report adds Saskatchewan, B.C. collaborators". RealAgriculture.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. ^ "C.D. Howe, CWB spar on grain marketing data". 20 November 2008.
  14. ^ "Think-tank critical of wheat board performance | CBC News".
  15. ^ Le Vallée, Jean-Charles; Charlebois, Sylvain (2015). "Benchmarking Global Food Safety Performances: The Era of Risk Intelligence". Journal of Food Protection. 78 (10): 1896–1913. doi:10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-044. PMID 26408141.
  16. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Sterling, Brian; Haratifar, Sanaz; Naing, Sandi Kyaw (2014). "Comparison of Global Food Traceability Regulations and Requirements". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 13 (5): 1104–1123. doi:10.1111/1541-4337.12101. ISSN 1541-4337.
  17. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Hielm, Sebastian (2014). "Empowering the regulators in the development of national performance measurements in food safety". British Food Journal. 116 (2): 317–336. doi:10.1108/BFJ-05-2012-0124.
  18. ^ Auld, Alison (26 September 2017). "Canadians favour marijuana legalization, curious about weed edibles: Dalhousie survey". CTV News. The Canadian Press.
  19. ^ Lunn, Susan (6 October 2017). "Liberals' pot bill tweaked to remove plant height limit, add timeline for edibles". CBC News.
  20. ^ Flanagan, Ryan (9 May 2019). "Where's the party? Survey finds Canadians losing interest in legalized cannabis". CTVNews.
  21. ^ Davie, Emma (9 May 2019). "Canadians' enthusiasm wanes for legal pot and edibles, study finds". CBC News.
  22. ^ "More than half of Canadians may have trouble adopting new food guide, survey suggests". CBC News. The Canadian Press. 14 March 2019.
  23. ^ Hui, Ann (14 March 2019). "Study suggests the new Canada's Food Guide is more affordable only under specific conditions". The Globe and Mail.
  24. ^ "Which countries are true food innovators?". New Food Magazine.
  25. ^ "Release: Dalhousie study finds that Canadians expect mandatory GMO food labelling". Dalhousie University. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  26. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Somogyi, Simon; Music, Janet; Cunningham, Caitlin (2019). "Biotechnology in food". British Food Journal. 121 (12): 3181–3192. doi:10.1108/BFJ-07-2018-0471. S2CID 211786972.
  27. ^ "Protein wars: Why men love meat".
  28. ^ "Sylvain Charlebois: Protein wars are here as diets are changing | Regina Leader-Post". 5 November 2018.
  29. ^ "Vegan cheese and fake meat: A recipe for food appropriation?". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  30. ^ Brehaut, Laura (11 March 2022). "Shelflation: How Canadians are dealing with less-than-fresh food at the grocery store". National Post.
  31. ^ "Beware of "Shelflation" in Canada as Grocers Grapple with Pandemic Challenges: Charlebois". 3 February 2022.
  32. ^ "CityNews".
  33. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Hill, Amy; Morrison, Melanie; Vezeau, Janele; Music, Janet; Mayhew, Kydra (2022). "Is Buying Local Less Expensive? Debunking a Myth—Assessing the Price Competitiveness of Local Food Products in Canada". Foods. 11 (14): 2059. doi:10.3390/foods11142059. PMC 9315852. PMID 35885306.
  34. ^ Tamilia, Robert D.; Charlebois, Sylvain (2007). "The importance of marketing boards in Canada: A twenty‐first century perspective". British Food Journal. 109 (2): 119–144. doi:10.1108/00070700710725491.
  35. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Astray, Tatiana (March 2012). "The Future of the Canadian Dairy Sector In a Post Supply Management Era" (PDF). Policy Series (128). FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY.
  36. ^ Sylvain, Charlebois (15 February 2008). "Le Québec agricole face à une impasse". LE QUOTIDIEN (CHICOUTIMI).
  37. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain (8 August 2017). "Charlebois: Milking NAFTA – Why supply management may be doomed | Ottawa Citizen".
  38. ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Lemieux, Jean-Luc; Somogyi, Simon (22 October 2020). "Supply management 2.0 - Dairy Producer". Dairyproducer.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  39. ^ "Sylvain Charlebois calls for dairy reform". ontariofarmer.
  40. ^ "Canada must reform dairy system - study". www.just-food.com. 16 October 2020.
  41. ^ says, T. Steenaerts. "Buttergate was years in the making". New Food Magazine.
  42. ^ "Canada's Food Tracking Needs Improvement: Study". uoguelph.ca. 26 June 2014.
  43. ^ Charlebois Sylvain (2014). "Comparison of Global Food Traceability Regulations and Requirements". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 13 (5): 1104–1123. doi:10.1111/1541-4337.12101.
  44. ^ Food Protection Trends, Vol 33, No. 4, p. 232–239
  45. ^ Jean-Charles Le Vallée (20 November 2014). "2014 World Ranking: Food Safety Performance". conferenceboard.ca.
  46. ^ "Faculty Authored Papers – Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy". schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015.
  47. ^ Le Vallée, Jean-Charles; Charlebois, Sylvain (2015). "Benchmarking Global Food Safety Performances: The Era of Risk Intelligence". Journal of Food Protection. 78 (10): 1896–1913. doi:10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-044. PMID 26408141.
  48. ^ a b c CHARLEBOIS, SYLVAIN (21 February 2021). "The dairy industry's use of palm oil breaches its moral contract with Canadians". The Globe and Mail Inc.
  49. ^ a b c d Bowman, Emma (24 February 2021). "Baffled Canadians Spread Reports Of 'Hard' Butter". NPR.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  50. ^ a b "Why Is Room-Temperature Butter In Canada Mysteriously Harder Than Usual?". NPR.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  51. ^ Music, Janet; Charlebois, Sylvain; Marangoni, Alejandro G.; Ghazani, Saeed M.; Burgess, Jesse; Proulx, Amy; Somogyi, Simon; Patelli, Yannick (1 May 2022). "Data deficits and transparency: What led to Canada's 'buttergate'". Trends in Food Science & Technology. 123: 334–342. doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2022.02.005. S2CID 246784393.
  52. ^ "Trends in Food Science & Technology – Editorial Board". Elsevier Journals. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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