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Household Food Insecurity in Canada 2021
University of Toronto
Drawing on data for 54,000 households from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey (CIS) conducted in 2021, we found a disturbingly high rate of household food insecurity. By food insecurity we mean inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints. The prevalence of household
The Cost of Healthy Eating in Alberta
Alberta Health Services
This series of reports presents an analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy eating in Alberta, as well as an overview of the causes, prevalence and impacts of household food insecurity. Target AudienceThe target audience includes leaders, policy-makers, decision-makers, dietitians and othe
Food Insecurity is a Lack of Humanity: Lynn McIntyre at TEDxCalgary
Lynn McIntyre at TEDxCalgary
Lynn McIntyre speaks eloquently about how inadequate access to food due to financial constraints comes from a lack of appropriate policy and action. For more information about Lynn, visit http://lynn-mcintyre.tedxcalgary.ca. VIEW THE VIDEO HERE
Action on Household Food Insecurity
Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention
Household food insecurity – a lack of money to buy enough healthy food – is a serious issue in Alberta. More than 1 in 10 households in Alberta experience household food insecurity.Household food insecurity contributes to poor health, while poor health places households at greater risk for food
Food Charters: Alberta Examples (Food Security Systems Change)
Various
A Food Charter brings a “vision of values, principles and priorities...about the food that a county, a city or a region consider most important…Rather than a policy document, a charter is a guide for making decisions intended to improve the local food system for all residents and establish a sha
Good Medicine: Centering Food Justice Work in Indigenous Maternal Knowledge
Enjolie Lafaurie and Maria Parra Cano, Nonprofit Quarterly
The Cihuapactli Collective (CC) began seven years ago in Phoenix, Arizona, in response to the call of a mother, CC’s co-executive director, Maria Parra Cano.The collective took shape two months after Parra Cano gave birth. Her mother had recently passed away, and she was experiencing the baby blue
Food Insecurity: Information for Health Professionals
Alberta Health Services
Household food insecurity – the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints – is a serious public health issue. You can use the resources at the link below to guide understanding of the issue in Canadian health and social context, inform program and policy development, and
From Insecurity to Sovereignty: A Vision for Food Justice
A-dae Romero Briones, Nonprofit Quarterly
How we tell stories matters. The storyteller. The timing. The word choice. The form the story takes. It all matters, because stories shape how we see the world and how we envision our role in its shaping.History is often told by the colonizer, yet that is only one perspective. And the story of our f
Food Insecurity in Older Adults in Canada and the United States: A Concept Analysis
Christine Marie Mills, RD, MPH, PhD (candidate)
A concept analysis using the method of Walker and Avant was undertaken to clarify the concept of food insecurity in older adults in Canada and the United States. A literature review was undertaken to conduct a concept analysis of food insecurity in older people. Food insecurity is associated with mu
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