professional and community service

current service to profession and community

• north american regional co – editor, rural and remote health
• past president, canadian association for food studies
• committee member, thunder bay housing and homelessness committee
• committee member, research committee, elizabeth fry society of northwestern ontario

past service to profession and community

• co-chair, research exchange group on rural, northern, and aboriginal health of newfoundland and labrador centre for applied health research, 2012-2014
• chair, editorial governance board, canadian food studies, 2016 – present
• president, canadian association for food studies, 2016-2018
• board co-chair, mokami status of women council (labrador), 2012-2014
• committee member, un special rapporteur on the right to food 2012 mission to canada civil society coordinating committee, 2011-2012
• co-chair, happy valley-goose bay community advisory board on housing and homelessness, 2011-2014
• committee member, upper lake melville community food hub (labrador), 2011-2014
• executive committee member, canadian association of food studies liaison to food secure canada, 2011-2014
• steering committee member, food secure canada/reseau pour une alimentation durable, 2007-2013