In this collectively drafted Commentary, we offer some reflections on the past year for CAFS (Canadian Association for Food Stuides), and the state of food studies in general. Note: this is a modified version of the 2021 CAFS Presidential Address, given at the joint CAFS/ASFS/AFHVS/SAFN Conference Just Food: Because it never it just Food on June 10th, 20201.

Please see 'Notes' below for any suggested/official citation information added by the author(s) of this work. Otherwise, you can cite the HSS Commons instance of this publication as follows:

• Wilson, A., Bessey, M., Brady, J., Classens, M., Lee, K., Levkoe, C., Marshman, J., Martens, T., Ruder, S., Stephens, P., Soma, T., (2025), "Looking back on food studies in 2020-2021 in so-called Canada", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i3.520)

  Copy Citation | Export metadata as... | JSON | CSV | RO-Crate | BibTex | EndNote

1. CAFS
2. Canadian Association for Food Studies
3. food studies

Original publication: Wilson, Amanda; Bessey, Meredith; Brady, Jennifer; Classens, Michael; Lee, Kirsten; Levkoe, Charles; Marshman, Jennifer; Martens, Tabitha; Ruder, Sarah-Louise; Stephens, Phoebe; Soma, Tammara. "Looking back on food studies in 2020-2021 in so-called Canada." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 8, no. 3, 2021. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i3.520. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in CFS/RCÉA prior to and including Vol. 8, No. 3 (2021) is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY license. Work published in Vol. 8, No. 4 (2021) and after is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. For details, see creativecommons.org/licenses/.