Joyce Boye
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Joyce Boye | |
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| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology, Ghana McGill University |
| Awards | Special Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016 (IYP) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical Engineering Food science |
| Institutions | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) |
Joyce Irene Boye is the Director General of the Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch with Health Canada.[1] She previously served as the Director General, Science and Technology Branch – Prairie Region, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada from April 2019 to August 2023[2] and is a former federal food research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with a specialty in value-added food processing, food safety and food quality.[3] She has expertise on plant proteins and their importance in helping to improve human health and nutrition.[4] The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations appointed Boye to be a Special Ambassador for North America for the 2016 International Year of Pulses.[4]
Boye has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering (University of Science and Technology, Ghana) and a Ph.D. in food science (Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC).[5] After working with AAFC as a postdoctoral fellow for a year, she joined the department in 1997 as research scientist at the Food Research and Development Centre in St. Hyacinthe (Quebec) where she led a variety of research projects in the areas of value-added food processing, food safety and food quality.[3] In addition to her research activities within AAFC, she also served as a senior policy analyst, program coordinator and Agri-Food sector strategy coordinator, and as acting director of research, development and technology transfer of AAFC's research and development centres at Fredericton, Kentville and St-John's.[3] She was also an adjunct professor at the Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University.[6] Boye was Director General for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Science and Technology Branch in the Prairie region from 2019 to 2023.[7] She is currently Director General for the Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada.