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Research
Latest papers
Food Literacy Development Among Youth in a Girl Guides of Canada Program: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026
Latest funding
- $89,970
Navigating protein misinformation: how nutrition misinformation shapes everyday eating in Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $707,624
Co-designing roadmaps for promoting culturally relevant food in long-term care homes in partnership with community food programs to address modifiable risk factors for poor health in the African, Caribbean, and Black population in Canada.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $24,962
Inclusive Recipes: Enhancing Accessibility for Cognitive Disabilities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Food Literacy Development Among Youth in a Girl Guides of Canada Program: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
Ferdinands AR, Saunders A, Quintanilha M, Aylward B, Bayne H, Fernandez M, McHugh TF, Nagpal T
Navigating protein misinformation: how nutrition misinformation shapes everyday eating in Canada
Principal investigators: Fernandez, Melissa
Co-designing roadmaps for promoting culturally relevant food in long-term care homes in partnership with community food programs to address modifiable risk factors for poor health in the African, Caribbean, and Black population in Canada.
Principal investigators: Muray, Mwali; Cortbaoui, Patrick; Onyango, Elizabeth O
Keywords: Anti-Black Racism; Intersectionality; Long-Term Care; Nutrition; Older Adults
Inclusive Recipes: Enhancing Accessibility for Cognitive Disabilities
Principal investigators: Fernandez, Melissa A.
Keywords: Cognitive disabilities; easy read language; cooking; recipes; food affordability; food accessibility; food insecurity
Examining the social organization of girls' and gender-diverse children's eating practices in Alberta
Principal investigators: Ferdinands, Alexa
Keywords: food environment; institutional ethnography; weight stigma; girls; nutrition; cooking; social organization
Analyzing food policies in Canada to identify windows of opportunity for equity-focused food service reform in the long-term care sector in pursuit of person-centered care for African, Caribbean and Black residents.
Principal investigators: Muray, Mwali; Adekoya, Yewande; Cortbaoui, Patrick; Kehoe MacLeod, Krystal J; Onyango, Elizabeth O
Keywords: African, Caribbean And Black; Anti-Black Racism; Food Policy; Intersectionality; Long-Term Care Policy; Older Adults
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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