Leia Minaker

Leia Minaker is the inaugural Director of the Future Cities Institute founded by CAIVAN at the University of Waterloo, and an Associate Professor in the School of Planning in the Faculty of Environment. She holds a PhD in Public Health and her research focuses on designing cities to improve health, with a focus on urban food systems, urban design for mental health, and housing and health. She works with cities across Canada to implement data-driven decision making processes, as well as industry and non-governmental partners to create positive impact in society.

She received a PhD in public health from the University of Alberta in 2013, and held a Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute Career Development Award in Cancer Prevention from 2016-2019, focusing on youth health and policies and environments that support cancer prevention. Her research broadly focuses on planning and public health, with a particular focus on food systems, youth health, and health equity.

In the Faculty of Environment, she typically teaches the large (>300 students) first year required statistics course, a large, 4th year course cross-listed between Planning, Health and Geography called Health, Environment and Planning, and she teaches Data, Methods and Models for Future Cities in the Master of Future Cities program.

• Future cities

• Healthy cities

• Housing and health

• Municipal decision making

• Food systems

• Mental health and cities

• 2013, Doctorate, Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada

• 2006, MSc, Health Promotion, University of Alberta, Canada

• 2004, BSc, Health Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada

• 2025 Outstanding Performance Award, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo

• 2021 Outstanding Performance Award, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo

• 2018 Faculty of Environment Research Excellence Award, University of Waterloo

• 2016-2019 Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute: Career Development Award in Prevention

• 2024-current Director, Future Cities Institute founded by CAIVAN, University of Waterloo

• 2023-2025 Treasurer, Faculty Association University of Waterloo, University of Waterloo

• 2022-2024 Director, Future Cities Initiative, University of Waterloo

• 2020-2023 Director, Survey Research Centre, University of Waterloo

• ENVS 178 - Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
• ENVS 474 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
  • Taught in 2026
• FCIT 607 - Data, Methods, and Models for Future Cities
  • Taught in 2026
• GEOG 432 - Health, Environment, and Planning
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• HLTH 420 - Health, Environment, and Planning
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• HLTH 472 - Independent Study
  • Taught in 2021
• MTHEL 398 - Mathematics Elective Topics 3
  • Taught in 2026
• PLAN 104 - Perspectives on Planning
  • Taught in 2022
• PLAN 432 - Health, Environment, and Planning
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• PLAN 639 - Health, Environment and Planning
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• 1. A. Buttazzoni, L.M. Minaker, L. Smith. (Accepted). “Negative energy is released with the help of sports and activities”: Exploring adolescents’ ‘health capital’ in high-density areas. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health.

• 2. A. Buttazzoni, T. van Rompay, L.M. Minaker. (Accepted). Operationalizing “place immersion” as a spatial neuropsychosocial phenomenon: Development and validation of the Place Immersion Scale (PLIMS). Journal of Environmental Psychology.  

• 3. O. Caruso,* L. McEachern, A. Wray, L.M. Minaker, S. Doherty, J. Gilliland. (2026). Examining Disparities in the Accessibility of Unhealthy Food Vendors in School Neighbourhoods across Ontario: Would the Implementation of New Distance-Based Regulations Improve Equity. Canadian Journal of Public Health. DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01175-0.

• 4. H. Schaafsma,* J. Seabrook, L. McEachern, J. Haines, L. Minaker, S. Doherty, C. O'Connor, S. Stranges, and J. Gilliland. (2026). Examining diet quality among postsecondary students: a cross-sectional analysis of personal, social, structural, and environmental correlates. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 77(2): 179-190. DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2026.2625831

• 5. J. Gilliland, D. Bownman,* S. Cappuccitti, O. Caruso, A. Clark, S. Doherty, J. Haines, L. Watson McEachern, L.M. Minaker, C. O’Connor, R. Sadler, H. Schaafsma, J. Seabrook, S. Stranges, D. Tobin, N. Woods, A.J. Wray, S. Zhong. (2026). SmartAPPetite For Youth: pilot and feasibility study of an adolescent smartphone nutrition intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies.12(1): 39. DOI: 10.1186/s40814-026-01767-0

• 6. R.A. Murphy, A. D. Milano, G. Faulkner, B. Lamarche, C. Matthews, L.M. Minaker, M. Widener, S.I. Kirkpatrick. (2025). Enrichment of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health study: a protocol for administering multiple online dietary and movement behavior assessment tools in a longitudinal cohort study. JMIR.Vol 14: e71680. doi: 10.2196/71680

• 7. L.M. Minaker, D.L. Olstad, E.* Pauze, M. Potvin-Kent. (2025). Restaurant marketing to kids in Canada: associations with restaurant consumption and appealing restaurant advertisement features in a nationally representative sample of Canadian young people aged 9-17. Public Health Nutrition.

