CQ Seminar with Dr. Bernice Yanful

On Friday, February 6th from 12 to 1:30PM, Dr. Bernice Yanful will present CQ’s latest seminar.

Seminar Speaker: Dr. Bernice Yanful

Title: Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through School Food? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ghana’s School Feeding Programme

In this seminar, Dr. Yanful will reflect on her critical discourse analysis of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, a national school lunch initiative feeding millions of children daily. Drawing on her doctoral research, she examines the theoretical and methodological assumptions shaping her study, the role of positionality in the research process, and the use of methods such as poetic transcription, interviews, and documentary analysis. She also reflects on the representational politics of justice-oriented qualitative research and the importance of working with local collaborators. 

Grounded in a commitment to research justice, this talk invites reflection on whose knowledges guide research practice and how justice-oriented methodologies might contribute to more sustainable and equitable food-system futures. 

About the speaker

Bernice Yanful, RN, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research examines approaches for advancing food justice and food sovereignty.