Amber Fletcher

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/9082

Associate Professor
PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina; MA, Women’s Studies
York University; BA (High Honours), Women’s Studies, University of Regina

Research Interests
Sociology of gender; gender and climate change; gender and public policy (particularly agricultural and trade policy); gender and water; qualitative research methodology and methods; participatory action research; critical realism; feminist theories; sociology of the family.

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    Local Food in Saskatchewan - Barriers and Opportunities
    (Department of Sociology and Social Studies, 2019) Campbell, Holly; Sanden, Tracy; Triffo, Taya; Fletcher, Amber J.
    Saskatchewan agriculture is heavily focused on export, which has led to a relatively underdeveloped local food system compared to other parts of Canada. Key reasons for the province’s strong export orientation include export-oriented policies dating back to the establishment of commercial agriculture in the late 1800s and continuing today (Fowke 1957; Government of Saskatchewan 2017), in addition to geographic and climatic factors such as Saskatchewan’s high land-to-population ratio, dispersed rural population, semi-arid climate, and long, cold winters. Contemporary agriculture in Saskatchewan is highly industrialized and centred on large-scale production of grain and oilseed crops, cattle, and other livestock. In the unique context of Saskatchewan, farmers wishing to sell their products in local markets face specific challenges that may not exist in other Canadian regions, such as southern Ontario or British Columbia (e.g., Newman et al. 2015; Telfer 2008; Statistics Canada 2017b).
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    Surveying Policy Priorities: The Saskatchewan Women’s Issues Study
    (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women; Policy4Women, 2019) Fletcher, Amber J.; McWhinney, Tara
    This report presents the findings of a two-year academic study on the topic of gender issues, public policy, and public engagement in the province of Saskatchewan, which was conducted between 2016 and 2018. The Saskatchewan-based project reported here was part of a larger pan-Canadian study to test different methods of public engagement on women’s issues across the country. The main objective of the Saskatchewan case study was to identify key issues of concern to Saskatchewan residents on the general topic of women’s and gender issues, and to obtain participants’ recommendations for addressing these issues.