• 8. E. McMahon, S. Dickie, K. De Silva, M. Ferguson, M.D. Chatfield, E. Miles, A. Gunther, T. Wycherley, L. Minaker, A. Peeters, C.L. Mah, E. Chappell, J. Brimblecombe. (2025). Effect of restricted retail merchandising of discretionary food and beverages on population diet: post-trial follow-up of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific. Volume 62, 101673.

• 9. P. Menko,* D.L. Olstad, A. Buttazzoni, L.M. Minaker. (Accepted). Food deserts, food mirages, and gentrification in Toronto, Canada. Health and Place.

• 10. A. Dykeman,* L.M. Minaker, G. Luongo,* E. Jago, C.M. Mah. (Accepted). Ultra-processed foods frequently promoted in Canada’s grocery flyers from 2014, 2017, and 2021, with healthier cover pages. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research.

• 11. A. Buttazzoni,* L. Smith, R. Lo, A.J. Wray, J. Gilliland, L.M. Minaker. (2025). Urbanization, housing, and inclusive design for all? A community-based participatory research investigation of the health implications of high-rise environments for adolescents. Cities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.105809

• 12. A. Buttazzoni, L. Smith, R. Lo, A.J. Wray, J. Gilliland, L.M. Minaker. (2024). “I like seeing people, different cultures, and hearing different music”: Exploring adolescent perspectives of inclusive and healthy high-rise and dense urban environment designs. Landscape and Urban Planning. 254:105252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105252

• 13. A. Wray, G. Arku, J. Long, L.M. Minaker, J. Seabrook, S. Doherty, J. Gilliland. (2024). Restaurant survival during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining operational, demographic and land use predictors in London, Canada. Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/004209802412697

• 14. L.M. Minaker, P. Menko, D. Olona. (2024). Development and testing of two tools to assess point-of-sale food and beverage marketing to children in restaurants. Public Health Nutrition. 27(1)e128. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024000983.

• 15. C. Vaillancout, M. Ahmed, S. Kirk, M.E. Labonte, A. Laar, C.L. Mah, L.M. Minaker, D.L. Olstad, M. Potvin Kent, V. Provencher, R. Prowse, K.D. Raine, A. Schram, D. Zavala-Mora, M. Rancourt-Bouchard, L. Vanderlee. (2024). Food environment research in Canada: a rapidreview of methodologies and measures deployed between 2010 and 2021. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21: 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01558-x

• 16. O. Caruso*, L. McEachern, L.M. Minaker, J. Gilliland. (2024). The Influence of the School Neighbourhood Food Retail Environment on Unhealthy Food Purchasing Behaviours among Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 56(3): 145-161. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2023.11.005

• 17. M. Aktary, S. Dunn, T. Sajobi, H. Ohara, P. Leblanc, G. McCormack, S. Caron-Roy, Y. Lee, R. Reimer, L.M. Minaker, K. D. Raine, J. Godley, S. Downs, C. Nykiforuk, D. Olstad. (2024). The British Columbia Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program reduces short-term household food insecurity among adults with low incomes: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 124 (4), 466-480 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.10.001

• 18. A. Buttazzoni, L.M. Minaker. (2023). Associations between real-time, self-reported adolescent mental health and urban and architectural design concepts. Cities and Health. 8 (3), 318-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2286741.

• 19. S. Gellatly, A. Moszczynski, L. Fiedeldey, S. Houle, M. Smith, U. Ogbogu, D. Rudman, L.M. Minaker, J. Shelley. (2023). “No one went into pharmacy ... to sell a lot of Coca-Cola. It's just sort of a necessary evil" -- Community pharmacists' perceptions of front-of-store sales and ethical tensions in the retail environment. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. 11, 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100312

• 20. S. Mollaei,* L.M. Minaker, J.K. Lynes, G. M. Dias. (2023). Perceptions and determinants of adopting sustainable eating behaviours among university students in Canada: A qualitative study using focus group discussions. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.

