Jenelle Regnier-Davies, Ph.D.

Community-based researcher and food studies scholar

Publications


Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Regnier-Davies, J. & Koc, M. (Under review). Examining immigrant food business resilience through uncertain times: Pandemic adaptation strategies of small-scale immigrant food entrepreneurs in Toronto, Canada. Agriculture and Human Values.  

Zhuang, Z., Regnier-Davies, J., & Edge, S. (Under review). Unveiling informal food spaces: A multi-scalar examination of immigrant food entrepreneurship in changing (sub)urban food systems. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.

Regnier-Davies, J. & Edge, S. (2025). “We shouldn't always have to be resilient”: A critical discourse analysis of food system resilience and equity in Toronto, Ontario, in an era of global polycrisis. Canadian Food Studies Journal. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i2.706   

Regnier-Davies, J., & Edge, S. (2024). Harnessing food system equity from the ground up: Shifting co-governance practices in the funding of food security responses during the pandemic crisis in Toronto, Canada. Food, Culture & Society, 1–23, https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2024.2383014    
Regnier-Davies, J., Austin, N. & Edge, S. (2023). The intersection of structure, agency, and resiliency within charitable food programs in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical Public Health, 33(3), 355–362. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2022.2130740       
Regnier-Davies, J., Edge, S., Yu, M., Austin, N., Nasr, J. & Koc, M. (2022). The role of community-based organizations in driving emergency food security responses: Towards equity and resiliency in post-COVID urban food systems. Urban Governance, 2(2) 336-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2022.10.003   
 Si, Z., Regnier-Davies, J. & Scott, S. (2018). Food safety in urban China: Perceptions and coping strategies of residents in Nanjing. China Information, 32(3), 377–399. https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X17742887  

Non-Peer Reviewed

Regnier-Davies, J., Edge, S., Cripps, P. (2026) Canada already has alternatives to corporate grocery chains. Here's what governments should learn from them. The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/canada-already-has-alternatives-to-corporate-grocery-chains-heres-what-governments-should-learn-from-them-282521  
 Edge, S. & Regnier-Davies, J. (2026). Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security. Policy Optionshttps://policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/food-security-gap/  

Edited Volumes

Regnier-Davies, J., Koc, M., Rocha, C. & Edge, S. (2026). (Re)Thinking Food Security in the 21st Century. Toronto Metropolitan University Pressbooks.

Book Chapter

Regnier-Davies, J. & Edge, S. (2026) Evolving food system challenges, opportunities & understandings for supporting immigrant wellbeing and inclusion. In: Regnier-Davies, J., Koc, M., Rocha, C. & Edge, S. (Eds). (Re)Thinking Food Security in the 21st Century. Toronto Metropolitan University Pressbooks.  
Edge, S. & Regnier-Davies, J. (2026). Community food hubs as cultivators of local food security, health and belonging in precarious times: Examining the Rexdale Community Hub’s Community Grocery Market. In: Michelle Vine, Rachel Harris, Dr. Kate Mulligan, and Dr. Jennifer Dean (eds). Exploring Place and Health through Community Health Interventions. Routledge: Geographies of Health Series.  

Reports

Regnier-Davies, J., Yu, M. & Edge, S. (2022). Preparing for food security after COVID-19: Strengthening equity and resilience in future emergency responses in Toronto. Prepared for the City of Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Office. Public Report.