Profs Featured on CBC Radio, Researcher in Globe and Mail
July 18, 2012 - In the News
University of Guelph professors Alfons Weersink and Evan Fraser were featured on CBC Radio this morning. They did live interviews across the country on the drought conditions in the United States, the effect it’s having on the U.S. economy and the potential impact on food prices and Canadian consumers.
Weersink of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, and Fraser, Department of Geography, each did 10 live interviews as part of CBC syndication.
Weersink appeared on Ontario Morning, CBC Radio's provincial wake-up show for listeners in southern Ontario outside of Toronto. He also was interviewed by stations in Sudbury, Gander, Corner Brook, Yellowknife, Winnipeg, Edmonton, White Horse, Vancouver and Prince George.
Fraser was featured on radio stations in Victoria, Ottawa, Calgary, Quebec City, Thunder Bay, Iqaluit, Fredericton, Regina, Windsor and Kelowna. He also appeared on CBC-TV’s The National and in CBC news reports last week on the same subject.
Weersink’s research focuses on the effects of technology and government policy, particularly environmental policy; on decisions made by firms in the agri-food sector; and on the resulting structure of the sector. He was raised on a cash crop/dairy farm near St. Marys and continues to be involved with the farm.
Fraser joined U of G in fall 2010 as the Canada Research Chair in Global Human Security. He co-wrote the book Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations about how and why human culture depends on food, what happens when a culture runs out of it and our likely future. He has become a sought-after media expert and consultant on food-related issues.
Ian Mosby, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of History, is featured today in a story in the Globe and Mail on aboriginal food culture. In the article, Mosby says many Canadians have incorrect assumptions about aboriginal food because of ignorance about native people’s lives.
A graduate of York University, Mosby researches and teaches about politics, culture and science of food in Canada during the 20th century.
