Bio
Jingshu Yao is a PhD student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information. Her research focuses on recipes, culinary innovation, personal stories and community building. Jingshu is interested in using oral history as a tool for community-based storytelling. Her digital project on East Asian recipe stories “North York Recipes for Healing” was completed under Heritage Toronto’s Equity Heritage Imitative in 2023. Jingshu is also a creative writer and currently working on a novel project under the Toronto Art Council Newcomer’s Mentorship program.
Specialization
Community based museum practice, Oral history, Food studies, Critical heritage studies, Intangible Heritage
Degrees
Master of Museum Studies, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics, University of Toronto Scarborough
Committees or Affiliations
- Co-Chair, Group of Ontario Emerging Museum Professionals