My research interests are reflective of the complexity of food systems. I am passionate about the health and wellbeing of people, communities and ecosystems. I recognise the value of food for connection, including with people and place, and from a personal to societal level. Much of my work has been with Indigenous and/or northern communities on Turtle Island. My academic background includes public health, community health, and environmental science. I am a social scientist with a love of arts-based methods. Specific areas of focus have included: veganism, food security, food sovereignty and health equity. For my doctoral research I studied the wellbeing of vegans, including their food security and connection to the more-than-human world. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. I have been a vegan for over 20 years, but within the last two years I’ve concurrently followed a fully plant-based ketogenic diet to treat a medical condition I live with. This has significantly transformed my life and reshaped my relationship to food, culture and commensality. I am deeply interested in exploring the intersections of veganism and ketogenic diets, as related to health and wellbeing, equity and justice across socioecological systems.
