Events / CAPI Dialogues

The 2020-2022 CAPI Doctoral Fellows have completed the final report of their fellowship and will be presenting their findings on Wednesday May 18th 2022 from 12pm-1pm ET. We are excited to announce that The Honourable Senator Rob Black will moderate the webinar. The CAPI Doctoral Fellows, Lisa Ashton, Hannah Lieberman, Callum Morrison, and Marie-Élise Samson are a multidisciplinary group focused on integrating scientific […]

The EFP program – a voluntary, educational tool for assessing environmental risk and facilitating knowledge sharing at the farm level- has been used across Canada since the mid-nineties. Now, in 2022, there is an opportunity to rethink the future of the EFP program. During this webinar, Dr. Bronwynne Wilton will share the results from the forthcoming policy […]

Rail service is a critical link in Canada’s agri-food value chain. A brief work stoppage at one of Canada’s main railways highlighted one of the issues that can impact the reliability of that service. CAPI will host a virtual panel to explore the impact of service disruptions, the state of rail reliability, recourse mechanisms, and […]

The impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are being felt by Canadian and global agri-food systems. Volatility in domestic and international markets has increased. Disruptions to the already brittle supply chains will likely have long-lasting consequences. It is difficult for many Canadians to fathom the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine. The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute […]

Join CAPI on Wednesday February 16th at 11am ET for an upcoming webinar bringing together two leading experts in soil health. CAPI Distinguished Fellow Dr. Susan Wood-Bohm and CAPI Doctoral Fellow Dr. Marie-Élise Samson will explore the evolving and dynamic concept of ‘soil health’ within a Canadian context. They will also examine the role that […]

Join CAPI as we bring four leaders from across the agri-food system and the country to reflect on the last 12 months and look ahead to what will matter in 2022. With all that has happened, 2021 is a year that Canadian agri-food will remember: a drought across western Canada, a federal election, an increasing […]

CAPI convenes experts to take the pulse of agriculture’s most underappreciated relationship Agriculture is relatively unique in Canada in that responsibility is shared between Federal and Provincial governments. This means that governments need to work together, and with stakeholders, to move agri-food policy forward.  As governments ramp up negotiations on the next 5-year agriculture policy […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute is excited to launch its Fall Webinar Series with the participation of our Distinguished Fellows. Join us on Wednesday September 29th at 11:30am ET for our post-election webinar After E-Day: The challenges and opportunities of Canada’s federal government.  This will be a great opportunity for you to meet our new […]

With the first year of the 2020-2022 CAPI Doctoral Fellowship Program coming to a close, our doctoral fellows have produced four impressive individual reports on soil health and Canadian agriculture: from cover cropping on the Prairies, to flooding in agricultural lands in Quebec, to soil conversation practices for long-term productivity and climate change mitigation, to […]