Bernice Yanful
Areas of Expertise
food justice; food sovereignty; food policy; school food programs
Research
My research explores the principles, meanings, and practices of food justice and food sovereignty, with a particular interest in urban food systems and school food programs as tools for systems change. I have a history of work in public health, focusing on school health and health equity.
Courses
Recent Selected Publications
Wabnitz, K., L. Leppmeier, R. Kuempfel, A. Leibinger, E. Nowossadeck, E. Rehfuees, K. Sell, B. Yanful and K. Geffert. 2026. International Journal for Equity in Health 25(1).
Walker, M., H. Mahar-Klassen, B. Yanful, C. Jimenez and C. Betker. 2025. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership 37(3): 30���44.
Yanful, B. and D. Oickle. 2025. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University.
Natarajan, L., H. Cho, B. Yanful and A. Woodward. 2024. "Food resilient urbanism: reconstructing hunger with NGOs" in (pp. 125-39), edited by L. Andres, J.R. Bryson, A. Ersoy & L. Reardon. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
Yanful, B., A. Kirubarajan, D. Bhatia, S. Mishra, S. Allin and E. Di Ruggiero. 2023. Health Research Policy and Systems 21(1): 1-29.
Yanful, B. and P. Muzumdar. 2022. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University.
Yanful, B. 2022. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University.