Jason Ellsworth is a researcher, writer, and anthropologist with a PhD in Social Anthropology from Dalhousie University. He currently works at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Prince Edward Island and serves on the Executive of the Canadian Anthropology Society / La Société Canadienne d’Anthropologie (CASCA). Jason lives in his home province of Prince Edward Island with his family and their dog, Pickles.
He recently worked as a Research Fellow on the project Mobilities and Externalities in Nova Scotia’s Local Food Movement funded by the EU Mobile Lives Forum. At times he can also be found lecturing at the departments of Religious Studies and Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Current and past research interests include the study of the Anthropology & Sociology of Religion, Health Care & Medicine, Buddhism in North America, Food & Food Movements, Theories of Value, Political Economy, Marketing, Globalization (Global Movement & Transnationalism), Social Justice, and Orientalism.
He is also a contributor/collaborator with Culture on the Edge, and an active member of the American Anthropology Association, the Canadian Anthropology Society, the North American Association for the Study of Religion, Society for the Anthropology of Religion, and the American Academy of Religion.
He has also worked in event management, fundraising, and development for non-profit organizations.
He received his M.A. in Religion & Culture from Wilfrid Laurier University (2010), an Honours B.A. in Religious Studies from Saint Mary’s University (2009), and a B. Comm. in Marketing from Saint Mary’s University (2003).
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