Join th
is virtual panel event to explore the outcomes of the 2021 United Nations F
ood Systems Summit. Panelists will discuss what they see as the major achie
vements or initiatives launched at the Summit that hold the greatest potent
ial to transform food systems.
All are welcome.
Please register in advance. The Zoom link will be emailed to you.
Welcome Remarks: Annabel Steidl\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Glob
al Affairs
Panelists:
Bios:
Christin
e Campeau has over 12 years of experience working at the intersect
ion of food security and nutrition. She has acquired an in-depth understand
ing of the complexities and trends involved in addressing the immediate and
underlying causes of malnutrition. In her current role as Senior Advisor –
Food Systems and Deputy Chair UNFSS AT4\, Christine worked alongside Actio
n Track Chairs on the 18-month process of collecting over 2\,000 ideas to t
ransform food systems for people\, the planet and prosperity. These proposa
ls have been refined\, integrated\, and championed\, leading to a series of
coalitions that promise impact at scale\, are actionable\, are scientifica
lly grounded and will generate co-benefits across the different Action Trac
k goals.
Her work for intergovernmental agencies\, such as the UN Nut rition (formerly UNSCN)\; for facilitation platforms such as the SUN Moveme nt Secretariat\; and with civil society organizations\, including CARE and Caritas\, has given her an appreciation of the diversity of stakeholders an d sectors involved in food security and nutrition. It has also allowed her to cultivate relationships with all relevant stakeholders involved in tackl ing the nutrition challenge.
Christine holds a Master of Internationa l Relations from Webster University\, Geneva Switzerland\, with combined fo cuses on international diplomacy and climate-induced migration. Born on a f arm in Southern Ontario\, she has spent countless hours volunteering on org anic farms across Canada and working with farmers in developing countries. Her personal goal is to work with committed people from farmers’ organizati ons\, social movements\, research institutions\, governments\, and the priv ate sector to build resilient food systems that ensure global food and nutr ition security.
Dr. Eugenio Diaz-
Bonilla joined IFPRI as a visiting Senior Research Fellow in 2012
and in 2017 he was named Head of the LAC Program. He received a PhD. in Eco
nomics from Johns Hopkins University\, as well as an M.A. in Economics and
an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Diaz-Bonilla has more than 40 years of professional experience working on development and poverty issues\, including grass-roots work\, academic acti vities\, consulting work\, and positions of institutional leadership in int ernational organizations and governments. He has resided and worked for ext ended periods in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and has acted as consultant and staff member with several international organi zations: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)\, Food and Agriculture O rganization (FAO)\, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA)\, Organization of American States (OAS)\, and World Bank. He has ex tensive experience as advisor and consultant to governments in different de veloping countries on macroeconomic and trade policies\, poverty alleviatio n\, and food security programs and extensive involvement in project prepara tion\, financing\, and implementation in developing countries\, mainly on a gricultural and rural development operations. He has led diplomatic and neg otiating activities as a senior diplomat for Argentina\, focusing on agricu ltural trade issues in bilateral\, regional\, and multilateral negotiations . Dr. Diaz-Bonilla served as a member of the Board of Executive Directors o f the IADB for almost nine years\, as well as occupying leadership position s as Chairman and Vice Chairman of several Board Committees responsible for the governance of the Bank. In 2017 he was elected Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary of Argentina.
Natasha Kim is currently the Ass
istant Deputy Minister\, Strategic Policy Branch at Agriculture and Agri-F
ood Canada. Prior to this she was Associate Assistant Deputy Minister\, Str
ategic and Program Policy at Immigration at Refugees and Citizenship Canada
(IRCC). Natasha also held the position of DG of Immigration branch at IRCC
as well as various positions at the PCO\, Public Safety Canada\, Justice C
anada and the Supreme Court of Canada. Natasha holds a Master of Laws from
Harvard University\, a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University and major
ed in Women's Studies at the University of Alberta.
Moderator Bio:
Matias Margulis is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. His research and teaching interests are in global gove rnance\, development\, human rights\, international law and food policy. In addition to his academic research\, Matias has extensive professional expe rience in the field of international policymaking and is a former Canadian representative to the World Trade Organization\, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and UN Food and Agriculture Organization. He ha s also advised the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Scott ish Parliament and consulted for international NGOs and the Brookings Insti tution.
Co-hosted by: School of Public Policy and Gl obal Affairs and the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems\, the Faculty of Land and Food Systems\, UBC
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