• 21. A. Stevenson,* N. Ross, M. Widener, M. Riva, L.M. Minaker, R. Colley, K. Dasgupta. (2023). Neighbourhood fast-food environments and hypertension in Canadian adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.04.005

• 22. S. Nejatinamini, D. Campbell, J. Godley, L.M. Minaker, T. T. Sajobi, G. R. McCormack, D.L. Olstad. (2023). The contribution of modifiable risk factors to socioeconomic inequities in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: a nationally representative population-based cohort study. Preventive Medicine. 171, 107497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107497

• 23. M.L. Aktary, S. Dunn, T. Sajobi, H. O’Hara, P. Leblanc, G. McCormack, S. Caron-Roy, K. Ball, Y.Y. Lee, S. Najatinamini, R.A. Reimer, B. Pan, L.M. Minaker, K.D. Raine, J. Godley, S. Downs, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, D.L. Olstad. (2023). Impact of a farmers’ market healthy food subsidy on the diet quality of adults with low incomes in British Columbia, Canada: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 117 (4), 766-776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.01.017

• 24. A. Buttazzoni,* L.M. Minaker. (2023). Exploring the relationships between specific urban design features and adolescent mental health: The case of imageability, enclosure, human scale, transparency, and complexity. Landscape and Urban Planning. 235, 104736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104736

• 25. N. Woods,* J. Haines, J. Seabrook, S. Stranges, S. Doherty, L. Minaker, C. O’Connor. (2022). Breakfast consumption and diet quality of teens in southwestern Ontario. Current Developments in Nutrition. 7(2) 100003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2022.100003

• 26. A. Buttazzoni,* L.M. Minaker. (2023). Associations between adolescent mental health and pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design qualities: Evidence from a national-level online Canadian survey. Urban Studies. 60(10), 1968-1986. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221138311

• 27. B. Liu,* M.J. Widener, L.G. Smith, S. Farber, D. Gesink, L.M. Minaker, Z. Patterson, K. Larsen, J. Gilliland. (2022). Time-geographic project of household food provision: conceptualization and a pilot case study. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 113 (3), 675-699. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2134088

• 28. J. Brimblecombe, E. McMahon, K. De Silva, E. Chappel, A. Gunther, A. Peeters, L.M. Minaker, T. Wycherly, E. Miles, C. Mah. (2023). Implementation of a food retail intervention to reduce purchase of unhealthy food and beverages in remote Australia: Mixed-method evaluation using the consolidated framework for implementation research. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 20:20 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01377-y

• 29. S. Mollaei,* L.M. Minaker, D. Robinson, J. Lynes, G. Dias. (2022). Including sustainability factors in the derivation of eater profiles of young adults in Canada. British Food Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-06-2022-0476

• 30. A. Buttazzoni*, J. Dean, L.M. Minaker. (2022). Urban design and adolescent mental health: A qualitative examination of adolescent emotional responses to pedestrian- and transit-oriented design and cognitive architecture features. Health and Place. 76:102825 doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102825.

• 31. B. Liu,* M. Widener, S. Lindsey, S. Farber, L.M. Minaker, Z. Patterson, K. Larsen, J. Gilliland. (2022). Who’s cooking tonight? A time-use study of coupled adults in Toronto, Canada. Time and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X22110069

• 32. A. Buttazzoni*, C. Ellard, S. Sadiora, L.M. Minaker. (2022). Toward conceptualizing “place immersion” as a spatial neuropsychosocial phenomenon: A multidisciplinary meta-review and –synthesis. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 81: 101810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101810

• 33. B. Houghtaling, L. Balis, L.M. Minaker, K. Kheshaifaty, R. Morgan, C. Byker Shanks. (2022). A Systematic Review of Trucking Food, Physical Activity, and Tobacco Environments and Tractor-Trailer Drivers' Related Patterns and Practices in the United States and Canada, 1993-2021. Preventive Medicine Reports. 26: 101760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101760

