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Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at
Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...
in Halifax,
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, Canada. He is Dalhousie's former Dean of the Faculty of Management. 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 '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...
, the
Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...
and the
Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke ( French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It ...
. In 2016, Charlebois was named Dean of the Faculty of Management at
Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...
and he held a cross-appointment as professor in the
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until June 2021. In 2018, Charlebois became the director of Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie, after resigning as dean in the midst of an investigation against him due to complaints involving harassment and bullying. Since 2001, Charlebois is a regular opinion contributor to
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's '' La Presse'' and
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's ''
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'' newspapers, and writes a blog for ''Canadian Grocer'' magazine called "The Food Professor." Charlebois is also a co-host of the podcast titled "The Food Professor."


Studies and reports

Charlebois began publishing
Canada's Food Price Report Published by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph since 2010, every December, Canada's Food Price Report provides a forecast of Canadian food prices and trends for the coming year in Canada. In July 2020, it was announced that the ...
in 2010. In 2015, the project was recognized as one of the University of Guelph's most significant research accomplishments in the past 50 years. In July 2020 the
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and the
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also joined the project, contributing to the 2021 edition. Charlebois has co-authored studies on the performance of the
Canadian Wheat Board The Canadian Wheat Board (french: Commission canadienne du blé, links=no) was a marketing board for wheat and barley in Western Canada. Established by the Parliament of Canada on 5 July 1935, its operation was governed by the Canadian Wheat Bo ...
’s Daily Price Contract program, edible cannabis products. and Canadian's attitudes towards GMOs. A significant portion of Charlebois' research is devoted to the comparison of global food safety and traceability systems, including studies on
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and their labelling.Food Protection Trends, Vol 33, No. 4, p. 232–239 In 2019, Charlebois' team released a cost analysis of ''
Canada's Food Guide ''Canada's Food Guide'' (french: Guide alimentaire canadien) is a List of nutrition guides, nutrition guide produced by Health Canada. In 2007, it was reported to be the second most requested Canadian government publication, behind the Income tax ...
'', a nutrition guide produced by Health Canada. Charlebois is the author of multiple academic publications and author of six books on global food systems, food security, and safety.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charlebois, Sylvain Canadian economists Living people Université de Sherbrooke alumni Université de Montréal alumni Royal Military College Saint-Jean alumni University of Regina faculty University of Guelph faculty Dalhousie University faculty 1970 births