Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer B.Sc., Ph.D.

PhD (Nutrition)
BSc (Biomedical Sciences)

Researcher, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
Board of Directors, Community-University Institute for Social Research
Co-Lead, School Food Working Group of the Canadian Association for Food Studies
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Food Studies Journal
2023 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, Government of Saskatchewan
2015 Canadian Food Hero, Slow Food Canada
2014 Alumni of Influence Award, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan

TEDx talk on school food

Engler-Stringer, R. Field, D. Gautier, L. Maximova, K. Tugault-Lafleur, C. Ahmed, M. Hoque, E. Mercille, G. Michnik, K. Moffat, T. Ruetz, A. Sellens, D. Vine, M.  Implementing Change: Program Participation and Shifts in School Food Environments in the Early Years of Canada’s National School Food Program and Policy, Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

Engler-Stringer, R. Vatanparast, H. Ahmad, Z., Norris, C. Growing Success: Scaling the Good Food for Learning Population Health Intervention Research Project. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation & Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.

CHEP 822 – Community and Population Health Research Methods
CHEP 815 – Food Systems and Community Health

Ruetz, A.T., Engler-Stringer, R. (editors) (2026). School Food Programs in Canada: Models, Practices, and Lessons for the Future. Vancouver, UBC Press.

Engler-Stringer, R., Ruetz, A.T. (2026). Introduction. In Ruetz, A.T., Engler-Stringer, (Ed.), School Food Programs in Canada: Models, Practices, and Lessons for the Future. Vancouver: UBC Press.

McKenna, M., Michnik, K., Ruetz, A.T., Engler-Stringer, R., Martin, A. (2026). Setting the Table: School Meal Programs in Canada. School Food Programs in Canada: Models, Practices, and Lessons for the Future. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Ruetz, A.T., Engler-Stringer, R., Veenstra, J. (2026). Conclusion. In Ruetz, A.T., Engler-Stringer, R. (Ed.), School Food Programs in Canada: Models, Practices, and Lessons for the Future. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Michnik, K. & Engler-Stringer, R. (2025). Being well-fed in universal school lunches in Canada: avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. Health Promotion International, 40(1): daaf012. I conceived this study and supervised the student lead author.

Ruetz, A.T., Michnik, K., Engler-Stringer, R., et al. (2024). School Food Programs in Canada: 15 Promising Cases. Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan and Coalition for Healthy School Food. https://hdl.handle.net/10388/15712

Black, J., Elliott, S., Engler-Stringer, R., Field, D., Liné, T., Mansfield, B. (2024). Centering Children, Health and Justice in Canadian School Food Programs. In Jennifer E. Gaddis, Sarah A. Robert (Ed.), Transforming School Food Politics Around the World. Boston, MA: MIT Press

Engler-Stringer, R., Godin, L., Levkoe, C., Moyer, A. & Szanto, D. (2024). Reflecting on a Decade of Canadian Food Studies. Canadian Food Studies Journal, 11(2): 1-15

Datta Gupta, S., Muhajarine, N. & Engler-Stringer, R. (2024). “I Would Have My Children Participate IF …”: Perceptions of Canadian Caregivers Towards School Food Programs. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. I conceived this study and supervised the student lead author.

Datta Gupta., S., Pahwa, P., Engler-Stringer. R. (2023). An examination of willingness to participate and willingness to pay for a universal school food program in the Canadian context. Public Health Nutrition, 26(12): 3266-3277.

Everitt, T., Ward, S., Martin, W. & Engler-Stringer, R. (2023). Factors contributing to school food program acceptance: a Review of Canadian literature. Health Promotion International, 38(1): daac160.

Ruetz, A.T., Tasala, K., McKenna, M., Martin, A., Michnik, K., Edwards, G., Engler-Stringer, R., Everitt, T., Maximova, K., Mosby, I., Seko, Y., &, Woodruff. & S. (April 2023). School Food Case Study: Canada: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Everitt, T., Engler-Stringer, R., & Martin, W. (2022). Operationalizing sustainable food systems through food programs in elementary schools. Canadian Food Studies, 9(3), 124–146.

Engler-Stringer, R. Black, J. Muhajarine, N. Martin, W. Gilliland, J. McVittie, J. Kirk, S.L Wittman, H. Elliott, S. Tu, S. Mousavi, A. Hills, B. Androsoff, G. Field, D. MacDonald, B. Belt, C. Vatanparast, H. (2021). The Good Food For Learning Universal Curriculum-Integrated Healthy School Lunch Intervention: A Two-Year Matched Control Pre/Post and Case Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Engler-Stringer R. Mosby I. Kirk S.L. (2021). Meeting the Recommendations Outlined in Canada’s New Food Guide Through a National School Food Program. In: Critical Perspectives in Food Studies: Oxford University Press