Monitoring Food Insecurity in Canada
UPDATED MAY 12, 2017: We have recently learned that Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Yukon opted out of food insecurity measurement in 2015 and 2016. The fact sheet has been updated to reflect this development.
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Children in Food Insecure Households
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The Impact of Food Insecurity on Health
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Public Policy and Food Insecurity
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Food Procurement, Food Skills & Food Insecurity
Listen to PROOF Principal Investigator, Valerie Tarasuk, discuss the findings and importance of this research.(5 minutes) [Download MP3]
For more information about this research, please see: Huisken, A., Orr, S. K., & Tarasuk, V. (2017). Adults’ food skills and use of gardens are not associated with household food insecurity in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107(6), e526-e532. [Abstract]
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Food Insecurity and Social Assistance
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Food Insecurity and Mental Health
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Spending Patterns of Food Insecure Households
Listen to University of Toronto PhD candidate Andrée-Anne Fafard St-Germain discuss her publication on the spending patterns of food insecure households.
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