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Entry ID
372
Reference Id
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Language
English
Year
2014
Category
Presentation Preference
Title
MULTI-SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL FOOD POLICY, PLANNING AND ACCESS TO FOOD - A case study in Waterloo Region
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Introduction/Purpose
Jessica Wegener, PhD, RD, Ryerson University and her research team investigated how regional planning policies and practices help to create ‘healthier’ communities by facilitating greater access to healthy, local food outlets in the Region of Waterloo.
Objective(s)/Process or Summary of Content
How can regional planning policies and practices help to create ‘healthier’ communities by facilitating greater access to healthy, local food ‘outlets’?
Method(s)/Systemic Approach Used
•Qualitative research study
• Project Advisory Committee
• Informed early stages (recruitment & interview guides)
• Data Collection
• In-depth interviews; transcribed
• Analysis (grounded theory approach)
• NVivo8; coding, memo wring, constant comparison
• Theoretical saturation
• Reflexivity, member checks, peer debriefing
Results/Conclusions
Conclusions(s)/Recommendations
‘What Worked & What Didn’t?’

Process and knowledge innovation - YES
• doing and thinking differently

Reputation effects - YES
• ‘We are on to something here…’

Political astuteness/political strategizing - YES

Competing mandates, tensions, competition - NO
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