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Rachel Engler-Stringer

ResearcherCommunity Health and EpidemiologyUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Rachel Engler-Stringer

Researcher

Community Health and Epidemiology

Health Sciences

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (9 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Children Community-Based Research Health Equity Public Policy Mixed Methods Nutrition Inequalities Research Population Health Intervention School Meals

Latest papers

Parent and educator perspectives on the development of a National School Food Program in Canada related to equity, diversity, inclusion and access (EDIA)
Appetite · 2026
Nutritional Contribution and Quality of Lunches Consumed During School Lunch Periods in Canadian Elementary Schools: A Plate Waste Analysis.
Nutrients · 2026
Pulse Discovery Toolkit, a Multicomponent Nutrition Intervention for Preschool Children in Childcare Centers: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.
Interactive journal of medical research · 2026

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Implementing Change: Program Participation and Shifts in School Food Environments In the Early Years of Canada's National School Food Program and Policy
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$799,424
Feeding Equity: A Community-Driven Agenda for School Food Research in Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
Supporting Childhood and Youth Nutrition: Equitable Health Policy, Partnerships & Knowledge Mobilization for Universal School Food Programs in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$35,000

All 22 grants and awards

30 publications.

Parent and educator perspectives on the development of a National School Food Program in Canada related to equity, diversity, inclusion and access (EDIA)

Moffat T, Berardi R, Datta Gupta S, Engler-Stringer R, Field D, Maximova K, Oresnik S

Appetite2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2026.108488

Nutritional Contribution and Quality of Lunches Consumed During School Lunch Periods in Canadian Elementary Schools: A Plate Waste Analysis.

Alaniz-Salinas N, Engler-Stringer R, Vatanparast H

Nutrients2026

DOI: 10.3390/nu18132065 PMID: 42451069

Pulse Discovery Toolkit, a Multicomponent Nutrition Intervention for Preschool Children in Childcare Centers: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.

Haileslassie HA, Ramikie R, Vatanparast H, Ramdath DD, Froehlich Chow A, Shand P, Engler-Stringer R, Lieffers JRL, Hood-Niefer S, Henry C

Interactive journal of medical research2026

DOI: 10.2196/55866 PMID: 42172607

Being well-fed in universal school lunches in Canada: avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach.

Michnik K, Engler-Stringer R

Health promotion international2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaf012 PMID: 40036276

Response to: willingness v. ability to pay for a universal cost-shared school food programme in Canada.

Datta Gupta S, Engler-Stringer R

Public health nutrition2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980024001952 PMID: 39445499

Early impact of a new food store intervention on health-related outcomes.

Abeykoon AMH, Gupta SD, Engler-Stringer R, Muhajarine N

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19052-1 PMID: 38915050

An examination of willingness to participate and willingness to pay for a universal school food program in the Canadian context.

Datta Gupta S, Pahwa P, Engler-Stringer R

Public health nutrition2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980023002070 PMID: 37728040

Factors contributing to school food program acceptance: a Review of Canadian literature.

Everitt T, Ward S, Martin W, Engler-Stringer R

Health promotion international2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac160 PMID: 36801940

Employing the equity lens to understand multisectoral partnerships: lessons learned from a mixed-method study in Canada.

Gupta SD, Pisolkar V, Alhassan JAK, Judge A, Engler-Stringer R, Gauvin L, Muhajarine N

International journal for equity in health2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01746-w PMID: 36163031

A need for multi-sector and multi-pronged solutions to address the many barriers inhibiting change from unhealthy food environments in publicly funded recreation facilities: a mixed-method study.

Warken M, Sanden T, Shanks N, Engler-Stringer R, Vatanparast H

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2022

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0770 PMID: 35544945

Implementing Change: Program Participation and Shifts in School Food Environments In the Early Years of Canada's National School Food Program and Policy

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Engler-Stringer, Rachel; Field, Debbie E; Gautier, Lara; Maximova, Katerina; Tugault-Lafleur, Claire

Keywords: Children; Public Policy; School Meals

$799,424

Feeding Equity: A Community-Driven Agenda for School Food Research in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Impacts of School Food Programs

Principal investigators: Engler-Stringer, Rachel; Banks, Sue-Anne; Keyes, Sarah; Mansfield, Brent; Musa, Asma; Veenstra, Jesse

Keywords: Children; Health Equity; School Feeding

Supporting Childhood and Youth Nutrition: Equitable Health Policy, Partnerships & Knowledge Mobilization for Universal School Food Programs in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2024Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Western Canada 1-year

Principal investigators: Michnik, Kaylee

Keywords: Food Security; Health Policy; Nutrition; Population Health; School Food Programs

$35,000

Co-creating an inclusive and caring national school food program in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Moffat, Christina S.

