Thompson Rivers University

Published purpose

This project aims to build a 3-year collaboration between Thompson Rivers University and the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It seeks to allow researchers across the Indo-Pacific to strengthen their research collaboration by supporting a major research project on food security. In the first year, the project aims to conduct a literature review, design surveys, and hold a conference in Sri Lanka in December 2025. In the second year, it seeks to expand research to other South Asian countries and host a hybrid conference in Canada, with ongoing dissemination activities. And in the third Year 3, the project focuses on further dissemination and establishing a “Food Security in the Indo-Pacific” working group for future research. Project activities include: (1) publishing open-source conference proceedings and 2 op-eds in major media outlets in Sri Lanka and Canada; (2) submitting a co-authored peer-reviewed manuscript to a top-tier journal; and (3) creating a public policy document to propose a food security framework for Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.