Working the system to change the system? : analyzing intersections between the food movement and health establishment in British Columbia
Journal: cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
Year: 2013

This dissertation looks at two provincial health-based programs (the Community Food Action Initiative and the Food Security Core Program in Public Health) in British Columbia (BC) that intersect with this province’s vibrant and diverse food movement. Drawing on a critical and interpretive approach to research, and using qualitative research methods, this study analyzes these two programs according to: a) the health institutional dynamics that shape them; b) the programs’ implications for BC’s fo