Keywords: school food programs; food and care; elementary students; diversity

$64,994

Developing Evidence Informed School Food Programs - A How-To Guide for Communities in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Engler-Stringer, Rachel R.

Keywords: school food; food and nutrition; food security; education; knowledge mobilization; children; wellbeing; health inequality; schools

$85,190

Jewish Communities, Law and Slavery in the British Caribbean

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Collins Araiza, Camila

Keywords: history; Caribbean; colonial law; slave laws; legal history; Jewish studies; Atlantic world; slave societies; identity; British Empire; social history

$68,040

Examining Canadian School Food Models to Inform Decision-Makingfor a Universal and Nationally-Harmonized School Food Program

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Engler-Stringer, Rachel; Field, Debbie E

Keywords: Canada; Children; Health Equity; Population Health; Public Policy; School Food Programs

$275,400

Data and equity needed to drive post-pandemic recovery in Canada: a Saskatchewan contribution

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. Wider Impacts of COVID-Imp. on social/econ/pop iss/pbl outcomes

Principal investigators: Muhajarine, Nazeem; Dyck, Erika E

Keywords: Covid-19; Data Archival; Health Equity; Population Health; Saskatchewan; Social, Cultural And Behavioural Dimensions Of Health

$389,591

School food programs worldwide-lessons for Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hoyer, Gary

Keywords: national school food programs; healthy school food; program policy; standards and funding; relevant best practices; local food

$24,676

Improving School Food: Universal Integrated Healthy Lunch Intervention Research

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Engler-Stringer, Rachel; Field, Debbie E

Keywords: Food Systems; Health Promotion; Population Health Intervention Research; Schools

$527,849

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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Rachel Engler-Stringer

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Parent and educator perspectives on the development of a National School Food Program in Canada related to equity, diversity, inclusion and access (EDIA)

Nutritional Contribution and Quality of Lunches Consumed During School Lunch Periods in Canadian Elementary Schools: A Plate Waste Analysis.

Pulse Discovery Toolkit, a Multicomponent Nutrition Intervention for Preschool Children in Childcare Centers: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.

Being well-fed in universal school lunches in Canada: avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach.

Response to: willingness v. ability to pay for a universal cost-shared school food programme in Canada.

Early impact of a new food store intervention on health-related outcomes.

An examination of willingness to participate and willingness to pay for a universal school food program in the Canadian context.

Factors contributing to school food program acceptance: a Review of Canadian literature.

Employing the equity lens to understand multisectoral partnerships: lessons learned from a mixed-method study in Canada.

A need for multi-sector and multi-pronged solutions to address the many barriers inhibiting change from unhealthy food environments in publicly funded recreation facilities: a mixed-method study.

Implementing Change: Program Participation and Shifts in School Food Environments In the Early Years of Canada's National School Food Program and Policy

Feeding Equity: A Community-Driven Agenda for School Food Research in Canada

Supporting Childhood and Youth Nutrition: Equitable Health Policy, Partnerships & Knowledge Mobilization for Universal School Food Programs in Canada

Co-creating an inclusive and caring national school food program in Canada

Developing Evidence Informed School Food Programs - A How-To Guide for Communities in Canada

Jewish Communities, Law and Slavery in the British Caribbean

Examining Canadian School Food Models to Inform Decision-Makingfor a Universal and Nationally-Harmonized School Food Program

Data and equity needed to drive post-pandemic recovery in Canada: a Saskatchewan contribution

School food programs worldwide-lessons for Canada

Improving School Food: Universal Integrated Healthy Lunch Intervention Research

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Anne Leis

Wanda Martin

Daniel Fuller

Amanda Froehlich Chow

Sara Kirk

Jason Gilliland

Jennifer Black

Daniel Fuller

Debbie Field

Punam Pahwa

Katerina Maximova

Lorraine Holtslander

Sylvia Abonyi

Debbie Field

Gary Groot

Tina Moffat