Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Management and Economics

College of Management and Economics (University of Guelph)

The College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario was formed on May 1, 2006. The current dean of CME is Julia Christensen Hughes, who was appointed in April 2009 for a 5-year term beginning on May 11, 2009. David Prescott and founding dean of the CME, Chris...

 at the University of Guelph

University of Guelph

The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...

 in Ontario, Canada. From 2004 to 2010, he was a member of the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Regina

University of Regina

The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...

 in Regina, Canada. He also served as the Director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (Regina Campus). He is the author of Pas dans mon assiette: Manger est-il devenu risqué?, an essay on food security

Food security

Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it. A household is considered food-secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute, global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past...

 and safety. He is also co-author of Real People, Real Decisions published by Pearson Education Canada http://vig.pearsoned.ca/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0132490021,00.html. He is the project lead of the World Ranking Food Safety Performance Report (2008, 2010).

His current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution and safety, and has published many articles in several academic journals. Dr. Charlebois is an associate researcher for the Montreal Economic Institute

Montreal Economic Institute

The Montreal Economic Institute is a non-profit research organization based in Montreal. It aims at promoting economic education of the general public and efficient public policies in Quebec and Canada through studies and conferences. Its research areas include different topics such as health...

 and works with the CD Howe Institute.