• 34. L. Soon,* J. Gilliland, L.M. Minaker. (2022). Junk food accessibility after 10 years of a restrictive food environment zoning policy around schools: an equity-focused simulation study. Journal of the American Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2022.2050280

• 35. A.C. Stevenson,* C. Kaufman, R.C. Colley, L.M. Minaker, M.J. Widener, T. Burgoine, C. Sanmartin, N.A. Ross. (2022). A pan-Canadian dataset of neighbourhood food environment measures using Statistics Canada’s Business Register. Health Reports. 33(2022002). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202200200001-eng

• 36. D.L. Olstad, S. Nejatinamini, L. Vanderlee, K. Livingstone, K. Tang, L.M. Minaker, D. Hammond. (2022). Are stress-related pathways of social status differentiation more important determinants of health inequities in countries with higher levels of income inequality? Sociology of Health & Illness. http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13445

• 37. L.D. Frank, A. Bigazzi, L.M. Minaker, P. Fisher, A. Hong, K.D. Raine. (2022). Built Environment Influences on Healthy Eating and Active Living: The NEWPATH Study. Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23352

• 38. A. Buttazzoni,* S. Doherty, L.M. Minaker. (2022). How do Urban Environments Affect Youth Mental Health? A Novel Conceptual Framework to Bridge Public Health, Planning, and Neurourbanism. Public Health Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354920982088

• 39. K. Zimmerer, C. Duvall, L.M. Minaker, T. Reardon, K. Seto. (2021). Urbanization and Agrobiodiversity: Leveraging a key sustainability nexus. One Earth. 4(11): 1557-1568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.10.012

• 40. D.L. Olstad, S. Nejatinamini, D. Campbell, L. Vanderlee, K. Livingstone, S.I. Kirkpatrick, L.M. Minaker, K. Tang, D. Hammond. (2021). Stress-related poor diet quality does not explain socioeconomic inequities in health: A structural equation mediation analysis of gender-specific pathways. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2021.09.018

• 41. D.L. Olstad, S. Nejatinamini, C. Victorino, S.I. Kirkpatrick, L.M. Minaker, L. McLaren. (2021). Socioeconomic inequities in diet quality among a nationally representative sample of adults living in Canada: An analysis of trends between 2004 and 2015. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/10.1093/ajcn/nqab249

• 42. D.L. Olstad, S. Nejatinamini, C. Victorino, S.I. Kirkpatrick, L.M. Minaker, L. McLaren. (2021). Trends in socioeconomic inequities in diet quality between 2004 and 2015 among a nationally representative sample of children in Canada. The Journal of Nutrition. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/10.1093/jn/nxab297

• 43. L. Smith,* B. Liu*, S. Farber, K. Larsen, Z. Patterson, L.M. Minaker, J. Gilliland, M. Widener. (2021). Comparing household and individual measures of access through a food environment lens: what household food opportunities are missed when measuring access to food retail at the individual level? Annals of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2021.1930513

• 44. B. Liu,* M. Widener, S. Lindsey, S. Farber, L.M. Minaker, Z. Patterson, K. Larsen, J. Gilliland. (2021). Disentangling Time Use, Food Environment, and Food Behaviors using Multi-Channel Sequence Analysis. Geographical Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12305

• 45. A. Buttazzoni*, A. Parker*, L.M. Minaker. (2021). Investigating the mental health implications of urban environments with neuroscientific methods and mobile technologies: A systematic literature review. Health and Place. 70, 102597. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102597

• 46. V. Ong*, K. Skinner, L.M. Minaker. (2021). Life stories of food agency, health, and resilience in a rapidly gentrifying urban centre: Building a multidimensional concept of food access. Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114074

• 47. S. Nejatinamini, J. Godley, L.M. Minaker, T.T. Sajobi, G.R. McCormack, M.J. Cooke, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, L. de Koning, D.L. Olstad. (2021). Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors to socio-economic inequities in cancer morbidity and mortality: a nationally representative population-based cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 50(5): 1498-1511. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab067

• 48. S. Mollaei*, G. Dias, L.M. Minaker. (2021). Development and Testing of the Sustainable Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Retail Stores in Ontario. Public Health Nutrition. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980021000446

• 49. K. Brar,* L.M. Minaker. (2021). Geographic reach and nutritional quality of foods available from mobile Online Food Delivery Service applications: novel opportunities for retail food environment surveillance. BMC Public Health. 21(458). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10489-2

• 50. A. Buttazzoni*, K. Brar*, L.M. Minaker. (2021). Smartphone-based interventions and internalizing disorders in youth: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(1), e16490.

