Assistant Professor
Email:
domingoa@uoguelph.ca
Phone number:
ext. 52550
Office:
ANNU 371B
Dr. Ashleigh Domingo
My interest in food security and community food actions reflects my passion for working collaboratively with communities to strengthen local capacity and identify solutions to catalyze change. My research considers the intersection between food, health, nutrition, and the environment. Using participatory approaches and implementation science methodologies, my research also aims to mobilize knowledge and integrate evidence into practice broadly related to health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases. I currently collaborate with Indigenous communities, community health organizations, and an interdisciplinary team of researchers to support community-led and culturally grounded approaches to food security as a pathway to health equity.
- HBSc – University of Toronto
- MSc – University of British Columbia
- PhD – University of Waterloo
Applying participatory approaches to meaningfully engage community partners in research and processes to mobilize knowledge into practice is a key focus of my community-based research portfolio. I have primarily engaged with First Nations communities and community-based organizations on equity-centred and health-promoting initiatives.
Minwanjigewin: Towards food security and food sovereignty with Williams Treaties First Nations: Together with Cambium Indigenous Professional Services, Community partners, the University of Guelph, and the University of Waterloo, our research aims to enhance capacity for Community-led actions on food security and food sovereignty. This work is supported by the Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative (2024-2027) jointly funded by the Governments of Canada and Ontario under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Domingo, A., Yessis, J., Charles, K. A., Skinner, K., & Hanning, R. M. (2023). Integrating knowledge and action: learnings from an implementation program for food security and food sovereignty with First Nations communities within Canada. Implementation Science, 18(1), 34.
Domingo, A., Charles, K. A., Jacobs, M., Brooker, D., & Hanning, R. M. (2021). Indigenous community perspectives of food security, sustainable food systems and strategies to enhance access to local and traditional healthy food for partnering williams treaties first nations (Ontario, Canada). International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(9), 4404.
Domingo, A., Spiegel, J., Guhn, M., Wittman, H., Ing, A., Sadik, T., ... & Batal, M. (2021). Predictors of household food insecurity and relationship with obesity in First Nations communities in British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition, 24(5), 1021-1033.
- SCMA*2110 Research Methods in Kinesiology
- HHNS*3000 Special Topics in Lifestyle Medicine