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Phillip Joy

ResearcherApplied Human NutritionMount Saint Vincent University

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Phillip Joy

Researcher

Applied Human Nutrition

Health Sciences

Mount Saint Vincent University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Arts-Based Eating Disorders Health Toolkits Ived Experiences Lgbtq+Minority Stress Poststructuralism Qualitative Research

Latest papers

Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance.
Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2026 · first author
"I Believe in Santa Claus" and Ozempic: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Holiday Health Advertising.
Qualitative health research · 2026 · first author
Pulling at All Threads: Reflections on Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Within Arts-Based Health Research.
Qualitative health research · 2026 · first author

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Exploring LGBTQ+ Disparities in Eating Disorder Care Through Qualitative Research: Development of an Arts-Informed Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$581,400
Looking back to go forward: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to inform accessibility policies that centre disabled 2S/LGBTQQAAI+ artists
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$29,191
Euphoric Reads: Celebrating gender identity and expression though Drag Queen Story Time
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$30,981

All 8 grants and awards

33 publications.

Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance.

Joy P

Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70071 PMID: 41696859

"I Believe in Santa Claus" and Ozempic: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Holiday Health Advertising.

Joy P, Bessey M, Mann L

Qualitative health research2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323251350876 PMID: 40536021

Pulling at All Threads: Reflections on Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Within Arts-Based Health Research.

Joy P, Hammond B, Hammond C, Bonardi O, Wassef K, Ferlatte O

Qualitative health research2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323241307893 PMID: 39713877

'You definitely choose struggling over humiliation': Experiences of food insecurity in Nova Scotia, Canada, for LGBTQ + individuals.

Joy P, Seward A, White M, Fewer S, Gao M, Kelleher S

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01081-x PMID: 40660055

'Without support, you are just alone': relational food insecurity among a sample of gay men in India.

Joy P, Yeminedi S, Norris D, Mann L

Culture, health & sexuality2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2025.2514179 PMID: 40503634

Parenting Self-Efficacy Within the First Year Postpartum in Non-Birthing Parents: A Scoping Review.

Dol J, Parker JA, Chambers CT, Joy P, Leahy-Warren P, Dennis CL, Macdonald M, Hancock K

Family process2025

DOI: 10.1111/famp.70048 PMID: 40506834

East Coast Kitchen Party: A Ceilidh-Inspired Program to Reduce Social Isolation and Food Insecurity Among LGBTQIA+ Newcomers.

Khoury L, Kennedy LJ, Arumugam A, Casey A, Joy P

Health promotion practice2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/15248399251355901 PMID: 40685881

Rethinking 2S/LGBTQI+ food security with co-design: a study protocol.

Thériault J, Joy P, Boudhraâ S, Gao M

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1558700 PMID: 40584543

Being a good boy: pup play, body image, and the self for gay, bi, trans, and queer men.

Joy P, Hammond B, Hammond C, Wassef K, Ferlatte O

Culture, health & sexuality2025First author

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2356610 PMID: 38809445

Towards equitable eating disorder treatment: addressing disparities in access to higher-level care across Canada

Lewandoski R, Moisey L, Mittertreiner EJE, Blackburn L, Couturier J, Joy P, Lacroix E

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism2025

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0171

Exploring LGBTQ+ Disparities in Eating Disorder Care Through Qualitative Research: Development of an Arts-Informed Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Joy, Phillip

Keywords: Arts-Based; Eating Disorders; Health Toolkits; Ived Experiences; Lgbtq+; Minority Stress; Poststructuralism; Qualitative Research; Queer Theory

$581,400

Looking back to go forward: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to inform accessibility policies that centre disabled 2S/LGBTQQAAI+ artists

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Hollenbach, Julie

$29,191

Euphoric Reads: Celebrating gender identity and expression though Drag Queen Story Time

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Barker, Conor

Keywords: Drag Queen Story Time; Literacy Education; Inclusive Education; Queer Studies; Read Alouds; Gender Euphoria; Healing Centered Engagement; Collaborative Meaning Making; Gender Identity; Gender Expression

$30,981

Violence and Education in Favelas in Rio: The Effect of Crime Exposure on Student Performance in High-Stakes Tests

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Grigoryeva, Idaliya

Keywords: crime exposure; educational outcomes; student test performance; high-stakes tests; violence exposure; urban crime; university entrance exams; human capital accumulation; Rio Favelas; slum dwellers; slum development

$42,402

Creating Awareness of Eating Disorders within LGBTQ Communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Joy, Phillip

Keywords: knowledge mobilization; LGBTQ communities; eating disorders; stigma; public discourse; training development

$49,797

Puppy philms: Exploring body image within gay, bi, trans, and queer men who identify as pups using cellphilming

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Joy, Phillip

Keywords: gender; sexuality; wellbeing; qualitative; arts-based; gay/bi/trans men; body image; cellphilming

$59,128

Transformative Compassion: Understanding the Attitudes, Beliefs, Values, and Experiences of Compassion within LGBTQI2S Communities using Poststructural and Queer Methodologies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Joy, Phillip

Keywords: qualitative; LGBTQI2S communities; compassion; social change; arts-based knowledge mobilization

$78,891

Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing through Education and Awareness in stigma reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: HRTP - Stigma Reduction and Mental Wellness for LGBTQ2 Populations

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Gilbert, Mark P; Kia, Hannah; Lachowsky, Nathan J; McCready, Lance T

Keywords: 2slgbtq+; Asynchronous And Synchronous Learning; Community-Based Interventions; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility; Interdisciplinary Training; Intersectionality; Lifecourse; Mentorship; Online Platform; Stigma Reduction

$1,787,019

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Phillip Joy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance.

