Joyce Slater is an Associate Professor of Community Nutrition in the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. She teaches food & nutrition education and public health...More
Joyce Slater is an Associate Professor of Community Nutrition in the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. She teaches food & nutrition education and public health nutrition. Joyce's research interests include food and nutriton security, the role of food literacy in disease prevention and well-being, and food literacy education. Her research has been funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Home Economics Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Joyce is also a Registered Dietitian who worked in various public health organizations for 18 years before obtaining her PhD and joining the University of Manitoba.
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