• 51. Y. Huang*, D. Parker, L.M. Minaker. (2021) Identifying latent demand for transit-oriented development neighbourhoods: evidence from a mid-sized urban area in Canada. Journal of Transport Geography. 90 (102940). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102940

• 52. A. Buttazzoni*, U. Tariq, A. Thompson-Haile, R. Burkhalter, M. Cooke, L.M. Minaker. (2021). Adolescent gender identity, sexual preference, and cannabis use: potential mediations by internalizing disorder risk. Health Education & Behavior. 48(1) https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198120965509

• 53. J. Brimblecombe, E. McMahon, M. Ferguson, K. De Silva, A. Peeters, E. Miles, T. Wycherley, L.M. Minaker, L. Greenacre, A. Gunther, E. Chappell, M.D. Chatfield, C.L. Mah. (2020) Effect of restricted retail merchandising of discretionary food and beverages on population diet: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Lancet Planetary Health. 4(10):e4630e473. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30202-3.

• 54. A. Buttazzoni,* U. Tariq, A. Thompson-Haile, R. Burkhalter, M. Cooke, L. M. Minaker. (2020). Cannabis use and stigma among Canadian high school students: results from the 2015 and 2017 Cancer Risk Assessment in Youth Survey. Addictive Behaviors. 111:106547 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106547.

• 55. M. Aktary, S. Caron-Roy, T. Sajobi, H. O'Hara, P. Leblanc, S. Dunn, G.R. McCormack, D. Timmins, K. Ball, S. Downs, L.M. Minaker, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, J. Godley, K. Milaney, B. Lashewicz, B. Fournier, C. Elliott, K.D. Raine, R.J.L. Prowse, D.L. Olstad. (2020). Impact of a farmers' market nutrition coupon program on diet quality and psychosocial well-being among low-income adults: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial and a longitudinal qualitative investigation. BMJ Open. 10: e035143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035143.

• 56. A. Buttazzoni,* M. Veenhof,* L.M. Minaker. (2020). Smart city and high-tech urban interventions targeting human health: an equity-focused systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(7): 2325. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072325.

• 57. S. Turner,* L.M. Minaker. (2020). The value in community gardens: a return on investment analysis. Canadian Food Studies. 7(1):154-177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i1.332 .

• 58. D. Bowman,* L.M. Minaker, B.J.K. Simpson, J. A. Gilliland. (2019). Development of a Teen-Informed Coding Tool to Measure the Power of Food Advertisements. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(21), 4258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214258.

• 59. K.M. Lee,* M. Marcinow, L.M. Minaker, S.I. Kirkpatrick. (2019). The healthfulness of eateries at the University of Waterloo: A comparison across two time points. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 18:1-8, doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2019-031.

• 60. A.J. Wray,* L.M. Minaker. (2019). Is cancer prevention influenced by the built environment? A multidisciplinary scoping review. Cancer. 25(19):3299-3311. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32376.

• 61. J. Brimblecombe, M. Ferguson, E. McMahon, A. Peeters, E. Miles, T. Wycherley, L. M. Minaker, K. De Silva, L. Greenacre, C. L. Mah. (2019). Healthy Stores 2020: Reducing retail merchandising of discretionary food and beverages in remote Indigenous community stores: Study protocol. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 8(3) e12646. DOI: 10.2196/12646.

• 62. E.L. Faught, L. McLaren, S.I. Kirkpatrick, D. Hammond, L.M. Minaker, K.D. Raine, D.L. Olstad. (2019). Socioeconomic disadvantage across the life course is associated with diet quality in young adulthood. Nutrients. 11, 242. https://doi:10.3390/nu11020242.

• 63. C.L. Mah, Pomeroy, S., Knox, B., Rynard, V., Caravan, M. Burgess, L., Harris, R., Minaker, L.M. (2019). An assessment of the rural consumer food environment in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 14(4), 490-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2018.1465000.

