Amberley T. Ruetz has been working nationally and internationally to advance school food and farm-to-school programming since 2015. She is the Canadian delegate to the Global Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition, and Co-Chair of the Canadian Association for Food Studies’ School Food Working Group.
Amberley's work is cited as playing a pivotal role in shaping Canada's National School Food Program, beginning with her invitation to the first national consultation in 2019 and culminating when her research was recognized as a key factor in the Government of Canada’s decision to allocate $1 billion to the program in 2024.
Amberley continues to consult the government on school food in her new capacity as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan where she is coordinating the largest evaluation of school food program implementation models with Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer and academic partners across Canada.
As a community-engaged researcher, Amberley is actively involved in supporting the work of a number of non-governmental organizations advancing school food in Canada. Amberley has been supporting the work of the Canadian Coalition for Healthy School Food since 2018, in 2021 she contributed to the development of Canada’s Farm-to-School Evaluation Framework and was appointed to Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s Advisory Council.
Present
2015
Principal Consultant
Ruetz Consulting
Present
2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Saskatchewan
2021
2018
Policy Advisor, School Nutrition
Arrell Food Institute
2017
2015
Resource Development Coordinator
Ontario Student Nutrition Program
2015
2014
Consultant
Moss Consulting
Ph.D.
2017-2021
University of Guelph
M.A.
2013-2014
McMaster University
B.A.
2009-2013
King's University College