Dr. Power has been doing research on food insecurity in Canada for thirty years. Her research has informed her critique of food banks as a policy response to food insecurity, and her advocacy for a guaranteed liveable basic income. Dr. Power taught HLTH 101, Social Determinants of Health, for 15 years, and also teaches courses in food systems, fat studies, and qualitative research methods. She uses sociological theory and qualitative research methods to explore social, cultural, political, and symbolic aspects of food and health.
Dr. Power is the co-author of "The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice" (BTL, 2021) and co-author of "Acquired Tastes: Why Families Eat the Way They Do" (UBC Press, 2015). She is co-editor of "Neoliberal Governance and Health: Duties, Risks and Vulnerabilities" (MQUP, 2016); "Feminist Food Studies: Intersectional Perspectives" (Women's Press, 2019) and "Messy Eating: Conversations on Animals as Food" (Fordham University Press, 2019).
Experience
2020–present
Professor, Queen's University
Education
2002
University of Toronto, Public Health Sciences
1995
University of Guelph, Applied Human Nutrition
1987
University of Ottawa, Biochemistry
1982
Mount Saint Vincent University, Sociology
Publications
2023
“Dismantling the structures and sites that create unequal access to food:” : Paul Taylor and Elaine Power in conversation about food justice., Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation,
2022
Basic income is necessary but insufficient for just food futures. , Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation,
2021
The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice, Between the Lines Press
2021
“I don’t want to say I’m broke”: Student experiences of food insecurity at Queen’s University, Canadian Food Studies
2019
Messy Eating: Conversations on Animals as Food. , Fordham Press
2019
“It’s not a food issue; it’s an income issue”: using Nutritious Food Basket costing for health equity advocacy, Canadian Journal of Public Health
Canada’s missed opportunity to implement publicly funded school meal programs in the 1940s , Critical Public Health
2018
“Aboriginal isn't just about what was before, it's what's happening now:” Perspectives of Indigenous peoples on the foods in their contemporary diets, Canadian Food Studies
2015
Should Canadian Health Promoters Support a Food Stamp-style Program to Address Food Insecurity?, Health Promotion International
Professional Memberships
Canadian Association for Food Studies
Canadian Public Health Association
Association for the Study of Food and Society and Society