• 64. R. Acton,* N. Nguyen, L.M. Minaker. (2018). School food policies and student eating behaviors in Canada: Examination of the 2015 Cancer Risk Assessment in Youth Survey. Journal of School Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12702.

• 65. M. Widener, L.M. Minaker, Reid, J.L., Z. Patterson, T.K. Ahmadi, D. Hammond. (2018). Activity space-based measures of the food environment and their relationships to food purchasing behaviours for young urban adults in Canada. Public Health Nutrition. 21(11): 2103-2116. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000435.

• 66. D. Wiggers,* L. Vanderlee, C. White, J. Reid, L.M. Minaker, D. Hammond. (2018). Food sources among young people in five major Canadian cities. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0083-0.

• 67. V. Nadalin, L. Marrett, C. Cawley, L.M. Minaker, S. Manske. (2018). Intentional tanning among adolescents in seven Canadian provinces: provincial comparisons (CRAYS 2015). Preventive Medicine. 111, 225-230. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.03.004.

• 68. A.J. Wray,* D.L. Olstad, L.M. Minaker. (2018). Smart prevention: A new approach to primary and secondary cancer prevention in smart and connected communities. Cities. 79 (53-69). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.02.022.

• 69. A. Camden, J. Levy, K. Bassil, L. Vanderlinden, O. White-Barnett, L.M. Minaker, K. Mulligan, M. Campbell. (2018). A Census of Mid- to Large-Sized Supermarkets in Toronto: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Consumer Nutrition Environment. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 50(6), 573-581 doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2017.12.002.

• 70. L.M. Minaker, H. Tait, M. Ong,* N. Nguyen. (2018). Slim cigarette smoking prevalence among Canadian youth: implications for federal standardized packaging legislation. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108 (5-6). https://journal.cpha.ca/index.php/cjph/issue/view/334

• 71. S.J. Pomeroy, L.M. Minaker, B. Knox, C.L. Mah. (2018). An exploration of citizen science for population health research in retail food environments. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108 (5-6): e636-e638. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.108.6099.

• 72. C.L. Mah, R. Hasdell, S. Soo, B.E. Cook, A. DeMaio, L.M. Minaker. Entrepreneurialism and population health interventions in the retail food environment. (2017). Health Promotion International. 33(6): 1055-1065. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax049.

• 73. A. Mahendra, J. Polsky, E. Robittaile, M. Lefebvre, T. McBrien, M. Xuereb, L.M. Minaker. (2017).Geographic retail food environment measures for use in public health. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 37(10)357-362. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.37.10.06.

• 74. L.M. Minaker, M. Lynch, B.E. Cook, C.L. Mah. (2017). Exploring Food Sales Data as a Store-level Metric Associated with a Healthy Corner Store Intervention in Toronto: The Food Retail Environments Shaping Health (FRESH) project. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 37(10)342-349. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.37.10.04.

• 75. L.M. Minaker, A. Bonham, T. Elton Marshall, C. Leos-Toro, T.C. Wild, D. Hammond. (2017) Under the influence: A cross-sectional examination of prevalence and correlates of alcohol and marijuana consumption in relation to youth driving and passenger behaviours in Canada from 2014/2015 CSTADS. Canadian Medical Association Journal – Open.5:e386 doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20160168.

• 76. M. Widener, B.E. Cook, P. Coleman, L.M. Minaker, S. Farber, J. Allen, B. Vitali. (2017). How do changes in the daily food and transportation environments affect healthy food accessibility? Applied Geography. 83:46.

• 77. C.L. Mah, L.M. Minaker, K. Jameson, L. Rappaport, K. Taylor, M. Graham, N. Moody,B.E. Cook. (2017). An introduction to the healthy corner store intervention model in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108(3) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.108.5801..

• 78. D.L. Olstad, K.E. Lamb, L.E. Thornton, S.A. McNaughton, D.A. Crawford, L.M. Minaker, K. Ball. (2017) Prospective associations between diet quality and body mass index in disadvantaged women: The Resilience for Activity and Eating Despite Inequality (READI) study. International Journal of Epidemiology. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx040. [Epub ahead of print]

• 79. D.L. Olstad, M. Teychenne, L.M. Minaker, D.R. Taber, K.D. Raine, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, K. Ball. (2017). Can targeted policies reduce obesity in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review. Obesity Reviews. 18:791.

