Sylvain Charlebois

Who is Sylvain Charlebois?

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. From 2004 to 2010, he was a member of the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Regina in Regina, Canada. He also served as the Director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, also affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of four books on global food systems, one in French. He is also co-author of Real People, Real Decisions published by Pearson Education Canada. He is the project lead of the University of Guelph Food Retail Price Index and the World Ranking Food Safety Performance Report.

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 with many Research Centres and Think Tanks and has worked with the CD Howe Institute and the Conference Board of Canada. His research has been featured in a number of publications, including The Economist, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Toronto Star, Maclean's and La Presse, as well as on the Business News Network, CBC Radio and CBC Television, Global, CTV, TVOntario and TVA. Dr. Charlebois is a member of both the National Scientific Committee and the National Expert Board of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and member of the Global Food Traceability Center's Advisory Council based in Washington, D.C.. He has testified on several occasions before parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues as an expert witness. He has been asked to act as an advisor on food and agricultural policies in many Canadian provinces, in the United States, Brazil, Italy, France, Belgium, China, Great Britain, Finland and the Netherlands.