Farzaneh is a recent Ph.D. from the School of Human Nutrition at McGill University, affiliated with McGill's Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security. Farzaneh has over a decade of national and international academic research and professional experience in public health nutrition and food security in Uganda, Malawi, Canada, and Iran. Her doctoral research investigated the intersections between food security, women's empowerment, equity, and policy using a gender lens in Uganda. She has also collaborated with Food Secure Canada as a research consultant. Her research has been published and presented at various national and international conferences. Farzaneh's research interests include equitable food systems, community-based approaches, intersectionality and equity-centred analysis, gender, and science communication.
Experience
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2016–2023Project Researcher, McGill University
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2022–2022Research & Policy Advisor, Food Secure Canada
Publications
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2022SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION FOR ALL, Barak, F., Korzun, M. (2022). Sustainable consumption for all: Revisiting the accessibility of sustainably produced food in Canada during COVID-19. A Food Secure Canada Research Refresher Report. Available from https://foodsecurecanada.org/resources-news/news-media/research-report-sustainable-consumption-all-revisiting-accessibility
Grants and Contracts
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2019FRQSC doctoral award
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture (FRQSC)
- Canada
- Website
- @barak_farzaneh
- Article Feed
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For media enquiries,
farzaneh.barak@mail.mcgill.ca - Joined
