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André Magnan

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Pronouns: He/Him
Acting Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs)
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PhD (University of Toronto); MA (University of Regina); BSc Honours (University of Saskatchewan)

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Dr. André Magnan is Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) in the University of Regina Faculty of Arts and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies.

Dr. Magnan’s research focuses on the sociology of agri-food systems. He is currently leading a multi-year research project on digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian food sector, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The project critically examines how technological change is converging with the growing influence of financial and corporate actors to restructure food and farming. Dr. Magnan is the author of many journal articles and a book, When Wheat was King, published by UBC Press.

Dr. Magnan was the Academic Convenor for the 2018 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canada’s largest academic conference, held in Regina and he served as Associate Director of La Cité universitaire francophone for three years. He teaches courses on digital society, sociological theory, the global food system, and introductory sociology.