"I Believe in Santa Claus" and Ozempic: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Holiday Health Advertising.

Pulling at All Threads: Reflections on Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Within Arts-Based Health Research.

'You definitely choose struggling over humiliation': Experiences of food insecurity in Nova Scotia, Canada, for LGBTQ + individuals.

'Without support, you are just alone': relational food insecurity among a sample of gay men in India.

Parenting Self-Efficacy Within the First Year Postpartum in Non-Birthing Parents: A Scoping Review.

East Coast Kitchen Party: A Ceilidh-Inspired Program to Reduce Social Isolation and Food Insecurity Among LGBTQIA+ Newcomers.

Rethinking 2S/LGBTQI+ food security with co-design: a study protocol.

Being a good boy: pup play, body image, and the self for gay, bi, trans, and queer men.

Towards equitable eating disorder treatment: addressing disparities in access to higher-level care across Canada

Exploring LGBTQ+ Disparities in Eating Disorder Care Through Qualitative Research: Development of an Arts-Informed Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

Looking back to go forward: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to inform accessibility policies that centre disabled 2S/LGBTQQAAI+ artists

Euphoric Reads: Celebrating gender identity and expression though Drag Queen Story Time

Violence and Education in Favelas in Rio: The Effect of Crime Exposure on Student Performance in High-Stakes Tests

Creating Awareness of Eating Disorders within LGBTQ Communities

Puppy philms: Exploring body image within gay, bi, trans, and queer men who identify as pups using cellphilming

Transformative Compassion: Understanding the Attitudes, Beliefs, Values, and Experiences of Compassion within LGBTQI2S Communities using Poststructural and Queer Methodologies

Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing through Education and Awareness in stigma reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health

Frequent collaborators

Megan Aston

Britney Benoit

Sheri Price

Patricia Williams

Dave Holmes

Olivier Ferlatte

Matthew Numer

Susan Jack

Shaleen Jones

Marilyn MacDonald

Josephine Etowa

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Deborah Norris

Josephine Etowa

Jennifer Couturier

Justine Dol

Emilie Lacroix

Phillip Joy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance.

"I Believe in Santa Claus" and Ozempic: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Holiday Health Advertising.

Pulling at All Threads: Reflections on Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Within Arts-Based Health Research.

'You definitely choose struggling over humiliation': Experiences of food insecurity in Nova Scotia, Canada, for LGBTQ&#x2009;+&#x2009;individuals.

'Without support, you are just alone': relational food insecurity among a sample of gay men in India.

Parenting Self-Efficacy Within the First Year Postpartum in Non-Birthing Parents: A Scoping Review.

East Coast Kitchen Party: A Ceilidh-Inspired Program to Reduce Social Isolation and Food Insecurity Among LGBTQIA+ Newcomers.

Rethinking 2S/LGBTQI+ food security with co-design: a study protocol.

Being a good boy: pup play, body image, and the self for gay, bi, trans, and queer men.

Towards equitable eating disorder treatment: addressing disparities in access to higher-level care across Canada

Exploring LGBTQ+ Disparities in Eating Disorder Care Through Qualitative Research: Development of an Arts-Informed Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

Looking back to go forward: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to inform accessibility policies that centre disabled 2S/LGBTQQAAI+ artists

Euphoric Reads: Celebrating gender identity and expression though Drag Queen Story Time

Violence and Education in Favelas in Rio: The Effect of Crime Exposure on Student Performance in High-Stakes Tests

Creating Awareness of Eating Disorders within LGBTQ Communities

Puppy philms: Exploring body image within gay, bi, trans, and queer men who identify as pups using cellphilming

Transformative Compassion: Understanding the Attitudes, Beliefs, Values, and Experiences of Compassion within LGBTQI2S Communities using Poststructural and Queer Methodologies

Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing through Education and Awareness in stigma reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health

Frequent collaborators

Megan Aston

Britney Benoit

Sheri Price

Patricia Williams

Dave Holmes

Olivier Ferlatte

Matthew Numer

Susan Jack

Shaleen Jones

Marilyn MacDonald

Josephine Etowa

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Deborah Norris

Josephine Etowa

Jennifer Couturier

Justine Dol

Emilie Lacroix

'You definitely choose struggling over humiliation': Experiences of food insecurity in Nova Scotia, Canada, for LGBTQ + individuals.