Study Updates! 

October 16 , 2025:

This is the first update here! Today, I brought out the Gallery posters from the presentation at CAFS and brought them into our faculty and graduate student lounge. I hope these photos prompt reflection and conversation as they bring some colour and interest! 

Over the past few months, I have been really negotiating the format and content of a journal article focused on the methodology of the study. I can see it starting to come together, but it is still in progress with my supervisors Drs. Kelly Skinner and Warren Dodd. 

I am very excited about what will come next with the analysis as I work alongside my supervisors  and Dr. Jules Russell, who gratefully joined the research team this summer to support the analysis. This work focuses on bringing together the elements shaping experiences in each foodspace with a focus on informing decision-makers. We have had a bumpy start with some technical issues with software- but we are rolling forward! 

I am perhaps most energized by the creative process that is bubbling in the background, fed by the May workshops with participants, which is the last stage of analysis and sharing out the stories and experiences. While this has not formally started, the work in analysis now is bringing me closer to the stories and will guide this process! While initially planned to begin in fall, I expect that this stage will begin in earnest in early winter. 

I hope to provide an update about once a month for anyone checking in with the site! 

Until next time,

Josalyn