Lina Rahouma
Biographic Data
| ID | 6760640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lina Rahouma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lina |
| FAMILY NAME | Rahouma |
| SIGNATURE | RAHOUMA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Feeding children while Asian
In feeding children in a new country, immigrant parents engage in continuous and ongoing adaptation. Children’s exposure to new food practices outside the home can sometimes conflict with parents’ efforts to maintain traditional foodways. This qualitative study explores the factors that influence Asian immigrant parents’ everyday decisions about packing cultural food in their children’s school lunches in Toronto, Canada. Through arts-informed int…
Lunchbox shaming
Children’s home-packed lunches to school reflect family’s culinary cultures, social locations, and unique food norms. At Canadian elementary schools, children of Asian heritage sometimes experience “lunchbox shaming” – feeling embarrassed for bringing foods that are seen deviant from dominant food norms. This study explored the recollections of school lunchtime by 25 young adults (aged 17–25 years) from three largest Asian ethnocultural groups (C…
Decolonizing the learning of sitopias in Toronto
The Canadian Cuisine Photography Challenge is a pilot experiential learning activity created at Ryerson University for the class FNU100-Canadian Cuisine: Historical Roots, a first/second year liberal studies course offered to students from diverse programs and cultural backgrounds. This activity is both a fun challenge and a required course assignment. It aims to engage students with Canadian cuisine and is inspired by a decolonial pedagogical ap…
Unboxing the bento box
Bento, a Japanese style boxed lunch, has a distinct cultural meaning for Japanese people as a medium of affective communication between children and parents. However, in Canadian schools governed by the Anglo-Western food norms, their culinary practices may stand out. This study employed an arts-informed participatory design to explore how school-aged children (6-12 years old) of Japanese origin and their parents describe their experience bringin…
Lunchbox shaming
Children’s home-packed lunches to school reflect family’s culinary cultures, social locations, and unique food norms. At Canadian elementary schools, children of Asian heritage sometimes experience “lunchbox shaming” – feeling embarrassed for bringing foods that are seen deviant from dominant food norms. This study explored the recollections of school lunchtime by 25 young adults (aged 17–25 years) from three largest Asian ethnocultural groups (C…
Decolonizing the learning of sitopias in Toronto
The Canadian Cuisine Photography Challenge is a pilot experiential learning activity created at Ryerson University for the class FNU100-Canadian Cuisine: Historical Roots, a first/second year liberal studies course offered to students from diverse programs and cultural backgrounds. This activity is both a fun challenge and a required course assignment. It aims to engage students with Canadian cuisine and is inspired by a decolonial pedagogical ap…
Unboxing the bento box
Bento, a Japanese style boxed lunch, has a distinct cultural meaning for Japanese people as a medium of affective communication between children and parents. However, in Canadian schools governed by the Anglo-Western food norms, their culinary practices may stand out. This study employed an arts-informed participatory design to explore how school-aged children (6-12 years old) of Japanese origin and their parents describe their experience bringin…
Lunchbox shaming
Children’s home-packed lunches to school reflect family’s culinary cultures, social locations, and unique food norms. At Canadian elementary schools, children of Asian heritage sometimes experience “lunchbox shaming” – feeling embarrassed for bringing foods that are seen deviant from dominant food norms. This study explored the recollections of school lunchtime by 25 young adults (aged 17–25 years) from three largest Asian ethnocultural groups (C…
Feeding children while Asian
In feeding children in a new country, immigrant parents engage in continuous and ongoing adaptation. Children’s exposure to new food practices outside the home can sometimes conflict with parents’ efforts to maintain traditional foodways. This qualitative study explores the factors that influence Asian immigrant parents’ everyday decisions about packing cultural food in their children’s school lunches in Toronto, Canada. Through arts-informed int…
Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Chinatown (1 work) · Citizen journalism (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)