• 80. D.L. Olstad, M. Teychenne, L.M. Minaker, D.R. Taber, K.D. Raine, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, K. Ball. (2016). Qualities of robust systematic reviews and theoretical frameworks: A response to Backholer and Peeters. Obesity Reviews. doi: 10.1111/obr.12483.

• 81. H. Luan,* L.M. Minaker, J. Law. (2016). Do marginalized neighbourhoods have less healthy retail food environments? A case study in the Region of Waterloo, Canada using Bayesian spatial latent factor and hurdle models. International Journal of Health Geographics. 15:29 DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0060-x. Available at: https://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12942-016-0060-x

• 82. B.K.C. Lo,* L.M. Minaker, C.L. Mah, B. Cook. (2016). Adaptation and reliability testing of the Toronto Nutrition Environment Measures Survey-Store (ToNEMS-S). Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.07.020..

• 83. L.M. Minaker, G. MacKenzie, N. Nguyen, D.L, Olstad, S. Azagba, B.E. Cook, C.L. Mah. (2016). An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting. BMC Public Health. 16: 586. DOI:10.1186/s12889-016-3281-9. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947263/.

• 84. D.L. Olstad, M. Teychenne, L.M. Minaker, D.R. Taber, K.D. Raine, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, K. Ball. (2016). Can policy ameliorate socioeconomic inequities in obesity and obesity-related behaviors? A systematic review of the impact of universal policies in adults and children. Obesity Reviews. DOI: 10.1111/obr.12457

• 85. S.E. Majowicz, S.B. Meyer, S.I. Kirkpatrick, J.L. Graham, A. Shaikh, S.J. Elliott, L.M. Minaker, S. Scott, B. Laird. (2016). Food health, and complexity: towards a conceptual understanding to guide collaborative public health action. BMC Public Health. 16:487 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3142-6.

• 86. L.M. Minaker. (2016). Retail food environments in Canada: maximizing the impact of research, policy and practice. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 107(Suppl. 1): eS1-eS3. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.107.5724.

• 87. L.M. Minaker, A. Shuh, D. L. Olstad, J.L. Black, R. Engler-Stringer, C.L. Mah. (2016). Retail food environments research in Canada: a scoping review. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 107 (Suppl. 1): eS4-eS13. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.107.5344.

• 88. C.L. Mah, B. E. Cook, L.M. Minaker. (2016). Policy options for healthier retail food environments in city-regions. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 107(Suppl. 1): eS64-eS67. DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5343.

• 89. L.M. Minaker, D.L. Olstad, M.E. Thompson, K.D. Raine, P. Fisher, L.D. Frank. (2016). Associations between frequency of food shopping at different store types and diet and weight outcomes: Findings from the NEWPATH study. Public Health Nutrition. 19(12): 2268-2277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016000355. Available at: http://journals.cambridge.org/repo_A10HuDxsOODhO.

• 90. L.M. Minaker, D. Hammond. (2016). Low frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among Canadian youth: Findings from the 2012/2013 Youth Smoking Survey. Journal of School Health. 86(2)135-142. doi:10.1111/josh.12359.

• 91. L.M. Minaker, A. Shuh, N. Nguyen, S. Azagba, S.R. Manske. (2015) Cigarette smoking susceptibility among youth alternate tobacco product users: implications of flavored tobacco from a national Canadian sample (YSS 2012/2013). BMJ Open. 2015;5:e009549 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009549.

• 92. L.M. Minaker, S.T. Leatherdale. (2015). Associations between weight status and smoking are not mediated by weight loss attempts or bullying among youth. American Journal of Health Behavior. 40(1):21-30. Available at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?option2=author&value2=Minaker&pageSize=10&index=7.

• 93. B. K.C. Lo,* L.M. Minaker, A. Chan, J. Hrgetic., C. L. Mah. (2015). Adaptation and validation of a Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for University Grab-and-Go food outlets at an urban downtown university campus. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 77(1):17-24. (DOI: 10.3148/cjdpr-2015-036).

• 94. S. Azagba, L.M. Minaker, D. Hammond, S. Manske. (2015). Tobacco industry sponsored advocates have a difference interpretation of science: a response to Even anti-tobacco studies must be held to basic scientific standards. Cancer Causes and Control. Pages 1-2. DOI 10.1007/s10552-015-0623-3.

• 95. L.M. Minaker, S. Soni, N. Nguyen, S. R. Manske. (2015). Youth retail tobacco access inCanada: perceptions, patterns, and predictors from YSS 2010/2011. Addictive Behavior. Vol. 51: pages 1-6. DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.06.047. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460315002452.

• 96. L.M. Minaker, A. Shuh, R.J. Burkhalter, S.R. Manske. (2015). Hookah use prevalence,predictors, and perceptions among Canadian youth: findings from the 2012/2013 Youth Smoking Survey. Cancer Causes and Control. DOI 10.1007/s10552-015-0556-x. Available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10552-015-0556-x.

• 97. S. Azagba, N.B. Baskerville, L.M. Minaker. (2015). A comparison of adolescentsmoking initiation measures on predicting future smoking behavior. Preventive Medicine Reports. DOI:10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.02.015. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133551500025X.

• 98. S. Azagba, L.M. Minaker, M.F. Sharaf, S. Manske, D. Hammond. (2014). Smoking intensity and intent to continue among menthol and non-menthol adolescent smokers in Canada. Cancer Causes and Control. DOI 10.1007/s10552-014-0410-6. Available at: http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/563/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10552-014-0410-6.pdf?auth66=1403112949_a04c6b01f8770df5124be074f1ef9091&ext=.pdf.

• 99. L.M. Minaker, S.J. Elliott, A. Clarke. (2014). Low income, high risk: overlapping stigmasof food allergy and poverty. Critical Public Health. DOI:10.1080/09581596.2014.926309 Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09581596.2014.926309.

• 100. L.M. Minaker, R. Ahmed, D. Hammond, S. Manske. (2014). Flavoured tobacco use among Canadian youth: prevalence and patterns. Preventing Chronic Disease. 11(140094). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140094

• 101. L.M. Minaker, K.D. Raine, M.E. Thompson, L.D. Frank, J. van Loon, P. Fisher. (2014). Food purchasing from farmers' markets and community-supported agriculture is associated with reduced weight and better diets in a population-based sample. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 9(4): 485-497, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2014.898175.Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19320248.2014.898175

• 102. L.M. Minaker, S.J. Elliott, A. Clarke. (2014). Exploring low-income families’ financial barriers to food allergy management and treatment. Journal of Allergy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/160363.

• 103. L.M. Minaker, K.D. Raine, T.C. Wild, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, M.E. Thompson, L.D. Frank. (2014).Construct validation of four food environment assessment methods: adapting a multitrait-multimethod matrix approach for environmental measures. American Journal of Epidemiology. 179(4): 519-528.

• 104. M. L’Abbé, A. Schermel, L.M.Minaker, B. Kelly, A. Lee, P. Twohig, D. Sanders, M. Rayner, and the INFORMAS group. (2013). Monitoring the foods provided and sold in public sector settings. Obesity Reviews. 14(S1):96-107.

• 105. L.M. Minaker, K.D. Raine, T.C. Wild, C.I.J. Nykiforuk, M.E. Thompson, L.D. Frank. (2013). Objective food environments and health outcomes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45(3): 289-296.

• 106. L.M. Minaker, P. Fisher, K.D. Raine, L.D. Frank. (2011). Measuring the food retail environment: from theory to planning practice. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2(1): 65-82.

• 107. L.M. Minaker, K. Storey, K.D. Raine, J.C. Spence, L. Forbes, R. Plotnikoff, L.J. McCargar. (2011). Associations between perceived presence of vending machines and food and beverage logos in schools with adolescents' diet and weight status. Public Health Nutrition, 14(8):1350-1356.

• 108. L.M. Minaker, K.D. Raine, S.B. Cash. (2009). Measuring the Food Service Environment: Development and Implementation of Assessment Tools. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100(6):421-425.

• 109. L. Minaker, L. McCargar, I. Lambraki, L. Jessup, P. Driezen, K. Calengor, and R.M. Hanning. (2006). School region socio-economic status and geographic locale is associated with food behaviour of Ontario and Alberta adolescents. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97 (5), 357-361.